Course Catalog - 2011-2012

     

BIOE 484 - BIOPHOTONICS INSTRUMENTATION

Long Title: BIOPHOTONICS INSTRUMENTATION AND APPLICATIONS
Department: Bioengineering
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): BIOE 383 or permission of instructor
Description: Introduction to fundamentals of biophotonics instrumentation related to coherent light generation, transmission by optical componenets such as lenses and fibers, and moduation and detection. Interference and polarization concepts and light theories including ray and wave optics will be covered. Biomedical applications in optical sensing and diagnosis will be discussed.