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Introduction to Planar Waveguide Optical Sensor

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Planar Waveguide Optical Sensors

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Sensing platform based on the integrated optical planar waveguide represents an active research area. The development of optical planar waveguide sensor has largely been motivated by the need for rapid, automated devices for application in the fields of clinical diagnostics and adulteration detection. The technologies highlighted in this chapter have taken advantage of emerging advances in silicon technology and Lab on a Chip (LOC) device platform. This chapter gives an introduction of the integrated optic (IO) sensors, its characteristics, and a brief outline of works along with the scope of waveguide sensors. Furthermore, the silicon photonics fabrication platform that was used to fabricate the sensor, the optical waveguide material study as well as the impetus for the use of silicon photonics is reported in this chapter. The chapter ends with the organization of this book.

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Dutta, A. (2016). Introduction to Planar Waveguide Optical Sensor. In: Planar Waveguide Optical Sensors. Engineering Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-35140-7_1

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