Hours:
16 hours (4 credits)

Room:

Aula Riunioni del Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Via G. Caruso 16, Pisa - Ground Floor

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Short Abstract:

Light plays a central role in our everyday lives. On the most fundamental level, throughLight plays a central role in our everyday lives. On the most fundamental level, throughphotosynthesis, light can be thought at the origin of the life itself. The study of light properties has ledto promising alternative energy sources, lifesaving medical advances in diagnostics technology andtreatments, extremely speed internet communications and many other discoveries that have changedthe society and shaped our understanding of the universe. These technologies were developed sinceNewton and Laplace fundamental researches on the properties of light and are now generally codifiedin the terms of Optics and Photonics. The European Commission recently defined Optics andPhotonics as parts of the six Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) of Europe. Indeed, Optics andPhotonics have a substantial leverage effect on the European economy and workforce: 20-30 % of theeconomy and 10 % of the workforce depend on Optics and Photonics. The course will provide a briefexcurtion on light from the beginnings to the most recent applications.

Course Contents in brief:

1. The nature of light: why is the sky blue? (3 hours)
2. The nature of light: why is the sky blue? (3 hours)
3. Light-matter interaction(s) (3 hours)
4. Optical resonant structures (3hours)
5. Transducing and (bio)sensing (3 hours)
6. Final remarks and test (2 hours+1 hour)

Schedule:

1. 27/03/2023, h. 9:00-13:00
2. 28/03/2023, h. 9:00-12:00
3. 29/03/2023, h. 9:00-12:00
4. 30/03/2023, h. 9:00-12:00
5. 31/03/2023, h. 9:00-12:00