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Terminated in academic year 2023/2024

Fiber-optic sensors III

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 440-4129/01
Abbreviation VOS III
Course title Fiber-optic sensors III
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Telecommunications
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jan Nedoma, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:

- Light-skin interaction.
- Thermal effects of laser radiation.
- Colors and their effect on a human.
- Optical fibers - their basic properties and possibilities of use as biosensors, and basic division of optical and fiber-optic sensors.
- Description of basic physical principles and processes used in fiber-optic and optical sensors.
- Phase sensors: the principle of function and possibilities of their application in biomedicine.
- Spectroscopic sensors: the principle of function and possibilities of their application in biomedicine.
- Polarization sensors: the principle of function and possibilities of their application in biomedicine.
- Microstructure sensors: the principle of function and possibilities of their application in biomedicine.
- Special fiber-optic biosensors: polymer fibers, tapering, microstructured fibers, pH sensors, etc.
- Optical image sensors: the principle of function and possibilities of their application in biomedicine.
- Data processing from optical and fiber-optic sensors: signal filtering and advanced processing methods.
- Overview of practical applications of optical and fiber-optic sensors in biomedical practice.

Labs:

- Work safety, acquaintance with laboratory tasks, and laboratory environment.
- Laboratory Task No.1 - Design and implementation of protection and encapsulation of fiber-optic sensors.
- Laboratory Task No.2 - Measurement of human body temperature by fiber-optic sensors.
- Laboratory Task No.3 - Measurement of human respiratory activity by fiber-optic sensors.
- Test No.1
- Laboratory Task No.4 - Measurement of human cardiac activity by optical and fiber-optic sensors.
- Test No.2, compensatory measurement.

Literature

1. Tosi, D., Perrone, G.: Fiber-Optic Sensors for Biomedical Applications. Artech House, 2017, ISBN 978-1-63081-495-3 .
2. De La Rue, R.: Biomedical Optical Sensors: Differentiators for Winning Technologies. Springer Nature, 2020, ISBN 978-3-030-48387-6 .

Advised literature

1. Lopez-Higuera, J. M.: Handbook of optical fiber sensing technology. John Wiley and Sons, 2002, ISBN 0-471-82053-9.