Optical, Acoustic, Magnetic, and Mechanical Sensor Technologies (Hardcover)

Light on physics and math, with a heavy focus on practical applications, Optical, Acoustic, Magnetic, and Mechanical Sensor Technologies discusses the developments necessary to realize the growth of truly integrated sensors for use in physical, biological, optical, and chemical sensing, as well as future micro- and nanotechnologies.

Used to pick up sound, movement, and optical or magnetic signals, portable and lightweight sensors are perpetually in demand in consumer electronics, biomedical engineering, military applications, and a wide range of other sectors. However, despite extensive existing developments in computing and communications for integrated microsystems, we are only just now seeing real transformational changes in sensors, which are critical to conducting so many advanced, integrated tasks.

This book is designed in two sections—Optical and Acoustic Sensors and Magnetic and Mechanical Sensors—that address the latest developments in sensors.

The first part covers:

• Optical and acoustic sensors, particularly those based on polymer optical fibers
• Potential of integrated optical biosensors and silicon photonics
• Luminescent thermometry and solar cell analyses
• Description of research from United States Army Research Laboratory on sensing applications using photoacoustic spectroscopy
• Advances in the design of underwater acoustic modems

The second discusses:

• Magnetic and mechanical sensors, starting with coverage of magnetic field scanning
• Some contributors’ personal accomplishments in combining MEMS and CMOS technologies for artificial microsystems used to sense airflow, temperature, and humidity
• MEMS-based micro hot-plate devices
• Vibration energy harvesting with piezoelectric MEMS
• Self-powered wireless sensing

As sensors inevitably become omnipresent elements in most aspects of everyday life, this book assesses their massive potential in the development of interfacing applications for various areas of product design and sciences—including electronics, photonics, mechanics, chemistry, and biology, to name just a few.

《光學、聲學、磁學和機械感測技術》是一本著重於實際應用而輕於物理和數學的書籍。該書討論了實現真正集成感測器的發展，以用於物理、生物、光學和化學感測，以及未來的微觀和納米技術。

便攜輕巧的感測器用於接收聲音、運動、光學或磁性信號，在消費電子、生物醫學工程、軍事應用和其他許多行業中一直廣受需求。然而，儘管在集成微系統的計算和通信方面已有廣泛的發展，但我們現在才真正看到感測器的實質性變革，這對於執行許多先進的集成任務至關重要。

該書分為兩個部分——光學和聲學感測器以及磁學和機械感測器，介紹了感測器領域的最新發展。

第一部分包括：

- 光學和聲學感測器，特別是基於聚合物光纖的感測器
- 集成光學生物感測器和矽光子學的潛力
- 發光溫度計和太陽能電池分析
- 美國陸軍研究實驗室在使用光聲光譜學進行感測應用方面的研究
- 水下聲學調製解調器設計的進展

第二部分討論了：

- 磁學和機械感測器，從磁場掃描開始
- 一些貢獻者在結合MEMS和CMOS技術用於感測氣流、溫度和濕度的人工微系統方面的個人成就
- 基於MEMS的微型熱板設備
- 压电MEMS的振動能量收集
- 自供電無線感測

隨著感測器不可避免地成為日常生活中大多數方面的無所不在元素，本書評估了它們在各種產品設計和科學領域的界面應用中的巨大潛力，包括電子學、光子學、機械學、化學和生物學等。