"JOURNAL OF RADIO ELECTRONICS"  N 3, 2009

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SYSTEMATIZATION, PRINCIPLES OF WORK AND AREA OF APPLICATION OF SENSORS

 

A. A. Egorov
 

A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

 

 Received March 11, 2009

 

A review of various types of sensors is represented. Their classification is given; the principles of work of some types of sensors and area of their application are circumscribed. The special attention is given to electrochemical sensors, thermo-sensors, biosensors and optical chemical sensors. The fundamental phenomena underlying the work principle of optical chemical sensors are considered. The principle of operation of the integrated-optical chemical sensors of absorbing type is circumscribed. The possibilities of application of integrated optical sensors in a microelectronic industry, chemical industry, medicine and ecology are marked.

 

 

 

 

 

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