微流控光学(optofluidics)通过融合微流控学和光学、光电子学技术合成新颖的功能器件和系统，微流控光学系统的主要特点在于结构的可调化、功能的集成化和系统的微型化。结构可调性为自适应光学提供了新的技术途径，光学检测与微流分析功能的集成将促进微型全分析系统技术的应用和发展，光学与微流控技术的融合则为传统光学器件的可调化和微型化提供了可能。介绍微流控光学这一前沿交叉学科的基本概念和应用前景。叙述了微流控自适应光学、微流控光学检测、微流控激光器以及微流控光学集成器件的近期研究成果和应用前景。

Optofluidics is a new frontier and interdisciplinary field which develops devices and systems through the fusion of optics, optoelectronics and microfluidics. The reconfigurability, integration and minaturization are three major advantages associated with optofluidic systems. The structural reconfigurability provides a new technique solution to adaptive optics. The functional integration of optical detection with microfluidic analysis promotes the applications of micro total analysis system (MTAS). The fusion of optics and microfluidics provides the possibility of miniaturization of conventional optical devices. The basic concept and some potential applications of optofluidics are introduced. The recent research and applications of optofluidics are described in the categories of adaptive optics, microfluidic detection, micro-laser and optical integration devices.