This book presents selected contributions from the 5th Conference on Optics within Life Sciences (OWLS). It is focused on the application of lasers and optics in biomedicine and the preservation of cultural heritage. Fourteen review papers and numerous related contributed papers give a survey of the state of the art in the application of lasers and optical methods in diagnostics, imaging, holography, interaction with biological tissues and preservation.

Aimed at physicists in condensed matter and semiconductor physics, this text explores phonon Raman scattering in semiconductors, quantum wells and superlattices. It looks at continuous emission of acoustic phonons and practical applications.