Optical Fiber Sensor Technology Volume 1 [Hardcover]

Optical Fiber Sensor Technology covers both the principles and applications of this technology. Drawing upon leading international experts for authoritative chapters reflecting the present state-of-the-art, the book contains essential tutorial material on the fundamentals of optics and optical fibres, reviews of the underlying technology and present and potential future applications.
Extensively illustrated and carefully referenced, this volume will prove an invaluable source for researchers, engineers and advanced students from the fields of optoelectronics/optics and/or measurement and sensors.Optical Fiber Sensor Technology covers both the principles and applications of this technology. Drawing upon leading international experts for authoritative chapters reflecting the present state-of-the-art, the book contains essential tutorial material on the fundamentals of optics and optical fibres, reviews of the underlying technology and present and potential future applications.
Extensively illustrated and carefully referenced, this volume will prove an invaluable source for researchers, engineers and advanced students from the fields of optoelectronics/optics and/or measurement and sensors.List of contributors. Preface. 1. Overview of fiber sensor developments; D.A. Jackson. 2. Foundations of optical fiber technology; V. Handerek. 3. Sources for optical fiber sensors; K.T.V. Grattan. 4. Optical detectors and receivers; J.D.C. Jones. 5. Multimode optical fiber sensors; G.R. Jones, R.E. Jones, R. Jones. 6. Multimode optical fiber chemical sensors; J.O.W. Norris. 7. Single mode optical fiber sensors; V. Handerek. 8. Optical fiber modulation techniques for single mode fiber sensors; R.P. Tatam. 9. Fiber optic white-light interferometric sensors; B.T. Meggitt. 10. Nonlinear effects in optical fibers; A.J. Rogers. 11. Distributed fiber optic sensors; A.H. Hartog. 12. Schemes forlã)