Optics in Instruments

Optics is a science which covers a very large domain and isexperiencing indisputable growth. It has enabled the development ofa considerable number of instruments, the optical component ormethodology of which is often the essential part of portentsystems. This book sets out show how optical physical phenomenasuch as lasers - the basis of instruments of measurement- are involved in the fields of biology and medicine.
Optics in Instruments: Applications in Biology and Medicinedetails instruments and measurement systems using optical methodsin the visible and near-infrared, as well as their applications inbiology and medicine, through looking at confocal laser scanningmicroscopy, the basis of instruments performing in biological andmedical analysis today, and flow cytometry, an instrument whichmeasures at high speed the parameters of a cell passing in front ofone or more laser beams. The authors also discuss optical coherencetomography (OCT), which is an optical imaging technique usingnon-contact infrared light, the therapeutic applications of lasers,where they are used for analysis and care, and the majorcontributions of plasmon propagation in the field of life sciencesthrough instrumental developments, focusing on propagating surfaceplasmons (PSP) and localized plasmons (LP).
Contents:
1. Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy, Thomas Olivier andBaptiste Moine.
2. Flow Cytometry (FCM) Measurement of Cells in Suspension, OdileSabido.
3. Optical Coherence Tomography, Claude Boccara and ArnaudDubois.
4. Therapeutic Applications of Lasers, Geneviève Bourg-Hecklyand Serge Mordon.
5. Plasmonics, Emmanuel Fort.
About the Authors
Jean-Pierre Goure is Emeritus Professor of optics at Jean MonnetUniversity in Saint-Etienne, France, and was previously director ofthe UMR 5516 laboratory linked with CNRS. He is the author of morethan 100 publications in various fields, such as spectroscopy,instrumentation, sensors, optical fiber and optical communications.He was also previously deputy director in engineering science atCNRS and a member of several scientific associations such as theFrench Optical Society and the European Optical Society.