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Biophotonics in Ultrashort, Intense Optical Fields

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Ultrashort pulses of intense laser light affect matter with which they interact and, in turn, matter also affects the light pulses. In this chapter we consider both “laser-matter” and “matter-laser” interactions from the viewpoint of biophotonic applications. Propagation of intense light through matter gives rise to visually spectacular phenomena like supercontinuum generation and filamentation. Such phenomena have been used to quantitatively probe damage induced in DNA by low-energy electrons and OH-radicals. They have also provided high sensitivity diagnostic of stress markers in human saliva. The chapter also discusses possibilities of biophotonics applications of such strong-field phenomena without the need for very high-intensity lasers.

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Vasa, P., Mathur, D. (2016). Biophotonics in Ultrashort, Intense Optical Fields. In: Ultrafast Biophotonics. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39614-9_6

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