physics

Photonic Sensors

Photonic Sensors is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Photonic Sensors rather than just read about it. In short: Photonic Sensors is an international journal and has been available online as an Open Access publication since 2011. It is co-published quarterly by the University of Electronic Science & Technology of China (UESTC) and Springer.

Key takeaways

Photonic Sensors belongs to physics; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Photonic Sensors to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Photonic Sensors from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Photonic Sensors is an international journal and has been available online as an Open Access publication since 2011. It is co-published quarterly by the University of Electronic Science & Technology of China (UESTC) and Springer. Photonic Sensors publishes original, peer-reviewed articles that report on new developments of interest to members of the photonics and sensor communities in all fields of photonic-sensing science and technology, including but not limited to topics on:

Optical fiber sensors Planar waveguide sensors Laser-based sensors Biophotonic sensors and instruments Sensor multiplexing and networking Materials and devices for photonic sensing.

Availability Photonic Sensors focuses on experimental contributions related to novel principles, and structures or materials for photonic sensors. Papers that report investigations into combinations of experimental and analytical/numerical approaches are also welcome. In addition to regular research articles, Photonic Sensors publishes letters and review articles. Letters provide an opportunity to rapidly disseminate research results that are of current interest to the photonic sensor community. Photonic Sensors has an international editorial board with strong academic background. The journal's Editor-in-Chief (EIC), Professor Yun-Jiang Rao is one of the world's leading experts in the field of optical fiber sensors and recognized as a Fellow of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE Fellow). Prof. Rao also serves as the Associate Editor (AE) of IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology and Optics & Laser Technology (Elsevier). He has authored or co-authored more than 300 peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals or technical conferences, among which >200 papers were indexed in Web of Science with >3000 citations and his H-index is 28. The editorial board consists of 36 internationally recognized experts from 15 different countries or regions, with a majority (80%) of editors from outside China Mainland. All the board members are foremost experts in their research fields, covering all the scopes of Photonic Sensors. Photonic Sensors is currently covered by the following (A&I) services: •ACM Digital Library

•Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

•Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)

•ChemWeb

•DOAJ

•EI-Compendex since Vol. 2, Mar. 2012

•Google Scholar

•OCLC

•SCImago. Photonic Sensors has been evaluated as Q2 in 2012 and then Q1 in 2013 (Q1 means highest values and Q4 lowest values) in both Categories of Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics(#31/212, see http://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php?category=3107), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials(#33/272, see http://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php?category=2504) in the SCImago Journal Rank.

•SCOPUS. Photonic Sensors has been #6 among 590 SCOPUS journals in China in 2013, see http://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php?country=CN

•Summon by ProQuest According to the data in Web of Science, the 69 Photonic Sensors papers published in 2011 and 2012 have gained 104 citations, indicating a calculated impact factor of about 1.50 in 2013. Both download and citation times of the Photonic Sensors papers are increasing rapidly.

References

External links Journal home page Introduction of journal on publishing company website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Photonic Sensors

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Photonic Sensors claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In physics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Photonic Sensors before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Photonic Sensors ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Photonic Sensors

In research: Photonic Sensors appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Photonic Sensors in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Photonic Sensors is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic journals established in 2011, English-language journals, Open-access journals, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Photonic Sensors outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Photonic Sensors in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Photonic Sensors means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Photonic Sensors out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Photonic Sensors in simple terms?

Why does Photonic Sensors matter?

Because it connects several physics ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Photonic Sensors?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Photonic Sensors.