Mobility

The master is divided into four semesters:

The first two semesters are dedicated to the teaching of fundamentals in the first semester (30 ECTS) and core subjects in optics and photonics in the second semester (30 ECTS).

The third semester (30 ECTS) brings specialization teaching, with specific scientific fields provided by the different partners :

- Imaging (microscopy advanced techniques applied to biophotonics / biomedical imaging / imaging tools from astronomy) in Marseille,

- photonic materials and devices / nanobiology / optical engineering in Karlsruhe

- nanophotonics /quantum optics/ photonics engineering (oriented to metrology and other areas that complement those in Karlsruhe) in Barcelona.

Several topics will constitute core subjects present in each partner institution: Photonics engineering (a basic requirement for future researchers and engineers in optics, that will be approached in complementary ways in each partner institution),- Biophotonics and Nanophotonics (key applications of Photonics today).

These teaching lectures will be completed by practical and lab works, including possibilities for industrial internships. Lectures in languages, management and project organization will be delivered as human sciences complementary knowledge which is essential for future scientists.

The fourth semester is dedicated to the Master thesis work, which can include student research projects offered by the laboratories present in the consortium, or by others. This master thesis will lead to a report and a defence (with a total of 30 ECTS) held in one of the partners places.

At last, each year ends with a summer school the location of which will be chosen by the partners in a rotating decision making. This summer school of 1 to 2 weeks duration will bring together all 1^st and 2^nd year students and will permit them to follow advanced lectures related to the fields taught in their master courses as well as presentations from researchers at the international level and from professionals working in companies. These meetings will bring them the opportunity to plan career prospective with external actors in Photonics.

Teaching program:

1st semester (1st October – end March) – Fundamentals in Optics and Photonics

2nd semester (1st April – end July) – Core subjects

3rd semester (1st October – end March) – Specialization

* For the third semester in Barcelona and Karlsruhe, students will have choice (mediated by tutor’s advise) between different elective courses.

Details of third semester courses :

In Marseille :

• Advanced microscopy – towards super-resolution : near field/far field microscopy, nonlinear microscopy, synthetic aperture imaging, ultra-resolution imaging
• Biology – Biophotonics : introduction to cell biology, fluorescence imaging in biological systems, single molecule spectroscopy, biotechnology
• Biomedical optics : introduction to tissues in biology, optical coherence tomography, scattering in tissues, image reconstruction techniques, optical imaging for medical applications
• Tools from large scale instrumentation imaging : large scale imaging instruments, spectro-imaging and spectral analysis, adaptative optics, image analysis
• From data to information and images : image and data anlaysis, noise and fluctuations, estimation theory, image reconstruction, numerical methods
• Lab practice / Project course : introduction to photonics instrumentation in research laboratories, project presentation
• Additive key competencies : communication, industrial applications of biophotonics and biotechnologies, research publications analysis

In Karlsruhe :

• Photonic materials and devices: Solid-State Optics, Field propagation and coherence, Advanced Optical Materials, Numerical Methods in Photonics, Advanced Inorganic Materials , Plastic Electronics, Photovoltaics,
• Advanced Spectroscopy: Molecular Spectroscopy, Combustion Diagnostics, Nano-Optics , Laser Metrology, Laser Physics
• Nanobiology: Imaging Techniques in Light Microscopy , Optics and Vision in Biology, Molecular Cell Biology, Optics in Medical Technologies, Photochemistry
• Optical Engineering: Systems and Software Engineering, Machine Vision, Optical Communication Systems, Light and Display Engineering
• Additive key competencies: Entrepreneurial opportunities in Optoelectronics, a variety of courses provided by the house of competence of the university

In Barcelona :

• Optical engineering: Optical Metrology, Optomechanical Systems Design, Laser systems and technology, Active and adaptive Optics, Color Science, Fabrication of Optical Elements, Advanced Optical Instrumentation, and Optical Remote Sensing.
• Quantum Optics: Quantum Optics, Milestone Experiments in Quantum Optics, Atom Optics and BEC, Quantum Communication, Quantum Computation.
• Nanophotonics and Biophotonics: Nanophotonics, Advanced optical techniques in Biology, Optical micromanipulation workshop, applied nonlinear optics and nonlinear dynamics, photovoltaic devices, and ultrafast and ultra-intense light.
• Imaging (for optical engineering): Machine vision applications, Fourier optics applications, Image processing, Digital holography.
• Additive key competencies: Photonics & business, and Seminars & skills (including communication skills) or Spanish language.

4th semester (1st April – end of July) – Master thesis

Based on this scheme, the students will be able to lead studies in the field of photonics :

• they will have the capacity of analysing a scientific problem and presenting possible solutions in optics and photonics
• they will have the necessary scientific culture to provide answers in interdisciplinary topics linking physics and biology
• they will be able to present scientific results and write scientific proposals
• they will be able to cooperate with industry on applied projects
• they will know the companies’ way of thinking, the problems companies using photonic technologies are facing, and what companies expect from photonic master-graduate persons
• they will know how challenging (and exciting) research work is