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Optical Fibers for Biophotonics Applications

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Major challenges in biophotonics applications to the life sciences include how to collect emitted low-power light (down to the nW range) from a tissue specimen and transmit it to a photon detector, how to deliver a wide range of optical power levels to a tissue area or section during different categories of therapeutic healthcare sessions, and how to access a diagnostic or treatment area within a living being with an optical detection probe or a radiant energy source in the least invasive manner. The unique physical and light-transmission properties of optical fibers enable them to help resolve such implementation issues. This chapter provides the background that is necessary to understand how optical fibers function and describes various categories of fibers that are commercially available for use in biophotonics.

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Keiser, G. (2016). Optical Fibers for Biophotonics Applications. In: Biophotonics. Graduate Texts in Physics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0945-7_3

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