Fiber-optic sensors for biomedical applications

• Main Authors: Tosi, Daniele (Author), Perrone, Guido (Professor of Electronics and Telecommunications) (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Artech House, [2018]
• Series: Artech House applied photonics series.
• Subjects: Biosensors.; Optical fiber detectors.; Biomedical engineering.; Fiber optics.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781630814953; 1630814954; 9781523119295; 1523119292; 9781630811525; 1630811521
• Physical Description: 1 online resource : illustrations

Table of Contents:

• Fiber-Optic Sensors for Biomedical Applications; Introduction; Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Wave Optics and Optical Fibers; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Electromagnetic Waves; 1.3 Reflection and Refraction of Plane Waves; 1.4 Dielectric Waveguides; 1.5 Optical Fibers; 1.6 Practical Aspects in Using Optical Fibers; Selected Bibliography; Chapter 2 Devices for Fiber Optic Sensing Applications; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Light Sources; 2.2.1 Light-Emitting Diodes; 2.2.2 Laser Diodes; 2.3 Photodiodes; 2.4 Isolators and Circulators; 2.5 Couplers; 2.5.1 Wavelength-Insensitive Couplers (WINCs).
• 2.5.2 Wavelength-Sensitive Couplers2.6 Polarization Optics; 2.7 Optical Spectrum Analyzers and Spectrometers; References; Chapter 3 Principles of Fiber Optic Sensing; 3.1 Definitions; 3.2 Classification; 3.3 Working Principles; 3.4 Sensor Performance Analysis; 3.5 Application-Integrated Design; References; Chapter 4 Intensity-Based Sensors; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Sensors Exploiting the Modulation of Losses; 4.3 Sensors Based on Coupling Loss; References; Chapter 5 Fiber Bragg Gratings; 5.1 Description; 5.2 Uniform FBGs; 5.3 FBG Thermal and Mechanical Response; 5.4 FBG Arrays.
• 5.5 Chirped and Apodized FBG5.6 Tilted FBG; 5.7 Fabrication of FBGs; 5.7.1 Photosensitivity; 5.7.2 Phase Mask Inscription; 5.7.3 Interfering Beams; 5.7.4 Draw-Tower Method; 5.6.5 Point-by-Point; 5.8 FBG Package; 5.9 Recent Advances; References; Chapter 6 Distributed Sensors; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 OFDR Theory; 6.2.1 Demonstration; 6.2.2 Detection; 6.3 Microwave Photonics (MWP); 6.4 Sensing Elements; 6.5 Practical Considerations; 6.6 Perspectives; References; Chapter 7 Fabry-Perot Interferometers; 7.1 Fabry-Perot Interferometer (FPI) Principle; 7.2 FPI-Based Sensors; 7.3 FPI/FBG Dual Sensors.
• 7.4 Fabrication of FPI Sensors7.5 Self-Mixing Interferometry; 7.6 Other Interferometers; References; Chapter 8 Fiber-Optic Biosensors Principles; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Sensors Exploiting the Evanescent Field Absorption; 8.3 Sensors Exploiting Surface Plasmon Resonance; 8.3.1 SPR Sensors in Bulk Optics; 8.3.2 SPR Sensors in Optical Fibers; 8.3.3 SPR Sensors in Photonic Crystal Fibers; References; Chapter 9 Optical Fiber Spectroscopy; References; Chapter 10 Fiber Optic Sensor Networks; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Amplitude Detection Methods; 10.2.1 FBG and Fabry-Perot Interferometers.
• 10.2.2 Plastic Fiber-Based Systems10.3 White Light-Based Setup; 10.3.1 Setup and Instrumentation; 10.3.2 Time/Wavelength Division Multiplexing; 10.3.3 Cepstrum Division Multiplexing; 10.4 Scanning-Source Interrogators; 10.5 Multiparametric Sensors; 10.6 Distributed Sensing Units; 10.7 Commercial Devices; 10.8 Conclusions; References; Chapter 11 Interrogation Software; 11.1 FBG Tracking Direct Methods; 11.1.1 Centroid; 11.1.2 Bandwidth Tracking; 11.1.3 Polynomial Fitting; 11.2 EFPI Direct Tracking; 11.2.1 Short-Cavity EFPI; 11.2.2 Long-Cavity EFPI; 11.3 Direct Karhunen-Loeve Transform.