Ultrafast Biophotonics

• Main Authors: Vasa, P. (Author), Mathur, D. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering,
• Subjects: Physics.; Physical chemistry.; Biochemistry.; Biomedical engineering.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics.; Physical Chemistry.; Biomedical Engineering.; Biochemistry, general.

This book presents emerging contemporary optical techniques of ultrafast science which have opened entirely new vistas for probing biological entities and processes. The spectrum reaches from time-resolved imaging and multiphoton microscopy to cancer therapy and studies of DNA damage. The book displ...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and overview
• Introduction to ultrafast and intense Fields
• Multiphoton microscopy and imaging techniques, including THz imaging
• Intense fields I
• Intense fields II
• Dynamical studies
• Mimicking biological systems: light harvesting without chlorophyll
• Biological interactions and energy landscapes: theoretical frameworks
• Outlook.