Course Details

Course details of EE6501
Course NoEE6501
Course TitleOptical Sensors
Credit9
Course ContentIntroduction: Optics for differential sensing of temperature, humidity and pressure; detection of bio-molecules, gases and chemicals; measurements of displacement, vibration and thickness of transparent thin-films; inertial navigation – position, velocity, acceleration, and rotational sensing; structural health monitoring; scanning and infrared imaging, etc. Principle of Optical Sensing: Fluorescence & Absorption Spectroscopy, Polarization/Amplitude/Intensity Modulation, Cavity Resonances & Sagnac Effect, Distributed Scattering Effects (Bragg, Raman & Brillouin). Integrated Optical Sensing Elements & Accessories: Dielectric and Plasmonic Waveguides, Microbridge / Suspended Waveguide and Waveguide cantilever, Passive and Active Phase Shifters, Quantum Dot Photodetectors, Dielectric Mirror & Antireflection Coating, Membrane / Diaphragm, Microfluidic Channels, and Micropumps. Integrated Optical Multi-Functional Sensor Devices: Surface Plasmon Polariton Resonators, Vertical and In-Plane Fabry-Perot Interferometer, Mach-Zehnder Interferometers, Coupled Microring Resonator(s), Lab-on-Chip. Application Specific Optical Sensor Systems: Integrated Fiber Optic Gyro (IFOG), Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR), Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), Optical Scanners, IR Camera and Photodetector Array.
Course Offered this semesterYes
Faculty NameDr. BALAJI SRINIVASAN