Biophotonics_Concepts_to_Applications

diagnosing diseases, 251
diagnosis of bacterial infections, 252
discover tissue malignancies, 251
healthcare diagnosis, 252
monitoring wound healing, 252
quantifying microvascular bloodflow, 251
sensing constituents in blood, 251
Spectroscopic techniques, 252
Brillouin scattering spectroscopy, 252
coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering
spectroscopy, 252
diffuse correlation spectroscopy, 252
elastic scattering spectroscopy, 252
fluorescence spectroscopy, 252
fluorescent correlation spectroscopy, 252
Fourier transform infrared
spectroscopy, 252
photon correlation spectroscopy, 252
Raman spectroscopy, 252
stimulated Raman scattering
spectroscopy, 252
surface-enhanced Raman scattering
spectroscopy, 252
Specular reflection, 43 , 145
Speed of light, 8
Star coupler, 137
Stereomicroscope, 229
Stimulated Raman scattering, 274
Superluminescent diode, 110
Super-resolutionfluorescence microscopy, 247
Surface enhanced Raman scattering.SeeSERS
Surface plasmon resonance biosensors, 217
Swept source OCT, 293

T
Temporal width, 29
Tethered capsule endomicroscopy, 299
Therapeutic window, 11
Thermal interactions, 173
carbonization, 175

coagulation, 175

fractional laser technique, 176

photorejuvenation, 175

vaporization, 175

Thermal noise current, 126

Time domain OCT, 286

axial resolution, 290

coherence length, 290

image resolution, 290

lateral resolution, 292

Tissue, 19

Total internal reflection,38.See also

Reflection

Transmission coefficients,40.See also

Reflection

Transmittance,41. See alsoReflection

Transverse electromagnetic waves, 30

Trap stiffness, 319

Turbid medium, 43 , 154

Two-photon-excitation,244.See also

Multiphoton microscopy

U

Upright microscope, 228

UV spectral region,10.See alsoBiophotonics

V

Vibrational relaxation, 254

Visible spectrum, 9

V number,58.See alsoOpticalfibers

W

Wave front, 26

Wavelength, 26

Wave optics, 26

Wave propagation constant, 30

Wave theory, 25

Wave vector, 30

Wide-field microscopes, 226

Index 345