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Physical Measurement Laboratory /Applied Physics Division

Molecular and BioPhotonics Group

Molecular and BioPhotonics research lies at the intersection of physics, chemistry, engineering, and life sciences. The development of photonic techniques, which use light to detect, quantify, and image molecules and biomolecules, are used to establish the optical measurement science, modeling, and simulation tools critical to realizing many applications in medicine, energy, and the environment.

The Molecular and BioPhotonics group research efforts focus on the development of the following:

  • New photonic spectroscopic and imaging techniques for enhanced detection of molecules and biomolecules;
  • Measurement standards for improving manufacturing quality and promoting acceptance of optical medical imaging technologies; and
  • The application of photonics techniques to real world problems.

Highlights

Projects and Programs

nano-biophotonics collage

Nano-biophotonics for molecular imaging

Ongoing
Biophotonics is at the intersection of photonics and biology where light is used to image, detect, and manipulate biological materials. This project addresses

Publications

Software

JB95 Spectral fitting program

A graphical user interface program, JB95 , based on a Windows 95 © API platform has been written in the C programming language to aid in the analysis of complex

Tools and Instruments

THz photomixer spectrometer

Continuous-wave terahertz spectrometer

The continuous-wave terahertz spectrometer makes use of two near-infrared lasers. The first laser is a fixed-frequency cw ring Ti:Saph laser operating near 840

Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy

Vibrationally-Resonant Sum Frequency Spectroscopy (VR-SFS): A nonlinear vibrational spectroscopy in which two colors of light, one in the visible and one in the

Awards

Research Opportunities

Staff Directory

Contacts

Group Leader

Postal address: Molecular and Biophotonics Group, NIST - 687.05, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305