Biophotonics_Concepts_to_Applications

Index

A
Abbe criterion, 236
Absorption, 141 , 148
absorption coefficient, 149
absorption cross section, 148
absorption efficiency, 164
absorption length, 150
dissociation energy, 148
molar absorption coefficient, 150
Morse potential, 148
penetration depth, 150
Absorption coefficient, 11 ,116.See also
Light absorption
Absorption with scattering, 163
total extinction coefficient, 163
total mean free path, 163
Acceptance angle,56.See alsoOpticalfibers
Acceptance cone,56.See alsoOpticalfibers
Adenosine triphosphate, 17
Airy disk, 237
Airy pattern, 236
Amino acids, 15
Analyte, 192
Angle of incidence,38.See alsoReflection
Anisotropy,161.See alsoScattering
Antibody, 15 , 201 , 203
Antigen, 191 , 202
Arc lamps, 93
flash lamps, 94
mercury arc lamps, 93
xenon arc lamps, 93
A-scan, 284
Attenuation, 12 ,64.See alsoLight absorption,
Opticalfibers

Avalanche photodiodes,123.See also

Photodetector

APD responsivity, 124

impact ionization, 123

photocurrent multiplication, 123

Axial resolution, 290

B

Beer-Lambert Law, 149

Bend insensitivefiber, 70

Biological cells, 17

Biomedical optics, 1

Biophotonics, 1 , 2

applications, 3 , 6

spatial scales, 4

spectral bands, 9

technologies supporting biophotonics, 3

time scales, 4

Biorecognition opticalfiber sensors,201.

See alsoOptical sensors

basic operation, 201

biorecognition material, 201

Blood, 20

Bragg wavelength, 68

Brewster angle, 40 , 145

Brillouin scattering spectroscopy, 277

B-scan, 284

C

Carbohydrates, 16

Carrier lifetime,118.See alsoPhotodetector

CARS, 272

basic CARS setup, 273

four-wave-mixing process, 272

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G. Keiser,Biophotonics, Graduate Texts in Physics,
DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-0945-7

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