Optical Sensors

By Prof. Sachin Kumar Srivastava | IIT Roorkee

Learners enrolled: 1426

This course provides detailed insight of the field of optical biosensors and their basic working principles. Staring with the introduction of basic components, characteristics, performance parameters and fabrication techniques (lectures 1&2), this course brings the learner to the mesmerizing field of sensors based on basic principles of optics. The basic optical phenomena/characteristics and their sensing applications have been discussed in detail (lectures 3-8). In the last two lectures, the optical properties of tissues and optics in the biomaterials has been discussed with providing some further insights into optical biosensing applications. The course ends with notes on terahertz sensing applications and future directions of research.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Physics, Nanotechnology, Biosciences, Electrical Engineering, Electrooptic Engineering, Photonics

PREREQUISITES : Basic knowledge of Optics (Geometrical optics, Interference, Diffraction, polarization, etc.)

INDUSTRY SUPPORT : Photonic Sys

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	4 weeks
Category :	Physics Photonics
Credit Points :	1
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	18 Jan 2021
End Date :	12 Feb 2021
Enrollment Ends :	01 Feb 2021
Exam Date :	21 Mar 2021 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1 : Lecture 1: Introduction to sensors and biosensors:Characteristics and components of optical biosensors,various
transduction mechanisms, Optical probing parameters

Lecture 2: Performance parameters, Fabrication and functionalization methods of optical biosensors

Lecture 3: Basic optics for optical biosensing-I:Electromagnetic waves in free space: –Maxwell’s equations,
EM Wave equations, Power density, Polarization, Scattering

Week 2 : Lecture 4: Basic optics for optical biosensing-II: Electromagnetic waves in matter Dielectrics, Reflection
and transmission at interface: Fresnel equations, Polarization by reflection – Brewster angle sensor

Lecture 5: Basic optics for optical biosensing-III: Electromagnetic waves in matter Total internal reflection- TIR sensors,
Evanescent wave sensing, factors affecting performance, importance of penetration depth, waveguide sensors using TIR

Lecture 6: Basic optics for optical biosensing-IV: Electromagnetic waves in matter Absorption and dispersion,
conductors: Drude model for the metal dielectric function and introduction to plasmons

Week 3 : Lecture 7: Plasmonic sensors: Propagating versus localized plasmons, Optimized sensor configurations, Electromagnetic
field enhancements, plasmon enhanced sensors

Lecture 8: Basic optics for optical biosensing-V: Interference and diffraction Interference and interferometry, Airy function for
single layer, Mach Zehnder Interferometer for sensing, Fabry Perot Interferometer for sensing.

Week 4 : Lecture 9: Review of biomaterial optics:Biomaterial Structures EM Waves Absorption in Tissue, Chirality, polarization
rotation and dichroism,

Lecture 10: Review of sensing applications: Scattering–Elastic (Rayleigh), –Inelastic (Raman); Fluorescence, Some real life
optical biosensors, Sensing at terahertz.

Books and references

1. “Fiber Optic Sensors Based on Plasmonics” B.D. Gupta, S.K. Srivastava and R. Verma, World Scientific Pub. Co. (2015).

2. “Optical Sensors: Industrial, Environmental and Diagnostic Applications” Edited by R. Narayanswamy, Springer (2004)

3. “Optical Sensors: Basics and Applications”Jörg Haus, Wiley-VCH, GmBH (2010).

Instructor bio

Prof. Sachin Kumar Srivastava

IIT Roorkee

I am an Assistant Professor in the Physics department of IIT Roorkee. I have more than 10 years of research experience on working of various dimensions of optical biosensors, starting from evanescent waves, SPR, SERS, EOT, LSPR, SEF, ESP-LSP coupling, GMR and other optical phenomena. I am teaching applied Physics course at IIT Roorkee and have taught Basic optics course at AcSIR. Apart from aforementioned details, I worked as In-charge of technical operations of Photonicsys company in Asia. I am a member of Optical Society of America (OSA) Optical Biosensors and OSA- Nanophotonics executive committees. I also am an Editor of the Journal of Sensors.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 21 March 2021 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
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CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 3 assignments out of the total 4 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

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