Spectroscopic Techniques for Optical Sensing
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomedical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 70
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Interests: biophysics; molecular spectroscopy; medical physics; analytics; medical technology; spectroscopic sensors
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Dear Colleagues,
The rapid advancement of the development of powerful and tunable optical sources and detectors essentially based on semiconductors has facilitated new opportunities for optical sensing techniques and applications. With these processes, miniaturization, integration, and, eventually, mass fabrication go hand in hand. Spectroscopic techniques previously bound to laboratory settings are now viable in mobile or field applications. Spectral ranges, such as the mid-infrared, that previously had to be connected to laboratory devices can now be implemented in a handheld form factor. Applications range from optical sensors for chemical analysis in industry to environmental monitoring and medical applications.
This 2025 Special Issue of the journal Sensors, entitled “Spectroscopic Techniques for Optical Sensing”, will focus on all aspects regarding research, developments, and applications related to this area. Original research papers on the development of sources, optical interfaces, detectors, and signal processing for sensors, as well as short reviews that provide a state-of-the art overview on specific aspects, are welcome. We invite you to submit your contributions to this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Werner Mäntele
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- semiconductor sources (from the UV to the far-infrared)
- optical fibers and interfaces for sensors
- sensor specificity, sensitivity and stability
- sensors for gases, liquids and solids
- environmental sensors
- sensors in biotechnology
- sensors in chemical industry
- biomedical sensors
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