Optical Planar Waveguide Sensor with Integrated Digitally-Printed Light Coupling-in and Readout Elements.

ABSTRACT: Optical planar waveguide sensors, able to detect and process information from the environment in a fast, cost-effective, and remote fashion, are of great interest currently in different application areas including security, metrology, automotive, aerospace, consumer electronics, energy, environment, or health. Integration of networks of these systems together with other optical elements, such as light sources, readout, or detection systems, in a planar waveguide geometry is greatly demanded towards more compact, portable, and versatile sensing platforms. Herein, we report an optical temperature sensor with a planar waveguide architecture integrating inkjet-printed luminescent light coupling-in and readout elements with matched emission and excitation. The first luminescent element, when il

SUBMITTER: Alaman J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6651219 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature