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Polymer Waveguides Smooth Path to Smaller Optical Sensors

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As planar polymer waveguide technology has evolved, it has enabled a multitude of highly functional optical sensor applications.

NIKOLAUS FLÖRY AND THOMAS HUGHES, VARIO-OPTICS

The worldwide sensor market is growing rapidly with the establishment and growth of new applications, such as medical devices that leverage noninvasive optical sensors, and environmental monitoring, which is gaining importance due to a rise in the need for both indoor and outdoor air quality measurements. Courtesy of vario-optics. The growing range of applications is also widening the requirements for optical sensors. Their increasing deployment in smart devices and Internet of Things applications, for example, is driving the need for low-cost, compact, yet powerful sensors. For a...Read full article

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