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Biophotonics: Spectroscopy, Imaging, Sensing, and Manipulation

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Baldassare Di Bartolo

    1. Dept. Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, USA

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  2. John Collins

    1. , Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wheaton College, Norton, USA

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  • The material has already been presented in lectures at a NATO ASI meeting
  • It presents photonic devices used for a wide variety of applications to biological systems
  • Spectroscopy, imaging, sensing, and manipulation - all in one book
  • A first-principles, detailed approach provides a solid physics background to each topic
  • Presents latest results by authors working in several different sub-fields of bio-photonics
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (45 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Lectures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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  3. LECTURES

    1. Biophotonics: Harnessing Light for Biology and Medicine

      • T. Y. Ohulchanskyy, A. M. Pliss, P. N. Prasad
      Pages 3-17

    2. Nano-Plasmonics for Bio-Photonics

      • M. Wegener
      Pages 19-23

    3. Photons and Photon Correlation Spectroscopy

      • Ralph Von Baltz
      Pages 25-62

    4. Principles and Applications of Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS)

      • Petra Schwille, Jonas Ries
      Pages 63-85

    5. Nanoscopy Using Localization and Temporal Separation of Fluorescence From Single Molecules

      • C. Steinhauer, C. Forthmann, R. Jungmann, J. Vogelsang, F. C. Simmel, P. Tinnefeld
      Pages 87-106

    6. Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Energy Transfer Processes in Biological Systems

      • Baldassare Di Bartolo
      Pages 107-171

    7. Fluorescence of Strongly Absorbing Multicomponent Media

      • A. P. Voitovich, V. S. Kalinov, A. P. Stupak
      Pages 173-181

    8. Coherent Quantum Control in Biological Systems

      • J. P. Wolf
      Pages 183-201

    9. Subcellular Surgery and Nanoneurosurgery Using Femtosecond Laser Pulses

      • Valeria Nuzzo, Iva Maxwell, Samuel Chung, Eric Mazur, Alexander Heisterkamp
      Pages 203-218

    10. Solar Energy Conversion – Natural to Artificial

      • Villy Sundstrom
      Pages 219-236

    11. Whispering Gallery Mode Biosensor

      • S. Arnold, S. I. Shopova
      Pages 237-259

    12. Two-Photon Absorption and Applications to Biological Systems

      • J. Collins
      Pages 261-285

    13. Terahertz Spectroscopy of Biological Systems

      • J. W. Bowen
      Pages 287-303

    14. Laser-Produced Plasmas for Bio-Photonics

      • Paolo Di Lazzaro
      Pages 305-319

    15. Real-Time Spectroscopy of Solid-State Random Lasers

      • J. Fernández, S. García-Revilla, R. Balda
      Pages 321-342

  4. Interdisciplinary Lecture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 343-343
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  5. INTERDISCIPLINARY LECTURE

    1. Neutrinos in Particle Physics and Astrophysics

      • G. Costa
      Pages 345-356

  6. Short Seminars

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 357-357
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About this book

This volume describes an impressive array of the current photonic-related technologies being used in the investigation of biological systems. The topics include various types of microscopy (fluorescence correlation microscopy, two-photon microscopy), sensitive detection of biological molecules, nano-surgery techniques, fluorescence resonance energy transfer, nano-plasmonics, terahertz spectroscopy, and photosynthetic energy conversion. The emphasis is on the physical principles behind each technique, and on examining the advantages and limitations of each.The book begins with an overview by Paras Prasad, a leader in the field of biophotonics, of several important optical techniques currently used for studying biological systems. In the subsequent chapters these techniques are discussed in depth, providing the reader with a detailed understanding of the basic physical principles at work. An excellent treatment of terahertz spectroscopy demonstrates how photonics is being extended beyond the visible region. Recent results in the use of femtosecond lasers as a tool to porate cell walls demonstrate that the manipulation of light can be used as a tool for the study and the treatment of biological systems. The field of Bio-photonics is broad and still growing, so cannot be covered comprehensively in one volume. But here the reader will find an introduction to some of the major tools used for studying biological systems, and at the same time a detailed, first-principles treatment of the physics behind these tools.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, USA

    Baldassare Di Bartolo

  • , Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wheaton College, Norton, USA

    John Collins

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