Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After the course, the student is able to:

• identify basic physical properties of light.
• understand principles of optical microscopy and describe light-based imaging techniques
• explain how living organisms utilise light
• use basic mathematical and computational tools to describe light and light matter interaction
• interpret recent developments in optical microscopy and its implications in the fields of biophysics, biomedical imaging etc

Credits: 5

Schedule: 02.03.2022 - 02.06.2022

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Anton Kuzyk

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  • nature of light
  • basic light phenomena
  • light induced phenomena in biology
  • basics of light-matter interaction
  • colour vision
  • optical phenomena and life
  • optical microscopy (principles and instrumentation)
  • diffraction limit
  • optical super-resolution microscopy.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Mid-term exams, exercises, individual work.

   

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Lecture: contact teaching 10 x 2h
  Exercises: contact teaching 10 x 2h
  Self-study: lecture materials, book: 40 h
  Self-study: exercises: 45 h
  exams and exams preparation: 20 h
  total: 145 H

DETAILS

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Teaching Language : English

  Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Spring IV - V
  2023-2024 Spring IV - V

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