For the first time, distinguished scientists from key institutions worldwide provide a comprehensive approach to optical sensing techniques employing the phenomenon of guided wave propagation for chemical and biosensors. This includes both state-of the-art fundamentals and innovative applications of these techniques. The authors present a deep analysis of their particular subjects in a way to address the needs of novice researchers such as graduate students and post-doctoral scholars as well as of established researchers seeking new avenues. Researchers and practitioners who need a solid foundation or reference will find this work invaluable.

This first of two volumes contains eight chapters covering planar waveguides for sensing, as well as sensing techniques based on plasmonic waveguides.

Planar-Waveguide Sensors.- Total-Internal-Reflection Platforms for Chemical and Biological Sensing Applications.- High-Refractive-Index Waveguide Platforms for Chemical and Biosensing.- Planar-Waveguide Interferometers for Chemical Sensing.- Broadband Spectroelectrochemical Interrogation of Molecular Thin Films by Single-Mode Electro-Active Integrated Optical Waveguides.- Plasmonic-Waveguide Sensors.- Surface Plasmon Resonance: New Biointerface Designs and High-Throughput Affinity Screening.- Nanohole Arrays in Metal Films as Integrated Chemical Sensors and Biosensors.- Nanostructure-Based Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensors.- Gold Nanoparticles on Waveguides For and Toward Sensing Application.