Optical Guided-wave Chemical and Biosensors II (Springer Series on Chemical Sensors and Biosensors, 8)

For the first time, distinguished scientists from key institutions worldwide provide a comprehensive approach to optical sensing techniques employing the phenomenon of guided wave propagation for chemical and biosensors. This includes both state-of the-art fundamentals and innovative applications of these techniques. The authors present a deep analysis of their particular subjects in a way to address the needs of novice researchers such as graduate students and post-doctoral scholars as well as of established researchers seeking new avenues. Researchers and practitioners who need a solid foundation or reference will find this work invaluable. This second of two volumes covers the incorporation of periodic structures in waveguides to exploit the Bragg phenomenon, optical fiber sensors, hollow waveguides and micro-resonators as well as a review of the tremendous expansion of terahertz technology for sensing applications. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Nano-structured Silicon Optical Sensors....Pages 3-25 Resonant Waveguide Grating Biosensor for Microarrays....Pages 27-42 Resonant Biochemical Sensors Based on Photonic Bandgap Waveguides and Fibers....Pages 43-72 Nanophotonic and Subwavelength Structures for Sensing and Biosensing....Pages 73-106 Front Matter....Pages 107-107 Fiber-Optic Chemical and Biosensors....Pages 109-149 Applications of Fiber Gratings in Chemical and Biochemical Sensing....Pages 151-176 Hollow-Optical Fiber Probes for Biomedical Spectroscopy....Pages 177-192 Front Matter....Pages 193-193 Liquid-Core Waveguide Sensors....Pages 195-219 Capillary Waveguide Biosensor Platform....Pages 221-257 Label-Free Optical Ring Resonator Bio/Chemical Sensors....Pages 259-279 Front Matter....Pages 281-281 Terahertz-Biosensing Technology: Progress, Limitations, and Future Outlook....Pages 283-295 Erratum....Pages 302-302 Back Matter....Pages 297-301 For the first time, distinguished scientists from key institutions worldwide provide a comprehensive approach to optical sensing techniques employing the phenomenon of guided wave propagation for chemical and biosensors. This includes both state-of the-art fundamentals and innovative applications of these techniques. The authors present a deep analysis of their particular subjects in a way to address the needs of novice researchers such as graduate students and post-doctoral scholars as well as of established researchers seeking new avenues. Researchers and practitioners who need a solid foundation or reference will find this work invaluable. This first of two volumes contains eight chapters covering planar waveguides for sensing, as well as sensing techniques based on plasmonic waveguides