摘要： Biophotonics emerged at the interface of most innovative scientific disciplines of the last century, i.e. photonics and bio- and nanotechnology. This area of scientific research and development unites physicists, biologists, chemists, pharmacists and physicians of various specialisations; the latter are the so called ‘end users’. To emphasise the importance of the area and successful interaction of researchers in the field of biophotonics, note that the 2014 Nobel Prizes were awarded to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura for ‘the efficient blue LEDs that enabled the use of bright and energy-efficient white light sources’, as well as to Eric Betzig, William M?rner, and Stefan Hell for fluorescence microscopy with super-resolution. In 2018, Arthur Ashkin received the award for optical tweezers and their use in biological systems, together with Gerard Mourou and Donna Strickland who received it for the generation of high-intensity ultrashort optical pulses. All these innovative developments are closely related to biophotonics, were in particular initiated by its requirements, and serve its further development.