Optics and Lasers in Medicine

Course Name: Optics and Lasers in Medicine
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Lecturer: Dr. Natan T. Shaked

Level: Undergraduate (3rd year BSc)
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Course No: 0555-4530-01

Course Grade: 60% final exam (must pass), 30% simulation work, 10% midterm, 0% homework (must submit >80%)

Course Subjects: .

Introduction and history of optics.
Electromagnetic spectrum and electromagnetics-tissue imaging and interactions.
Wave optics.
Geometric optics.
Basic optical elements.
Scalar diffraction theory.
Fourier optics.
Interferometry and holography.
Fiber optics.
Quantum optics.
Laser properties.
Lasing conditions.
Pumping.
Resonant modes.
Laser cavities.
Pulse lasers.
Laser types and their applications in medicine.

Books:

1. Cheng, Field and Wave Electomagntics, 1992.
2. Silfvast, Laser Fundamentals, 1996.
3. Svelto, Principles of Lasers. 4th ed., Plenum, 1998.
4. Davis, Lasers and Electro-optics, Cambridge University press, 1996.
5. Waynant & Ediger, Electro Optics Handbook, 2nd edition, McGraw Hill, 2000.
6. Goodman, Introduction to Fourier Optics, Roberts and Company Publishers, 2005.
7. Saleh & Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics, Wiley, 2007.
8. Jenkins & White, Fundamentals of Optics, McGraw Hill, 2001.

Course #3: 2014/2015, Second Semester

Course Time and Place: Thursday, 12:00-15:00. Wolfson-Engineering Building, Room 406

Syllabus (Hebrew): Download PDF

Course Material (password required):

Lecture 1

Fourier Optics Lecture

Interferometry Lecture

Fiber Optics Lecture – Part 1

Fiber Optics Lecture – Part 2, and Quantum Optics Lecture – Part 1

Quantum Optics Lecture – Part 2

Laser Modes and Cavities Lecture

Pulse Lasers Lecture (only what was taught in class is needed)