The term whispering gallery mode (WGM) was first introduced to describe the curvilinear
propagation of sound waves under a cathedral dome. The physical concept has now been …

The rapid development of biophotonics and biomedical sciences makes a high demand on
photonic structures to be interfaced with biological systems that are capable of manipulating …

Herein, recent progress in fiber optofluidic lasers and their applications in biochemical
detection are reviewed. The unique properties of optical fibers are introduced for the …

Large-scale single-cell analyses have become increasingly important given the role of
cellular heterogeneity in complex biological systems. However, no techniques at present …

The contractility of cardiac cells is a key parameter that describes the biomechanical
characteristics of the beating heart, but functional monitoring of three-dimensional cardiac …

A biolaser utilizes biological materials as part of its gain medium and/or part of its cavity. It
can also be a micro‐or nanosized laser embedded/integrated within biological materials …

Optical microbarcodes have recently received a great deal of interest because of their
suitability for a wide range of applications, such as multiplexed assays, cell tagging and …

Plasmonic lasers attracted interest for their ability to generate coherent light in mode volume
smaller than the diffraction limit of photonic lasers. While nanoscale devices in one or two …

The ability to track individual cells in space over time is crucial to analyzing heterogeneous
cell populations. Recently, microlaser particles have emerged as unique optical probes for …

Integrating micro-and nanolasers into live cells, tissue cultures and small animals is an
emerging and rapidly evolving technique that offers noninvasive interrogation and labeling …