Grating‐Based Optical Biosensors

Introduction The Physical Objects Measurable with Grating-Based Optical Sensors Particles Thin Films Living Cells Applications to Areas of Human Activity Medicine Environment Process Monitoring Military Space Incoupling Mode Sensors The Optical Theory of OWLS (Optical Waveguide Lightmode Spectroscopy) The Structure of the Planar Grating Coupler Sensor Chip Instrumentation Sensor Fabrication Immunosensors Based on OWLS Detection OWLS Assays on Living Cells Electrochemical-OWLS, Fluoro-OWLS Outcoupling Mode Sensors Chirped Grating Couplers (CGS) Light Pointer Wavelength-Interrogated Optical Sensing (WIOS) Combination of Wavelength-Interrogated Optical Sensing and Fluorescence Detection Array Sensors Resonant Waveguide Grating (RWG) Sensors Referencing Sensor Fabrication Applications Keywords: label-free sensor; grating coupler; OWLS; WIOS; RWG; biosensor; evanescent field sensor; optical sensor