CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING EE 151 Electromagnetic Engineering Fall 2005 _________________________________________________________

Announcements

• Quiz 4 Solution is posted.
• Quiz 3 Solution is posted.
• Quiz 2 Solution is posted.
• Quiz 1 Solution is posted.
• The FEMLAB installation files are now available at http://sunoptics.caltech.edu/ee151s05/software/femlab/  (users must have a caltech IP; username and password will be given in class). The serial number and license file are also available in the directory. Follow the procedure given in the installation guide.

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Handout and Homework

• Course Information
• Homework 1 (Solution)
• Homework 2 (Solution)
• Homework 3 (Solution)
• Homework 4 (Solution)
• Oct. 20 Lecture Notes on Diffraction
• Oct. 25 Lecture Notes
• Homework 5 (Solution)
• Nov. 3 Lecture Notes
• Homework 6 (Solution)
• Midterm Solution
• Homework 7 (Solution)
• Homework 8 (Solution)

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Reading Assignments

• Week 1: Chapters 2 and 3. All sections.
• Week 2: Chapter 4. Sections 1,2,3,7,8.
                Chapter 5. Section 4.
                Chapter 6. Sections 1-4.
                Chapter 8. Sections 1-5.
• Week 3: Chapter 9. Sections 1-7.
                Chapter 10. Sections 1-4.
                Chapter 12. Sections 1-4.
• Week 4, 5: Chapter 13. Sections 1, 2, 4.
                For diffraction, besides the lecture notes, you can read Introduction to Fourier Optics, by Joseph W. Goodman.
• Week 6: Chapter 12. Section 5. Chapter 13. Sections 3, 5, 6.
• Week 7: Chapter 14. Sections 2-6.
• Week 8: Chapter 10. Section 5. Chapter 13. Sections 7, 8. Chapter 14. Section 7.

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Course Information

Time and Place

Tuesday and Thursday, 10:30  to 11:55 AM, 070 Moore (Building 93)

Instructor

Professor Demetri Psaltis
262 Moore, x4856, psaltis@sunoptics.caltech.edu

Teaching Assistants

TA Lectures: Wednesday 7 to 8 PM, 239 Moore.

Office Hours: Monday and Friday 5 to 6 PM, 239 Moore.

Jae-Woo Choi

x3889, choijw@caltech.edu

Zhenyu Li
x3889, zhenyu@caltech.edu

Textbook

Engineering Electromagnetics, William H. Hayt, Jr. and Hohn A. Buck, 7th Edition, McGraw Hill.

Homework

Homework due in class every Tuesday. There will be seven homework sets.
Collaboration policy: Collaboration is allowed. You must write your own homework independently.
Late homework policy: 25% off for up to one week late.

Exams and Grading

Midterm: Week 5.
Final: Week 10.
Grading: 33% homework; 33% midterm; 33% final; maybe some quizzes..

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Course Outline 

1. Statics (4)

2. Maxwell's Equations

3. Plane waves; polarization

4. Energy; Power flow; Poynting vector

5. Propagation in lossy and dielectric media (2)

6. Diffraction (2)

7. Dispersion

8. Reflection and refraction at interfaces

9. Waveguides; transmission lines; fibers (2)

10. Cavities

11. Retarded potentials; Radiation; Antennas (2)

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