| Weeks | Topics |
| 1 |
Biophotonics, Opportunities for Both Basic Research and Biotechnology Development, Nature of Light, Dual Character of Light
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| 2 |
Propagation of Light as Waves, Coherence of Light, Light as Photon Particles, Optical Activity and Birefringence, Different Light Sources, Quantized States of Matter, Introductory Concepts, Quantized States of Atoms
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| 3 |
Quantized States of Molecules: Partitioning of Molecular Energies, Electronic States of a Molecule, Bonding in Organic Molecules, Conjugated Organic Molecules
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| 4 |
Vibrational States of a Molecule, Intermolecular Effects, Three-Dimensional Structures and Stereoisomers, Introductory Concepts to Biology, Cellular Structure
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| 5 |
Various Types of Cells, Chemical Building Blocks, Interactions Determining Three-Dimensional Structures
of Biopolymers
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| 6 |
Other Important Cellular Components, Cellular Processes, Protein Classification and Function
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| 7 |
Midterm exam
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| 8 |
Organization of Cells into Tissues, Types of Tissues and Their Functions, Tumors and Cancers, Interactions Between Light and a Molecule, Nature of Interactions, Einstein’s Model of Absorption and Emission
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| 9 |
Interaction of Light with a Bulk Matter, Fate of Excited State, Various Types of Spectroscopy, Electronic Absorption Spectroscopy, Electronic Luminescence Spectroscopy
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| 10 |
Vibrational Spectroscopy, Spectroscopy Utilizing Optical Activity of Chiral Media, Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
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| 11 |
Principles of Lasers, Principles of Laser Action, Classification of Lasers, Some Important Lasers for Biophotonics, Current Laser Technologies
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| 12 |
Quantitative Description of Light: Radiometry, Nonlinear Optical Processes with Intense Laser Beam, Time-Resolved Studies, Laser Safety
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| 13 |
Photobiology at the Core of Biophotonics, Interaction of Light with Cells, Light Absorption in Cells, Light-Induced Cellular Processes, Interaction of Light with Tissues
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| 14 |
Photoprocesses in Biopolymers, In Vivo Photoexcitation
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