Prerequisites
The student must have basic knowledge of wave and light propagation concepts.
Course unit content
• Introduction to Photonics (2h)
o Markets, Impact and Prospects
• Introduction to Sensors/Optical Sensors (6h)
o Basic principles for Sensing Systems
o Sensing Parameters, Transduction Characteristics-Mechanisms
o Historical Review for Optical Fiber Sensors
• Review on basic Theory on Light Propagation in Waveguides (4h)
o Planar waveguides
o Optical Fibers
o Optical Fiber Tapers
o Microstructured Optical Fibers/Photonic Crystal Fibers
• Review on basic Theory on Optical Components (4h)
o Fabry-Perot Resonators
o Bragg and Long period gratings
o Whispering Gallery Mode cavities
o Couplers
• Sensing Materials and Device Fabrication Methods (8h)
o Optical fiber and waveguide materials
o Optical fiber and waveguide fabrication methods
o Fabrication methods of photonic components
o Transduction materials and processing methods
• Sensing Devices Detailed Examples per Sector (17h)
o Structural Health Monitoring
o Security-Safety
o Environment
o Energy-E/M fields
o Food
o Health/Biosensors
o Other sectors (Harsh Environmental Sensing, Chemo-sensors, etc)
• Future/Emerging Trends (4h)
Bibliography
1) Number of review journal and white papers
2) Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh, Sensors-An Introductory Course, Springer, 2013
3) Sabrie Soloman, Sensors Handbook, McGraw-Hill Education, 2nd Edition
4) John Dakin, B. Culshaw, Optical Fiber Sensors: Principles and components, Volume 1-4, Artech House
5) Santos, J. (Ed.), Farahi, F. (Ed.). (2014). Handbook of Optical Sensors. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
6) D. Lee, Electromagnetic Principles Of Integrated Optics, John Wiley and Sons, 1988
7) Stavros Pissadakis Stefano Selleri, Optofluidics, Sensors and Actuators in Microstructured Optical Fibers, Woodhead Publishing, 2015
8) Maria de Fátima F. Domingues, Ayman Radwan, Optical Fiber Sensors for loT and Smart Devices, Springer, 2017
Teaching methods
Lessons (70%), experimental activity (20%) and Seminars by experts (10%)
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral defence of reports at the end of the course.
