Optical Waveguide Sensing and Imaging

Sensor Applications of Fiber Bragg and Long Period Gratings.- Novel Sensing Mechanisms Using Tilted Fiber Bragg Gratings.- Photonic Liquid-Crystal Fibers: New Sensing Opportunities.- An Introduction to Reliability of Optical Components and Fiber Optic Sensors.- Development of the Distributed Brillouin Sensors for Health Monitoring of Civil Structures.- An Introduction to Radiation Effects on Optical Components and Fiber Optic Sensors.- Silicon-Based Microphotonics for Biosensing Applications.- Selectivity of Hybridization Controlled by the Density of Solid Phase Synthesized DNA Probes on Glass Substrates.- Biosensing Configurations Using Guided Wave Resonant Structures.- Polarized Light Transport into Scattering Media Using a Quaternion-Based Monte Carlo.- A Finite-Difference Time-Domain Model of Optical Phase Contrast Microscope Imaging.- Out of Plane Polarimetric Imaging of Skin: Surface and Subsurface Effect.

A unique overview of waveguide and fiber optics sensing and imaging technologies Focus on both fundamental and applied research Applications in engineering, biomedical sciences, environment, security and defence Multi-disciplinarity in action