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A new technique that might open up unprecedented possibilities in the development of optical fiber sensors.
Technobis Fibre Technologies (TFT) and NLR made a first test flight with the Deminsys optical fibre measurement system.
This special issue of Measurement Science and Technology, provides an overview of current developments in the field of optical fibre sensors.
A fibre sensor fabricated by splicing together three different types of optical fibre and capable of measuring temperatures up to 1000°C.
A prototype of a leak detector that can detect a 1% concentration of hydrogen in air with a response time of less than one second has been developed.
Hundred times more accurate than with existing sensors
Silica fibre gratings that can operate reliably at extreme temperatures above 1200C have been demonstrated.
Read here some news about Opticalfibersensors.org.
According to a new technical market research report, Fiber OPTIC SENSORS, the U.S. market for fiber optic sensors was worth $235.0 million in 2007.
Scientists at Clemson University for the first time have been able to make a practical optical fiber with a silicon core.

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