Sensors Based on Optical Waveguide
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 11139
Special Issue Editors
Interests: integrated optical sensors; optical fiber sensors; distributed fiber sensors; lab-on-chip; optical resonator; sensors for biomedical application
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Interests: integrated optical sensors; interferometric waveguide sensors; resonator waveguide sensors; sensors for biomedical application
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Interests: optical fiber sensors; optical waveguides for sensing applications; optical waveguides sensor fabrication techniques; optical lab-on-chip sensors; polymer optical fiber/waveguide sensors; specialty fibers for sensing applications
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Optical waveguides represent a key element that has a strong impact in the field of optical sensors. Consequently, sensors that have found multiple applications in recent years require continuous evolutions and innovative approaches in the development of this powerful tool. Both fiber and integrated optical waveguide-based sensors have demonstrated very high performances from the nanoscale to macroscale. In biosensing applications, an impressive limit of detection down to single molecule could be reached. On the other hand, distributed fiber sensors open the possibility of monitoring over ranges of hundreds of kilometers.
This Special Issue aims to cover advancements, developments, and applications over a wide range of topics in this area. We solicit research papers from state-of-the-art contributions to critical reviews. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Optical fiber sensors
- Integrated planar waveguide-based sensors
- Single mode, few mode, and multimode sensors
- Optical waveguides for sensing applications
- Specialty fibers for sensing application
- Photonic crystal fiber sensors
- Interferometric waveguide sensors
- Resonator waveguide sensors
- Optical waveguides sensor fabrication techniques
- Fiber Bragg gratings (FBG)
- Sensors for biomedical application
- Optical lab-on-chip sensors
- Optical fiber sensor multiplexing techniques
- Distributed fiber sensors
- Polymer optical fiber/waveguide sensors
- Novel waveguides for sensing applications
Dr. Romeo Bernini
Dr. Genni Testa
Dr. Gianluca Persichetti
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Optical fibers
- Integrated waveguides
- Optical fiber sensors
- Optical sensors
- Distributed fiber sensors
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