Biophotonics

Biophotonics group at OPEM unit aims at development of advanced photonics tools and techniques for functional imaging, sensing, and characterization of biotissues and cells on a fundamental level.

Research group information

Unit and faculty

Optoelectronics and Measurement Techniques

Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering

Researchers

Postdoctoral researchers

Research group description

Biophotonics research in OPEM Unit has a 20-year-long history. We develop and employ innovative photonic tools and techniques for noninvasive functional imaging of biotissues, for manipulating microparticles and red blood cells to study interaction forces between them, for visualizing tissue perfusion and characterization of blood flow in particular to monitor brain activity. We fabricate advanced realistic optomechanical phantoms of tissues and organs of humans and small animals. The experimental investigations are regularly supported by the comprehensive theoretical and numerical modeling of light-tissue interaction. The Biophotonics group is a member of Oulu BioImaging consortium, which is an associated partner of Euro-Bioimaging infrastructure network.

Research techniques

Complex and Polarized Light Sensing/Imaging

Hyperspectral Imaging

Dynamic Light Scattering aproach in blood flow imaging

Optical tweezers

Time-resolved Detection / time-of-flight

Monte Carlo

Tissue-mimicking phantoms

Contacts

Aliaksandr Bykau, DrSc(Tech), OPTICA SM, Group leader

Biophotonics group members

Equipment

The list of the equipment is available here.