Description:

Overview of principles and applications in the interdisciplinary sphere, connecting physics, optics and biology. Interaction of laser radiation with matter, interaction of radiation with tissue, biology basics, photobiology, bioimaging, basics of lasers, laser safety, optical biosensors, photodynamical therapy, optical manipulation with cells, nanotechnology for biophotonics, biomaterials for photonics.

Contents:

1.Biophotonics as scientific discipline
2.Interaction of radiation with matter I (dual character of light, photons, coherence, interference, diffraction, bounds in molecules)
3.Basic of laser technique (laser principle, types of lasers, laser applications in photobiology and in medicine, laser safety)
4.Basic of biology
5.Interaction of radiation with matter II. (interaction light - molecule, interaction with matter, indication and detection of interaction mechanisms)
6.Absorption and emission of light, principles of biological spectroscopy (absorption, emission, fluorescence, raman, Fourier infrared, etc.)
7.Bioimaging (principles, microscopy, types of microscopes - transmission, fluorescence, tunneling, electron, etc.)
8.Optical biosensors (principles, contruction, applications), photomultipliers, semiconductor detectors and sensors
9.Photodynamical therapy (principles, field of applications), cytometry
10.Interaction of radiation III. (interaction with tissue, regeneration, phototherapy, optical coherence tomography)
11.Cells optical manipulation
12.Nanotechnology for biophotonic- bionanophotonic
13.Biomaterials for biophotonic
14.Exam preparation

Recommended literature:

[1] PRASAD, Paras N. Introduction to biophotonics. Hoboken: Wiley, c2003. ISBN 0-471-28770-9.
[2] PRASAD, Paras N. Nanophotonics. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2004. ISBN 0471649880.
[3] Biomedical Photonics Handbook: Fundamentals, Devices, and Techniques, TUAN VO- DINH (Editor), Taylor&Francis Group, 2nd Edition, 2014.
ISBN 978-0429139208 (http://library.nuft.edu.ua/ebook/file/Vo-Dinh2003.pdf)
[4] Biophotonics International Journal.

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar