Download or read book Photonic Bandgap Structures Novel Technological Platforms for Physical, Chemical and Biological Sensing written by Marco Pisco and published by Bentham Science Publishers. This book was released on 2012-07-27 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This E-Book covers the research and the development of a novel generation of photonic devices for sensing applications. The E-Book starts with a brief review of basic photonic crystal (PhC) structure related concepts and describes the numerical and technological tools useful in the design and fabrication of devices based on PhCs. Next, the E-Book provides a selection of crossover topics emerging in the scientific community as breaking through researches, technologies and sciences for the development of novel technological platforms for physical, chemical and biological sensing. The E-Book ends with a description of the main PhC sensors to date by representing many of the exciting sensing applications that utilize photonic crystal structures.