Singlet oxygen luminescence detection with a fiber-coupled superconducting nanowire single-photon detector.

We report on the direct monitoring of singlet oxygen luminescence at 1270 nm wavelength using a fiber coupled superconducting nanowire single-photon detector. These results open the pathway to practical dose monitoring in photodynamic therapy.

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