biophotonics
Sign in to saveThe term biophotonics denotes a combination of biology and photonics, with photonics being the science and technology of generation, manipulation, and detection of photons, quantum units of light. Photonics is related to electronics and photons. Photons play a central role in information technologies, such as fiber optics, the way electrons do in electronics.
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- Applications
- Raman and FT-IR based diagnostics
- Other applications
- Dermatology
- Optical tweezers
- Laser micro-scalpel
- Photoacoustic microscopy (PAM)
- Low level laser therapy (LLLT)
- Photodynamic therapy (PT)
- Photothermal therapy
- FRET
- Biofluorescence
- Bioluminescence
- Biophosphorescence
- Biolasing
- Light sources
- Lasers
- Gas lasers
- Diode lasers
- Solid-state lasers
- Ultrachrome lasers
- Swept sources
- THz sources
- Single photon sources
- See also
- References
The term biophotonics denotes a combination of biology and photonics, with photonics being the science and technology of generation, manipulation, and detection of photons, quantum units of light. Photonics is related to electronics and photons. Photons play a central role in information technologies, such as fiber optics, the way electrons do in electronics.
Biophotonics can also be described as the "development and application of optical techniques, particularly imaging, to the study of biological molecules, cells and tissue". One of the main benefits of using the optical techniques which make up biophotonics is that they preserve the integrity of the biological cells being examined.