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Optical-Fiber Sensors: An Overview

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

D. J. Webb
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Abstract

This article provides an overview of the field of optical-fiber sensing, including a brief introduction to the properties of optical fibers that make them suitable for material characterization and monitoring. Some of the recent developments in the field are described, with an emphasis on Bragg grating sensors, multiplexed systems, and chemical sensing, as well as the new field of microstructured fiber.

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distributed sensorsglass fiberfiber Bragg gratingsmultiplexed sensorsoptical-fiber sensorswaveguides.

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MRS Bulletin , Volume 27 , Issue 5: Optical-Fiber Sensors , May 2002, pp. 365 - 369
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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