This is an introductory course which aims to provide a first introduction to recent developments in the field of Optoelectronics-Photonics. It covers a broad range of issues related to materials, devices and applications with emphasis on the principles of lasers and their applications in Biology, Medicine, Telecommunications, Environmental and Industrial research. The course is appropriate for 3rd or 4th year students of Departments of Chemistry and Materials Science and Technology.
1) Light sources: Thermal, LED, Plasma Sources, Lasers-Principles of operation and Technology, Laser types, Laser light modulation.
2) Detectors: Thermal detectors, Photodiodes Photomultipliers, Channel Plates, CCD, Semiconductor detectors, imaging systems.
3) Displays: Photoluminescence, Plasma displays, Liquid Crystal Detectors (LCD), Organic LED (OLED).
4) Optical fibers and waveguides: Principles of operations, Bragg gratings and optical fiber sensor.
5) Applications in: Biology, Medicine, Industry, Telecommunications, Cultural Heritage.
The courses of the Computer Science Department are designated with the letters "CS" followed by three decimal digits. The first digit denotes the year of study during which students are expected to enroll in the course.
First Digit
Advised Year of Enrollment
1,2,3,4
First, Second, Third and Fourth year
5,6
Graduate courses
7,8,9
Specialized topics
Code
Computer Science Area
A1
Computer architecture and microelectronics
A2
Computer systems, parallel and high performance computing
A3
Computer security and distributed systems
A4
Computer networks, mobile computing, and telecommunications
B1
Algorithms and systems analysis
B2
Databases, information and knowledge management
B3
Software engineering and programming languages
B4
Artificial Intelligence and machine learning
C1
Signal processing and analysis
C2
Computer vision and robotics
C3
Computer graphics and human-computer interaction
C4
Βioinformatics, medical informatics, and computational neuroscience
The following pages contain tables (one for each course category) summarizing courses offered by the undergraduate studies program of the Computer Science Department at the University of Crete. Courses with code-names beginning with "MATH" or "PHYS" are taught by the Mathematics Department and Physics Department respectively at the University of Crete.