Preface ....................................................... vii
About the Authors .............................................. xi
Contributors ................................................. xiii
1 The Emergence of Fiber Optic Sensor Technology ............... 1
Eric Udd
2 Optical Fibers ............................................... 9
Daniel A. Nolan, Paul E. Blaszyk, and Eric Udd
3 Light Sources ............................................... 35
Eric Udd
4 Optical Detectors ........................................... 63
William B. Spillman, Jr.
5 Optical Modulators for Fiber Optic Sensors .................. 87
Leonard M. Johnson
6 Intensity-Based and Fabry-Perot Interferometer Sensors ..... 119
Gordon L. Mitchell
7 Multimode Grating Sensors .................................. 135
William B. Spillman, Jr.
8 Multimode Polarization Sensors ............................. 155
William B. Spillman, Jr.
9 Fiber Optic Sensors Based on the Sagnac Interferometer
and Passive Ring Resonator ................................. 199
Eric Udd
10 Fiber Optic Sensors Based on the Mach-Zehnder and
Michelson Interferometers .................................. 231
Anthony Dandridge
11 Distributed and Multiplexed Fiber Optic Sensors ............ 277
Alan D. Kersey
12 Fiber Optic Magnetic Sensors ............................... 315
Frank Bucholtz
13 Industrial Applications of Fiber Optic Sensors ............. 349
John W. Berthold III
14 Fiber Optic Smart Structures ............................... 373
Eric Udd
15 Fiber Grating Sensors ...................................... 399
Eric Udd
16 Fiber Optic Biosensors ..................................... 451
William B. Spillman, Jr.
Index ......................................................... 491
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