本文概述了生物光子学及光子生物学的发生、发展及未来发展趋势。当前，一门新兴学科——光子学（Ｐｈｏｔｏｎｉｃｓ）已经产生。国际上一些发达国家对光子学已给予了充分的重视并大力支持光子学及相关技术和产业的发展［１，２］。古老而又充满发展活力的生命科学早在光子学产生的初期就和光子学相互交叉和渗透，促使两门新的边缘学科分支悄然崛起，即生物光子学和光子生物学。前者站在光子学的立场研究生物特性；后者立足于生物学角度来探讨光子学的应用 This article outlines the occurrence, development and future trends of biophotonics and photon biology. Currently, a new discipline - Photonics (Photonics) has been produced. Some developed countries in the world have given sufficient attention to photonics and strongly support the development of photonics and related technologies and industries [1,2]. The old and full of vitality of life science as early as the early photonics generated and photonics cross and penetration, prompting the quiet rise of two new branches of the discipline, namely, biological photonics and photobiology. The former stands on the standpoint of photonics to study biological characteristics; the latter on the basis of biology to explore the application of photonics