Introduction

Welcome to ECEN 661!

This site contains the course notes, assignments, and selected solutions for ECEN 661: Applied Electromagnetics and Optics.

This course was created by Dr. Stephen Schultz at Brigham Young University. Content is Copyright Ⓒ 2023, Dr. Stephen Schultz.

Background

• Python Resources

Part One

• 1. Maxwell’s Equations
• 2. Geometrical Optics
• 3. Prisms
• 4. Lenses
• 5. Cameras
• 6. Principal Planes
• 7. Depth of Focus
• 8. Zoom Lenses and Afocals
• 9. Pupils

Part Two

• 10. Radiometry

Part Three

• 11. Diffraction
• 12. Fraunhofer Approximation
• 13. Gratings
• 14. Spectrometers
• 15. Telescopes
• 16. Optical Processing
• 17. Lens Performance

Problems

• Problem Set 1: Geometrical Optics
• Problem Set 2: Lenses
• Problem Set 3: Cameras
• Problem Set 4: Principal Planes
• Problem Set 5: The Human Eye
• Problem Set 6: Radiometry
• Problem Set 7: Fields
• Problem Set 8: Diffraction
• Problem Set 9: Gratings
• Problem Set 10: Spectrometry
• Problem Set 11: Lens Performance
• Project 1: Camera Project
• Project 2: Laser Drilling Project

Reference

• Fourier Transforms
• Glossary

Credits
Course website created and maintained by Sequoia Ploeg.