An Introduction To Optoelectronic Sensors
PREFACE
This invaluable book offers a comprehensive overview of the technologies
and applications of optoelectronic sensors. Based on the R&D
experience of more than 70 engineers and scientists, highly
representative of the Italian academic and industrial community in this
area, this book provides a broad and accurate description of the
state-of-the-art optoelectronic technologies for sensing. The most
innovative approaches, such as the use of photonic crystals, squeezed
states of light and microresonators for sensing, are considered.
Application areas range from environment to medicine and healthcare,
from aeronautics, space, and defence to food and agriculture.
Written in a self-contained manner, this volume presents both the sensing methodologies and the fundamentals of the various technologies, as well as their applications in the real world.
Although most of the basic principles of optoelectronic (OE) sen-
sors have been known for more than forty years, and optoelectronic
sensor technology emerged over the past 10{20 years, the industrial
applications are relatively new. The last years, however, have seen a
growing interest in this eld, which has resulted in a market growth
rate of more than 50% per year. On the other hand, the overall
optoelectronic market is quite healthy, nowadays, and is going to be
mature as a trillion dollar business.
The reasons for the success of OE sensors may be attributed
on one hand to the strong decrease of the price of most of the re-
quired devices, also due to the increasing di usion of low-cost optical
telecommunication components, and on the other hand to the possi-
bility of easily integrating many optical devices in a single chip.
The availability of a large variety of new or advanced materials
has also contributed to the improvement of the general performance
of optoelectronic sensors and of their design
exibility.
Written in a self-contained manner, this volume presents both the sensing methodologies and the fundamentals of the various technologies, as well as their applications in the real world.
Although most of the basic principles of optoelectronic (OE) sen-
sors have been known for more than forty years, and optoelectronic
sensor technology emerged over the past 10{20 years, the industrial
applications are relatively new. The last years, however, have seen a
growing interest in this eld, which has resulted in a market growth
rate of more than 50% per year. On the other hand, the overall
optoelectronic market is quite healthy, nowadays, and is going to be
mature as a trillion dollar business.
The reasons for the success of OE sensors may be attributed
on one hand to the strong decrease of the price of most of the re-
quired devices, also due to the increasing di usion of low-cost optical
telecommunication components, and on the other hand to the possi-
bility of easily integrating many optical devices in a single chip.
The availability of a large variety of new or advanced materials
has also contributed to the improvement of the general performance
of optoelectronic sensors and of their design
exibility.
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