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Handbook of Optical Sensors
Language: EnglishSubjects for Handbook of Optical Sensors:
Keywords
Optical Ber; Ch Ap; Measurement Reliability; FBG Sensor; Standardization; Ber Optic Sensor; Industrial Fiber Strain Gauge Sensors; Bragg Wavelength; Optical Quantum Sensing; Ber Laser; Sensing with Fast and Slow Light; Optical Fiber Sensing; Metamaterials and Optical Sensing; Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors; Chemical Sensors; Bragg Grating; Optical Fiber Sensors; Single Mode Ber; Optical Fiber Chemicals; Michelson Interferometer; FBG Strain Sensor; Light Scattering; Interferometric Sensor; Distributed Sensing; Strain Sensor; Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensors; Sagnac Interferometer; Sensor Multiplexing; Multimode Ber; Fiber-Optic Sensor Multiplexing; Interferometric Phase; Interferometric Sensors; Intensity Sensors; Wavelength Interrogation; Point Sensors; Evanescent Eld; Optical Fibers; SPR Sensor; Fiber Sensing; Refractive Index; Optical Coherence Tomography; Optical Sensing; Multiphoton Microscopy; MUX Sensor; Wavefront Sensing; Ber Bragg Grating; Adaptive Optics; OCT; Plasmonics; Surface Plasmon Measurement; Fluorescence Measurement; Interferometry; Interferometric Measurement; Intensity Measurement; Optical Waveguide Sensors; Optical Measurement Principles; Optical Metrology; Optical Sensors
Publication date: 02-2018
698 p. · 17.8x25.4 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 11-2014
718 p. · 17.8x25.4 cm · Hardback
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Handbook of Optical Sensors provides a comprehensive and integrated view of optical sensors, addressing the fundamentals, structures, technologies, applications, and future perspectives. Featuring chapters authored by recognized experts and major contributors to the field, this essential reference:
- Explains the basic aspects of optical sensors and the principles of optical metrology, presenting a brief historical review
- Explores the role of optical waveguides in sensing and discusses sensor technologies based on intensity and phase modulation, fluorescence, and plasmonic waves
- Describes wavefront sensing, multiphoton microscopy, and imaging based on optical coherence tomography
- Covers optical fiber sensing, from light guiding in standard and microstructured optical fibers to sensor multiplexing, distributed sensing, and fiber Bragg grating
- Offers a broad perspective of the field and identifies trends that could shape the future, such as metamaterials and entangled quantum states of light
Handbook of Optical Sensors is an ideal resource for practitioners and those seeking optical solutions for their specific needs, as well as for students and investigators who are the intellectual driving force of optical sensing.
Overview of Optical Sensing. Principles of Optical Metrology. Optical Waveguide Sensors. Intensity Measurements: Principles and Techniques. Interferometric Measurement: Principles and Techniques. Fluorescence Measurement: Principles and Techniques. Surface Plasmon Measurement: Principles and Techniques. Adaptive Optics and Wavefront Sensing. Multiphoton Microscopy. Imaging Based on Optical Coherence Tomography. Fiber Sensing: A Historic Overview. Optical Fibers. Point Sensors: Intensity Sensors. Point Sensors: Interferometric Sensors. Fiber-Optic Sensor Multiplexing Principles. Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensors Based on Light Scattering in Optical Fibers. Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors. Optical Fiber Chemical Sensor Principles and Applications. Industrial Fiber Strain Gauge Sensors. Standardization and Its Impact on Measurement Reliability. Optical Sensors: Final Thoughts.
José Luís Santos earned his licenciatura in physics and Ph.D from the University of Porto, Portugal, benefiting from a collaboration with the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. He is currently a professor of physics in the Physics and Astronomy Department of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto. He is also a researcher with the INESC TEC-Centre for Applied Photonics (formerly INESC Porto—Optoelectronics and Electronic Systems Unit). His main area of research is optical fiber sensing, with a focus on interferometric- and wavelength-encoded devices. He has authored/coauthored over 200 scientific articles and coauthored 5 patents.
Faramarz Farahi earned his BS from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran; MS from Southampton University, UK; and Ph.D from the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. He is currently a professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA, where he is a member of the Center for Optoelectronics and Optical Communications and the Center for Precision Metrology, and has been the chair of the Department of Physics and Optical Science. Dr. Farahi has over 25 years of experience in the field of optical fiber sensors and devices, has authored/coauthored over 200 scientific articles and texts, and holds 10 patents.