Handbook Of Optical Sensors (Pb 2017) Hardcover

The "Handbook of Optical Sensors" offers a complete and unified overview of optical sensing, covering its foundational principles, sensor designs, enabling technologies, diverse applications, and potential future directions. Written by leading experts in the field, this key reference explains the basics of optical sensors and measurement techniques, including a brief historical background. It explores the use of optical waveguides in sensing and discusses various sensor technologies based on light intensity and phase changes, fluorescence, and surface plasmon waves. The book also covers advanced techniques like wavefront sensing, multiphoton microscopy, and optical coherence tomography imaging. Furthermore, it details optical fiber sensing, from how light travels in different fiber types to multiplexing, distributed sensing, and fiber Bragg grating sensors. Providing a broad perspective on the field, the handbook identifies emerging trends such as metamaterials and quantum entanglement that could influence the future of optical sensing. It serves as an excellent resource for professionals seeking optical sensing solutions, as well as for students and researchers driving innovation in this area.