Photonics Elements for Sensing and Optical Conversions

This book covers a number of a rapidly growing areas of knowledge that may be termed as diffractive nanophotonics. It also discusses in detail photonic components that may find uses in sensorics and optical transformations. Photonics Elements for Sensing and Optical Conversions, covers a number of rapidly growing areas of knowledge that may be termed as diffractive nanophotonics. The book examines the advances in computational electrodynamics and nanoelectronics that have made it possible to design and manufacture novel types of photonic components and devices boasting unique properties unattainable in the realm of classical optics. The authors discuss plasmonic sensors, and new types of wavefront sensors and nanolasers that are widely used in telecommunications, quantum informatics and optical transformations. The book also deals with the recent advances in the plasmonic sensors based on metal-insulator-metal waveguides for biochemical sensing applications. Additionally, nanolasers are examined in detail, with a focus on contemporary issues, the book also deals with the fundamentals and highly attractive applications of metamaterials and metasurfaces. The authors provide an insight into sensors based on Zernike optical decomposition using a multi-order diffractive optical element, and explore the performance advances that can be achieved with optical computing. The book is written for opticians, scientists and researchers who are interested in an interesting section of plasmonic sensors, new types of wavefront sensors and nanolasers, and optical transformations. The book will be bought by upper graduate and graduate level students looking to specialize in photonics and optics.

Nikolay Lvovich Kazanskiygraduated with honors (1981) from Kuibyshev Aviation Institute (presently, Samara NationalResearch University), majoring in Applied Mathematics. He received his Candidate inPhysics & Maths (1988) and Doctor in Physics &Mathematics (1996) degrees from SamaraNational Research University. He is the di-rector of Image Processing Systems Institute ofthe RAS-Branch of the Federal Scientific-Research Centre "Crystallography and Photonics"of the Russian Academy of Sciences, also holding a part-time position of a professor atTechnical Cybernetics department of Samara National Research University. He is a memberof OSA, SPIE and IAPR. He co-authored 290 scientific papers, 14 monographs, 57inventions and patents. His current research interests include diffractive optics, computervision, optical sensors, mathematical modeling, lighting devices design, and nanophotonics

Authors Preface Abbreviations Abstract Chapter 1 Silicon photonic waveguides: Comparison and utilization in sensing applications Chapter 2 Photonic crystal cavities in integrated on-chip optical signal processing components Chapter 3 Nanoplasmonic sensors: Recent advances Chapter 4 Plasmonic nanolasers Chapter 5 Metasurfaces and several well-studied applications Chapter 6 Optical fiber sensors based on diffractive and fiber periodic microstructures Chapter 7 Wavefront aberration sensors based on optical expansion by the Zernike basis Chapter 8 Optical computing: Key problems, achievements and perspectives General conclusion References Appendix A Listing for calculating the sensor matched with the Zernike basis functions Appendix B Listing for calculating a distorted image Index