We teach the following optics courses at OGI:
The 3-quarter series of 4-credit courses provides a foundation in physics and mathematics for engineers to design optical instrumentation for biomedical applications.
ECE 532 Biomedical Optics I, 4 credits
1. Radiometry 2. Wave Theory 3. Optical Properties 4. Transport: Monte Carlo simulations 5. Transport: analytic expressions |
ECE 533 Biomedical Optics II, 4 credits
1. Photoconversion 2. Thermal interactions 3. Laser ablation 4. Photomechanical interactions 5. Photochemical interactions |
ECE 534 Biomedical Optics III, 4 credits
1. Optical fiber spectroscopy 2. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) 3. Breast tumor imager 4. Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) 5. Photoacoustic imaging |
Steven L. Jacques (sjacques@ece.ogi.edu), Scott A. Prahl (prahls@ohsu.edu)
This 4-credit course introduces the basics of optical fibers for engineers using fibers in the communication industry and in optical sensing applications.
ECE 529 Fiber Optics, 4 credits
1. Ray optics 2-3. E&M description of light propagation 4-5. Fiber waveguides 6-7. Transmission characteristics of fibers 8. Preparing and testing optical fibers 9-10. Fiber sensors |
A growing glossary of biomedical optics terms. Don't get too excited yet.
A little milk scattering demo put together by Martin Ostermeyer and Steve Jacques.