This book covers both the physical properties of sensors for converting physical quantities into digital data and the design of complex measurement and data analyzing systems. In respect thereof, a unique treatment of measurement and sensor systems is given from a physical point of view, wherein a focus is on innovative links between physics and engineering sciences.

Professor Koch studied electrical engineering and information technology at Technische Universität München (TUM) and obtained his doctorate in 1988. From 1988 to 1992, he was a research fellow at the Max Planck Society-Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. He completed his Lecturer qualification in electro physics in 1992. In the same year, he accepted the position of Professor of measurement science at Saarland University. Professor Koch has been Full Professor of measurement systems and sensor technology at TUM since 1998. His teaching covers the fields of sensor technology, photonic measurement systems, and laser measurement systems. He also lectures regularly at the German Institute of Science and Technology, GIST-TUM Asia, in Singapore. The research activities of Professor Koch include optomechatronic measurement technology, laser measurement systems, optical fiber sensors, holographic speckle interferometry, image and sensor data processing, FTIR spectroscopy, environmental monitoring, multisensory systems, and medical sensor systems.