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1 Introduction to Planar Waveguide Optical Sensor |
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1.1 Introduction---General Perspective |
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1.2 Planar Waveguide Optical Sensor: Its Uniqueness |
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1.3 Integrated Planar Waveguide Optical Sensor: Present State of the Art |
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1.4 Organization of This Book |
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6 | (3) |
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2 Brief Review on Integrated Planar Waveguide-Based Optical Sensor |
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2.2 Fundamentals of Optical Waveguide |
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10 | (17) |
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2.2.1 Wave Equation in Symmetric Slab Waveguide |
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2.2.2 Planar Waveguides and the Modes |
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2.2.3 Introduction to Numerical Methods for Approximate Modal Analysis |
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2.3 Optical Sensor and Its Classification |
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2.3.1 Fiber Optic (FO) Sensors and Classification |
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28 | (3) |
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2.3.2 Integrated Optic Waveguide Sensors |
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2.3.3 Basic Principle: Optical Planar Waveguide Sensors |
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2.3.4 Comparison Between Fiber Optic Sensor and Integrated Optical Planar Waveguide Sensor |
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2.4 Performance Parameters of Optical Sensors |
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2.4.2 Limit of Detection (LOD) |
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2.4.3 Limit of Quantization (LOQ) |
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2.4.4 Selectivity or Specificity |
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2.5 Review on Planar Waveguide Materials and Fabrication Technologies |
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2.6 Optical Planar Waveguide Sensor and Applications---A Review Study |
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2.6.1 Refractometric Optical Sensing and Petroleum Fuel Adulteration |
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2.6.2 Integrated Optical Waveguide Sensor as Detection Element for Laboratory on a Chip-Sensing Application |
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61 | (10) |
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3 Fabrication Process and Techniques for Integrated Devices and Waveguide Material |
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3.2 Basic Fabrication Process and Techniques for Integrated Devices |
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3.2.1 Different Fabrication Tools |
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3.2.2 Cleaning of Wafer for Fabrication |
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3.2.3 Deposition of Thin Film |
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3.2.4 Patterning Techniques |
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3.2.5 Processing Techniques |
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84 | (3) |
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4 Theoretical Modeling, Design, and Development of Integrated Planar Waveguide Optical Sensor |
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4.2 Proposed Waveguide Structure for Sensor |
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4.2.1 Solution of the Wave Equation for Planar Waveguide Sensor |
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4.2.2 Waveguide Sensitivity |
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4.2.3 Power Propagation in the Structure |
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4.3 Design of the Proposed Sensor Structure |
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4.3.1 Estimation of Sample Volume |
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4.4 Fabrication of the Designed Sensor |
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4.4.1 Fabrication Processes |
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4.5 Experimental Setup for Sensing Application |
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4.5.2 Results and Characterization |
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5 Waveguide Sensor for Detecting Adulteration, in Petroleum-Based Products |
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5.2 Design of the Waveguide Sensor for Adulteration Applications |
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5.2.1 Sensitivity Response |
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5.2.2 Limit of Detection (LOD) |
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5.2.3 Estimation of Sample Volume |
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5.2.4 Estimation of Detection Time |
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5.2.5 Materials and Methods |
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5.3 Experimental Results and Discussion |
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5.4 Performance Comparison |
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148 | (3) |
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6 Optical Waveguide Sensor as Detection Element for Lab on a Chip Sensing Application |
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151 | (22) |
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6.2 Sensing Concept and Design |
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6.2.2 Design of Sensor with Interfacing Capillary Tube |
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6.2.4 Limit of Detection (LOD) |
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6.2.5 Estimation of Detection Time |
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6.2.6 Estimation of Sample Volume |
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6.3 Fabrication of Waveguide Sensor |
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6.4 Experiment for the Diabetic Study |
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6.4.1 Preparation of the Rat Model |
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6.4.2 Assessment of Diabetes and Hyperglycemia |
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6.5.1 Rapid Testing of Blood Plasma Glucose Level of Rat |
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6.6 Comparison Between the Existing Techniques and Our Proposed Technique |
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Index |
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