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Photonic sensing : principles and applications for safety and security monitoring /

"The impact of certain worldwide threats such as terrorism and climate change can be significantly mitigated by the presence of effective early-detection and early-warning systems. Photonics (the use of light) has the potential to provide highly effective solutions tailored to meet a broad rang...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Xiao, George
Otros Autores: Bock, Wojtek J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2012.
Colección:Wiley series in microwave and optical engineering
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Photonic Sensing
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Contributors
  • 1 Surface Plasmons for Biodetection
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Principles of SPR Biosensors
  • 1.2.1 Surface Plasmons
  • 1.2.2 Excitation of Surface Plasmons
  • 1.2.3 Sensors Based on Surface Plasmons
  • 1.2.4 SPR Affinity Biosensors
  • 1.2.5 Performance Characteristics of SPR Biosensors
  • 1.3 Optical Platforms for SPR Sensors
  • 1.3.1 Prism-Based SPR Sensors
  • 1.3.2 SPR Sensors Based on Grating Couplers
  • 1.3.3 SPR Sensors Based on Optical Waveguides
  • 1.3.4 Commercial SPR Sensors
  • 1.4 Functionalization Methods for SPR Biosensors
  • 1.4.1 Functional Layers
  • 1.4.2 Attachment of Receptors to Functional Surfaces
  • 1.4.3 Molecular Recognition Elements
  • 1.5 Applications of SPR Biosensors
  • 1.5.1 Detection Formats
  • 1.5.2 Medical Diagnostics
  • 1.5.3 Environmental Monitoring
  • 1.5.4 Food Quality and Safety
  • 1.6 Summary
  • References
  • 2 Microchip-Based Flow Cytometry in Photonic Sensing: Principles and Applications for Safety and Security Monitoring
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Microchip-Based Flow Cytometry
  • 2.3 Microchip-Based Flow Cytometry with Integrated Optics
  • 2.4 Applications
  • 2.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 3 Optofluidic Techniques for the Manipulation of Micro Particles: Principles and Applications to Bioanalyses
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Optofluidic Techniques for the Manipulation of Particles
  • 3.2.1 Fiber-Based Optofluidic Techniques
  • 3.2.2 Near-Field Optofluidic Techniques
  • 3.2.3 Optical Chromatography Techniques: Axial-Type and Cross-Type
  • 3.3 Enhancing Optical Manipulation with a Monolithically Integrated on-Chip Structure
  • 3.4 Applications
  • 3.5 Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 4 Optical Fiber Sensors and Their Applications for Explosive Detection
  • 4.1 Introduction.
  • 4.2 A Brief Review of Existing Fiber-Optic-Based Explosive Detectors
  • 4.3 High Performance Fiber-Optic Explosive Detector Based on the AFP Thin Film
  • 4.3.1 Optimizing Fiber-Optic Explosive Detector Architecture
  • 4.3.2 Experimental Demonstration of Fluorescent Quenching Detection and Discussion
  • 4.3.3 Unique Advantage of the Optimized Detector-Dramatically Increased Fluorescence Collection through the End-Face-TIR Process
  • 4.4 Generating High Quality Polymer Film-Pretreatment with Adhesion Promoter
  • 4.5 Effect of Photodegradation on AFP Polymer
  • 4.6 Optimizing Polymer Concentration for Optimized AFP-Film Thickness
  • 4.7 Explosive Vapor Preconcentration and Delivery
  • 4.7.1 Adsorption/Desorption Zone 40
  • 4.7.2 Equilibrium Zone 46
  • 4.7.3 Chromatography Zone 52
  • 4.7.4 Preconditioning Zone 60
  • 4.7.5 Sensing Zone 42
  • 4.8 Future Directions and Conclusions
  • References
  • 5 Photonic Liquid Crystal Fiber Sensors for Safety and Security Monitoring
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Materials and Experimental Setups
  • 5.3 Principle of Operation
  • 5.3.1 Mechanism of Propagation in a PLCF
  • 5.3.2 LC Arrangement in PCF
  • 5.4 Tuning Possibility
  • 5.4.1 Thermal Tuning
  • 5.4.2 Electrical Tuning
  • 5.4.3 Pressure Tuning
  • 5.4.4 Optical Tuning
  • 5.4.5 Birefringence Tuning
  • 5.5 Photonic Devices
  • 5.5.1 Electrically Tuned Phase Shifter
  • 5.5.2 Thermally/electrically Tuned Optical Filters
  • 5.5.3 Electrically Controlled PLCF-based Polarizer
  • 5.5.4 Thermally Tunable Attenuator
  • 5.6 Photonic Liquid Crystal Fiber Sensors for Sensing and Security
  • 5.7 Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 6 Miniaturized Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor Systems for Potential Air Vehicle Structural Health Monitoring Applications
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Spectrum Fixed AWG-Based FBG Sensor System
  • 6.2.1 Operation Principle
  • 6.2.2 Applications.
  • 6.3 Spectrum Tuning AWG-/EDG-Based FBG Sensor Systems
  • 6.3.1 Principle of Spectrum Tuning AWG
  • 6.3.2 Applications of Spectrum Tuning PLC
  • 6.4 Dual Function EDG-Based Interrogation Unit
  • 6.5 Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 7 Optical Coherence Tomography for Document Security and Biometrics
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Principle of OCT
  • 7.2.1 Coherence Gate
  • 7.2.2 Time Domain and Fourier Domain OCT
  • 7.2.3 Full-Field OCT (FF-OCT)
  • 7.3 OCT Systems: Hardware and Software
  • 7.3.1 OCT Systems and Components
  • 7.3.2 Algorithms Used in OCT Signal/Image Processing
  • 7.4 Sensing Through Volume: Applications
  • 7.4.1 Security Data Storage and Retrieval
  • 7.4.2 Internal Biometrics for Fingerprint Recognition
  • 7.5 Summary and Conclusion
  • References
  • 8 Photonics-Assisted Instantaneous Frequency Measurement
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Frequency Measurement Using an Optical Channelizer
  • 8.2.1 Optical Phased Array WDM
  • 8.2.2 Free-Space Diffraction Grating
  • 8.2.3 Phase-Shifted Chirped Fiber Bragg Grating Arrays
  • 8.2.4 Integrated Optical Bragg Grating Fabry-Perot Etalon
  • 8.3 Frequency Measurement Based on Power Monitoring
  • 8.3.1 Chromatic-Dispersion-Induced Microwave Power Penalty
  • 8.3.2 Break the Lower Frequency Bound
  • 8.3.3 IFM Based on Photonic Microwave Filters with Complementary Frequency Responses
  • 8.3.4 First-Order Photonic Microwave Differentiator
  • 8.3.5 Optical Power Fading Using Optical Filters
  • 8.4 Other Methods for Frequency Measurement
  • 8.4.1 Fabry-Perot Scanning Receiver
  • 8.4.2 Photonic Hilbert Transform
  • 8.4.3 Monolithically Integrated EDG
  • 8.4.4 Incoherent Frequency-to-Time Mapping
  • 8.5 Challenges and Future Prospects
  • 8.6 Conclusion
  • References
  • Index.