Editing Microphotonics (section)

== Application ==
Microphotonics has biological applications and these can be demonstrated in the case of the "biophotonic chips", which are developed to increase efficiency in terms of "photonic yield" or the collected luminescent signal emitted by fluorescent markers used in biological chips.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Nanophotonics|last=Rigneault|first=Hervé|last2=Lourtioz|first2=Jean-Michel|last3=Delalande|first3=Claude|last4=Levenson|first4=Ariel|publisher=iSTE Ltd.|year=2006|isbn=9781905209286|location=London|pages=81|language=en}}</ref>

Currently, microphotonics technology is also being developed to replace electronics devices and bio-compatible intracellular devices.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Fikouras|first1=Alasdair H.|last2=Schubert|first2=Marcel|last3=Karl|first3=Markus|last4=Kumar|first4=Jothi D.|last5=Powis|first5=Simon J.|last6=Di Falco|first6=Andrea|last7=Gather|first7=Malte C.|date=16 November 2018|title=Non-obstructive intracellular nanolasers|journal=Nature Communications|volume=9|issue=1|doi=10.1038/s41467-018-07248-0|arxiv=1806.03366|pmid=30446665|pmc=6240115|page=4817|bibcode=2018NatCo...9.4817F}}</ref> For instance, the long-standing goal of an all-optical [[Router (computing)|router]] would eliminate electronic bottlenecks, speeding up the network. Perfect mirrors are being developed for use in [[fiber-optic cable]]s.