PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL SENSORS
Temperature // Pressure // Strain // Vibration // Acceleration // Flow//
// Rotation // Displacement // Others//
ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSORS
Magnetic Field // Electric Field // Current // Voltage//
CHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
Chemical Sensors// Remote Spectroscopy //Environmental Monitoring//
//Security //Defense and Industrial Applications
BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SENSORS
Sensing for Biophotonics // OCT Imaging // 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//
// Standard and Novel Applications
MULTIPLEXING AND SENSOR NETWORKING
Topologies and Theories // Multiplexing Techniques //Applications//
PASSIVE & ACTIVE DEVICES FOR PHOTONIC SENSING
Sources // Detectors // Modulators // Specialty Fibers // Integrated Optics Devices//
// Fiber Gratings // MEMS // Micro-Optic Components
NEW CONCEPTS FOR PHOTONIC SENSING
Optical Quantum Sensing Principles and Technology Challenges// Photonic Crystal Fibers//
// Hollow Core Fibers // Nanomaterials and Nano-Optical Devices // Metamaterials//
//Diffractive Optics //Plasmonic Based Sensing //
SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR FIBER OPTIC SENSING
Genetic Algorithms// Neural Networks// Data Fusion // Pattern Recognition // Statistical Methods//Virtual Instrumentation//
SMART STRUCTURES AND SMART MATERIALS
Structural Health Monitoring// Strain and Deformation Sensors// Fiber Embedding Techniques // Condition Monitoring Algorithms//
SYSTEM APPLICATIONS AND FIELD TRIALS
Relevant Installations and Field Demonstration of Photonic-based Sensing Systems // Metrology Projects // Standardization // Commercialization//
