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.

Waveguide Sensors with Periodic Structures

Nano-structured Silicon Optical Sensors
Resonant Waveguide Grating Biosensor for Microarrays
Resonant Biochemical Sensors Based on Photonic Bandgap Waveguides and Fibers
Nanophotonic and Subwavelength Structures for Sensing and Biosensing
Optical-Fiber Sensors
Fiber-Optic Chemical and Biosensors
Applications of Fiber Gratings in Chemical and Biochemical Sensing
Hollow-Optical Fiber Probes for Biomedical Spectroscopy
Hollow-Waveguide and Micro-Resonator Sensors
Liquid-Core Waveguide Sensors
Capillary Waveguide Biosensor Platform
Label-Free Optical Ring Resonator Bio/Chemical Sensors
Terahertz Biosensing
Terahertz-Biosensing Technology: Progress, Limitations, and Future Outlook
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