| Course title | |||||
| 生体情報処理特論 [Biological Information Processing] | |||||
| Course category | courses for the doctral program | Requirement | Credit | 2 | |
| Department | Year | ～ | Semester | Fall | |
| Course type | Fall | Course code | 126803 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 岩井 俊昭 [IWAI Toshiaki] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
| This course provides students with biophotonics on the basis of physical optics in natural phenomena. The topics covered are physics of ‘light’ and related natural phenomena, animal communication, in honey bee and cuttlefish, and the advanced technologies. |
| Expected Learning |
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Students who successfully master this course will be able to: ・Understand physical optics in natural phenomena and related advanced technologies around us. ・Understand the relation between animal communication and perception of vision and optical phenomena in the Earth’s atmosphere. |
| Course schedule |
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1. Introduction to biophotonics 2. What’s light? -Basis of physical Optics in natural phenomena- 3. Recent topics related to advanced photonics ?Plant factory- 4. Polarization of light ?Liquid crystal display and polarization perception- 5. Scattering of light (I) ?Rayleigh scattering and principle of sunset and blue sky? 6. Scattering of light (II) ?Sky compass and waggle dance of the honey bee? 7. Scattering of light (III) ?Radiation pressure and IKAROS project? 8. Basis of Scatterometry ?Microparticle characterization and blood flowmetry? |
| Prerequisites |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| Not specified |
| References |
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1. H. C. van de Hulst, Light Scattering by Small Particles (Dover, New York, 1957). 2. M. Kerker, The Scattering of Light (Academic Press, San Diego, 1969). 3. C. F. Bohren and D. R. Huffman, Absorption and Scattering of Light by Small Particles (A Wiley-Interscience Publication, New York, 1983). |
| Assessment/Grading |
| Examination |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Course keywords |
| biophotonics, light scattering, vision, polarization |
| Office hours |
| 10:00-17:00 |
| Remarks 1 |
| Remarks 2 |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 5/9/2017 7:21:08 PM |