Handbook of Biomedical Nonlinear Optical Microscopy [Hardcover]

TheHandbook of Biomedical Nonlinear Optical Microscopyprovides comprehensive treatment of the theories, techniques, and biomedical applications of nonlinear optics and microscopy for cell biologists, life scientists, biomedical engineers, and clinicians. The chapters are separated into basic and advanced sections, and provide both textual and graphical illustrations of all key concepts. The more basic sections are aimed at life scientists without advanced training in physics and mathematics, and tutorials are provided for the more challenging sections.

The first part of theHandbookintroduces the historical context of nonlinear microscopy. The second part presents the nonlinear optical theory of two- and multiphoton excited fluorescence (TPE, MPE) spectroscopy, second and third harmonic generation (SHG, THG) spectroscopy, and coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy (CARS). The third part introduces modern microscopic and spectroscopic instrumentation and techniques that are based on nonlinear optics. The fourth part provides key applications of nonlinear microscopy to the biomedical area: neurobiology, immunology, tumor biology, developmental biology, dermatology, and cellular metabolism. There are also chapters on nonlinear molecular probes, cellular damage, and nanoprocessing.

List of Contributors
Foreword,Watt Webb
Part I. Historical Development of Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy and Microscopy
Introduction to Part I: Historical Development of Nonlinear Optical Microscopy and Spectroscopy,Barry R. Masters
Chapter 1. The Genesis of Nonlinear Optical Microscopies and Their Impact on Modern Developments,Barry R. Masters and Peter T. C. So
Chapter 2. The Scientific Life of Maria G?ppert-Mayer,Barry R. Masters
Chapter 3. The History of Perturbation Theory from Astronomy to Quantum Mechanics,Barry R. Masters
Chapter 4. English Translations of and Translator's Notes on Maria l³ß