Recent Advances in Optical Waveguide Sensors 2021
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2021) | Viewed by 3812
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Interests: optical fiber sensors and devices; biophotonic sensors; optical networks; micro and nano devices; polymer photonics; optical sensors for autonomous driving
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Dear Colleagues,
Optical waveguides have been applied in various photonic applications, including sensors, because of their integrated advantages, such as robustness and compactness, which have expanded the possibilities regarding sensing capability. Optical waveguides have been microfabricated using semiconductor and organic materials. For example, the sensing materials both on and in optical waveguides are well-known in their use as optical, chemical, and biochemical sensors. The porous ring and slot structure in an optical waveguide has the advantage of accepting various kinds of materials which can improve the sensing capability.
This Special Issue aims to present novel and innovative application of sensors and devices based on optical waveguides. For this Special Issue, we are soliciting papers addressing the wide range of applications of optical waveguide sensors—both review articles and original research papers related to the application of optical waveguide sensors and devices are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Yasufumi Enami
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- optical waveguide sensors
- novel structures of waveguide devices for sensing applications
- novel materials for waveguide sensors
- optical and electrical integration for sensing
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