Scope and Topics

Optical Fibre Sensors will be the core of the Workshop, but the scope is wide enough to include new concepts, developments and applications in the field of optical fibre technology. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL SENSORS

• ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA SENSORS

• CHEMICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SENSORS

Remote Spectroscopy //Environmental Monitoring //Biophotonics//Instrumentation for Life Sciences//In-Vivo Applications.

• INTERFEROMETRIC & POLARIMETRIC SENSORS

Gyroscopes // Hydrophones // Geophones // Acoustic Sensor Arrays //

• DISTRIBUTED SENSING

Time // Frequency and Coherence Domain Reflectometry // Rayleigh, Raman and Brillouin Detection Techniques // Sensing Cable Designs //

• MULTIPLEXING AND SENSOR NETWORKING

Topologies and Theories // Multiplexing Techniques //Applications //

• PASSIVE & ACTIVE DEVICES FOR PHOTONIC SENSING

Sources // Detectors // Modulators // Specialty Fibres // Integrated Optics Devices // Fibre Gratings // MEMS // Micro-Optic Components //

• NEW CONCEPTS FOR PHOTONIC SENSING

Photonic Crystal Fibres // Hollow Core Fibres // Nanomaterials and Nano-Optical Devices // Metamaterials//Diffractive Optics //Plasmonic components and materials.

• SIGNAL PROCESSING APLLIED TO OPTICAL FIBRE SENSORS

Genetic Algorithms//Neural Networks//Data Fusion//Pattern Recognition//Statistical Methods//Virtual Instrumentation

• SMART STRUCTURES AND SMART MATERIALS

Structural Health Monitoring // Strain and Deformation Sensors // Fibre Embedding Techniques // Condition Monitoring Algorithms //

• SYSTEM APPLICATIONS AND FIELD TRIALS

Relevant Installations and Field Demonstration of Photonic-based Sensing Systems // Metrology Projects // Commercialization Efforts //