This page presents two forms of lecture notes: notes by Professor Chen, and notes taken in-class by a student (presented courtesy of Tom Harris, and used with permission).
| Lec # | Topics | Professor Chen’s Notes | Student’s Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | |||
| 1 | Review of Basic Thermal Radiation Concepts, Blackbody Radiation | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 2 | View Factor, Simple Radiative Transfer | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| Week 2 | |||
| 3 | Radiative Transfer in Enclosures | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 4 | Radiative Transfer in Enclosures (cont.) | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| Week 3 | |||
| 5 | EM Waves | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| Week 4 | |||
| 6 | EM Wave Modeling of Surfaces | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 7 | EM Wave Modeling of Thin Films | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| Week 5 | |||
| 8 | EM Wave Modeling of Particles | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 9 | Scattering Properties of Particulates | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| Week 6 | |||
| 10 | Dielectric Properties of Solid, Drude Model | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 11 | Lorentz Model | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| Week 7 | |||
| 12 | Radiative Properties of Gases | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 13 | Radiative Properties of Gases (cont.) | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| Week 8 | |||
| 14 | First Mid-term (In-class, Open Book) | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 15 | Equation of Radiative Transfer in Participating Media | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| Week 9 | |||
| 16 | Solution of ERT for One-dimensional Gray Media | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 17 | Discrete Ordinate Method | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| Week 10 | |||
| 18 | Spherical Harmonics Method | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| Week 11 | |||
| 19 | Approximate Solutions | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 20 | Monte Carlo Simulation | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| Week 12 | |||
| 21 | Presentation and Discussion on Global Warming | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 22 | Near Field Thermal Radiation, Fluctuation-dissipation Theory | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| Week 13 | |||
| 23 | Near Field Thermal Radiation | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 24 | Solar Cells | ||
| Week 14 | |||
| 25 | Coherent Radiation Source, Lasers | ||
| 26 | Laser Materials Interactions | ||
