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Optical probes and photonics-based biosensors are important tools in most biophotonics diagnostic, therapeutic, imaging, and health-status monitoring instrumentation setups. These devices can selectively detect or analyze specific biological elements, such as microorganisms, organelles, tissue samples, cells, enzymes, antibodies, and nucleic acids derived from human and animal tissue and body fluids, cell cultures, foods, or air, water, soil, and vegetation samples. Of particular interest for biosensing processes are optical fiber probes, nanoparticle-based sensors, optical fiber and waveguide substance sensors, photodetector arrays, fiber Bragg grating sensors, and surface plasmon resonance devices.

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