The graduate student must know:
• phenomenal properties of the photon as an information carrier and energy carrier;
• mechanisms of interaction of laser radiation with matter;
• technical means, types, properties of light sources, features of lasers;
• properties of semiconductors and structural materials in the laser treatment zone;
• the place of laser technology in typical technological processes of microelectronics;
• basic technological operations of industrial and micromachining of materials with the use of lasers;
• trends in the development of photonic technologies in diagnostics and medicine.
The graduate student must be able to:
• explain the mechanisms of interaction of photon fluxes and laser radiation with matter and living tissue;
• substantiate the effects of photon fluxes on physical objects;
• develop and put into practice photonic devices, test systems, photon energy systems and laser medical equipment.

– prerequisites: Analytical and numerical research methods;
– co-requisites: Plasmonics.

The place of photonics in modern science. Photon phenomenon. Photon as a carrier of information and a carrier of energy. Scale of electromagnetic waves. Light sources: sun, LED, OLED. Light detection, artificial vision. Alternative lighting. Lasers, types of lasers, their classification and modes of operation. Features of laser radiation. Propagation of laser beams. Control and measurement of laser radiation parameters. Solar energy. Solar systems and solar panels. Radiation transmission paths. Fiber optics. Methods of transmission of solar energy such as "Solex". Information display devices. Displays. Photocatalysis and application. Plasmonics and femtonics: applied aspects. Photonic crystals.

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6. Bobytskyi Ya.V., Matviishyn H.L. Laser technologies: Part 2: textbook. – Lviv: Lviv Polytechnic Publishing House, 2020. – 112 p. (in Ukrainian)
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• current control (30%): written reports on practical works, oral examination, reference work;
• final control (70%): test (written-oral form).