Preface ....................................................... vii
Editor ......................................................... ix
Contributors ................................................... xi
PART 1 Optical and Acoustic Sensors
Chapter 1 Optical Fiber Sensors ................................ 3
Rogério Nogueira, Lucia Bilro, Nélia Alberto, Hugo
Lima, and João Lemos Pinto
Chapter 2 Sensors Based on Polymer Optical Fibers:
Microstructured and Solid Fibers .................... 27
Christian-Alexander Bunge and Hans Poisel
Chapter 3 Label-Free Biosensors for Biomedical Applications:
The Potential of Integrated Optical Biosensors and
Silicon Photonics ................................... 45
Jeffrey W. Chamberlain and Daniel M. Ratner
Chapter 4 Luminescent Thermometry for Sensing Rapid Thermal
Profiles in Fires and Explosions .................... 79
Joseph J. Talghader and Merlin L. Mah
Chapter 5 Solar Cell Analyses with Ultraviolet-Visible-Near-
Infrared Spectroscopy and I-V Measurements ......... 107
Andreas Stadler
Chapter 6 Sensing Applications Using Photoacoustic
Spectroscopy ....................................... 139
Ellen L. Holthoff and Paul M. Pellegrino
Chapter 7 Design of a Low-Cost Underwater Acoustic Modem ..... 175
Bridget Benson and Ryan Kastner
PART 2 Magnetic and Mechanical Sensors
Chapter 8 Accurate Scanning of Magnetic Fields ............... 213
Hendrik Husstedt, Udo Ausserlechner, and Manfred
Kaltenbacher
Chapter 9 Artificial Microsystems for Sensing Airflow,
Temperature, and Humidity by Combining MEMS and
CMOS Technologies .................................. 243
Nicolas André, Laurent A. Francis, Bertrand Rue,
Denis Flandre, and Jean-Pierre Raskin
Chapter 10 Microelectromechanical System-Based Micro
Hot-Plate Devices .................................. 257
Jürgen Hildenbrand, Andreas Greiner, and Jan
G. Korvink
Chapter 11 Vibration Energy Harvesting with Piezoelectric
Microelectromechanical Systems ..................... 281
Marcin Marzencki and Skandar Basrour
Chapter 12 Self-Powered Wireless Sensing in Ground Transport
Applications ....................................... 315
Anurag Kasyap and Alexander Edrington
Index ......................................................... 335
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