Teaching Master in Photonics "Advanced experimental techniques in biology"

· Plan of lectures

• 1. Mechanical” properties of electromagnetic waves: the Maxwell tensor.
• 2. Absorption cross section and Scattering cross section.
• 3. Mie theory of light scattering.
• 4. Calculations of radiation forces exerted on “small” particles (Rayleigh regime) and “big” particle (geometrical optics regime).
• 5. Stiffness of an optical trap.
• 6. Radiation forces exerted by different types of optical beams: Gaussian beam, Laguerre-Gaussian beam, Bessel beam, evanescent wave.
• 7. Optical beam focused by an objective with high numerical aperture.
• 8. Metal and dielectric particles, living cells.
• 9. Calibration of optical trap.
• 10. Photonic force microscope.
• 11. Experimental realization of optical tweezers.
• 10. Applications of optical tweezers in biology

· PowerPoint files

• Lecture 1
• Lecture 2
• Lecture 3
• Lecture 4