Keynote Title: Optical Fiber Sensors and Networks - Will They Further Brighten Our Future?
Keynote Lecturer: Steffen Lochmann
Presented on: 28/02/2020, Valletta, Malta
Abstract: The optical fiber sensor sector, which started as a spin-off branch of the telecom industry decades ago, has been transformed into an independent stand-alone research area and profitable market. This market with its wide diversity has been amazingly robust over the years. Although the physical principles like intensity, phase, polarization, scattering or spectral sensing were studied in depth long ago and it seemed just a matter of a little bit of engineering to match a sensing principle to an application, we still experience constant and high annual growing rates in this market. The drivers behind it are mainly new sensor developments in terms of dimension, sensing sensitivity and dynamic range, extending fields of industry applications but also applications addressing harsh environments or EMI particularly. Moreover, the need for deploying more and more sensors, sometimes even in a massive way, asks for new developments in sensor networks, too. Here the different fields of application may set demanding boundary conditions. E.g. smart structures may demand high sensing resolution and low or even no impact on its mechanical parameters. On the other hand, pipeline intrusion detection has to deal with very long monitoring distances. Thus, new sensors, sensing concepts and related sensor networks continue to emerge and will do so in the future. Several advanced and latest examples, the author’s laboratory was involved with, will be addressed in the presentation to provide evidence of an further growing and diversifying optical fiber sensor market.
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Presented at the following Conference: SENSORNETS, 9th International Conference on Sensor Networks
