This reference presents a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the latest advances and research in fiber optic sensor technology-offering a progressive history of each sensor type as well as basic principles and fundamental building blocks for practical applications in the electrical, aerospace, defense and manufacturing, smart structure, undersea surveillance, medical, and gas and oil industries.

Fiber Optic Sensors

• highlights the development of fiber optic sensors and classic applications
• provides new methods for the construction of high-speed and high-capacity fiber sensor systems
• describes recent developments in fiber optic amplifiers, fiber Bragg grating sensors, optical isolators, optical time domain reflectormetry (OTDR), and fiber optic gyroscopes

and details

• structural fatigue monitoring for dams and bridges
• the effect of external and environmental factors on fiber optic sensor performance
• interferometer configuration, multiplexing architecture, polarization fading mitigation, and system integration
• updated applications of fiber optic sensors

Demonstrating current techniques in non-invasive detection and information processing, Fiber Optic Sensors is an essential guide for optical, optoelectronic, laser, photooptical, mechanical, civil, electrical, and aerospace engineers; specialists in microoptics, microelectronics, fiber optics, and display technology; optical physicists; laser and materials scientists; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.