Fiber-Optic Sensors

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	2006
Dec/Jan -		2006: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2007
November -		Recent Developments: Scientists Develop Novel Polymer Optical Fiber • Novel Miniature Endoscope Creates 3-D Image • FOS Technology Demonstrates Potential to Enhance Aircraft Safety
October -		Recent Developments: FiberLogix Pioneers Chemical Sensor Development • NEC Develops Tiny Fiber-Optic Probe • LxSix Photonics Launches New Pipeline Monitoring System
September -		FOS in Pipeline Monitoring Players: Axon Instruments Ltd. to Ziebel AS
August -		Wind Energy: A Potential Market for Fiber-Optic Sensors Recent Developments: Novel Optical Chemical Sensor
July -		Intelligent Wells: Revolutionizing Oil Production and Recovery
June -		Recent Developments: Canada Supports FOS Technology Development for Smart Structures • FOS Technology Aids Ocean Exploration Players: Roctest Acquires Smartec New Technology Area: Connected Homes
May -		Digital Skin: An Emerging Opportunity for Tactex Controls Inc. Recent Developments: Commercialization of Fiber-Optic Seismic Monitoring
April -		Recent Developments: NREL Licenses Fiber-Optic Hydrogen-Sensor Technology • FOS Technology Aids the Preservation of Historic Buildings • Scientists Develop Polymer Bragg Gratings
March -		Fiber-Optic Sensors in Medical Applications
February -		Recent Developments: FOS Technology Targets Undersea Exploration • Researchers Develop FOS-Based Encryption Scheme • Sensa Wins Pipeline-Monitoring Contract

	2005	Download all 2005 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2005: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2006
November -		Search and Rescue: An Opportunity for FOS Technology Recent Developments: New Process to Produce PZT Fibers
October -		Recent Developments: FOS Technology Aids Food-Processing Control • Companies Showcase FOS-Based Smart RFID-Tag • Roctest Wins Major Dam Contract in Chile
September -		Recent Developments: Researchers Develop Smart Sensors for Landslide Detection • Ongoing Military Action Creates Demand for FOGs • Solidica Develops Smart Armor using FOS Technology
August -		Bomb-Proof Buildings: An Emerging Opportunity for Fiber-Optic Sensors Recent Developments: Fiber-Optic Sensors to Measure Blood Pressure
July -		Stress Monitoring in Ships: An Opportunity for Fiber-Optic–Sensing Technology
June -		Recent Developments: Airak Develops Fiber-Optic Sensors for U.S. Navy's All-Electric Ship • QinetiQ Announces Fiber-Optic Seismic-Monitoring System • Scientists Test Wheat Quality with Fiber-Optic Sensors
May -		Commercial Development Parameters: Required Resources for Fiber-Optic Sensors Commercialization Areas to Monitor: Virtual Reality and Fiber-Optic Sensors • Intrinsic Safety of Fiber-Optic Sensors
April -		Fiber-Optic Sensors for Perimeter Security
March -		C-Chip Acquires Fiber-Optics–Sensors Company Avensys
February -		Recent Developments: Optical Amplifiers and Gyro Noise Reduction • "Light-Tube" Sensors Applications: Tsunami-Warning Systems

	2004	Download all 2004 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2004: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2005
November -		Recent Developments: Honeywell Gains Exclusive Rights to Optrand's Fiber-Optic Pressure Sensor Technology • Virginia Tech Center Develops Fiber-Optic Sensors with Increased Range • Lockheed Martin Partners with Future Fibre Technologies
October -		OFDR: An Innovation in Distributed Sensing
September -		Fiber Fabry-Perot Sensors for Process Control
August -		Recent Developments: New Specialty Optical Fiber • Simulation Software for Fiber Bragg Gratings • Hydrogen Sensors for Fuel Cells • Fiber-Optic Displacement Sensors
July -		Fiber-Optic Sensors in Military Applications
June -		Advances in Side-Polished Fiber
May -		Recent Developments: Fiber-Optic Biosensor Detects Salmonella • Fiber-Optic Sensor Brush Treats Psoriasis in the Scalp • Fiber-Optic Sensor Monitors Liquid Levels
April -		Insensys Reduces the Cost of Its Fiber-Optic Sensor
March -		Recent Developments: Diversification of Fiber-Optic Components Manufacturers • Developments in Environmental Fiber-Optic Sensors • Fiber-Optic Sensor Research in China
February -		Fiber-Optic Sensor Developments Have Implications for Commercialization

	2003	Download all 2003 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2003: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2004
November -		Fiber Bragg Grating Research and Activities Announcement: Next Generation Technologies
October -		Fiber-Optic Sensors for Aerospace Applications Recent Developments: The Refractive Index of Liquids
September -		Recent Developments: Fiber-Optic Detection and Location System • Fiber-Optic Electrical-Current Transducers
August -		Fiber-Optic Chemical-Sensors Technology Gathers Pace Recent Developments: NxtPhase Enters Agreement with Mitsubishi Canada
July -		Recent Developments: Researchers Embed Fiber-Optic Sensors in Smart Fabrics • Fiber-Optic Sensor Detects Glutamate • Fiber-Optic Sensor Detects Cable Fires
June -		Recent Developments: OFS Releases New Line of Specialty Fibers • Fiber-Optic Sensor Monitors Composite Structures • SPR Detects Chemicals
May -		Fiber-Optic Sensors for Oil Monitoring Recent Developments: Fiber-Optic Sensors for Lithium Detection
April -		Recent Developments: Cold-Writing Fiber-Optic Technology Wins Circle of Excellence Award • Steel Jacket Improves Plastic Fiber-Optic Cable Toughness • Weatherford Installs a Fiber-Optic In-Well Imaging and Monitoring Array • Virtek's Fiber-Optic Nucleic-Acid Biosensor Tests Water Quality
March -		Tunable Laser Prices Continue to Fall Recent Developments: Fiber-Optic Sensors Work in Intelligent Mast Systems
February -		Recent Developments: Northrop Grumman Acquires Fibersense Technology and TRW • Noninvasive Fiber-Optic Sensor Monitors Sublingual Carbon-Dioxide Levels • StockerYale Develops Specialty Optical Fibers

	2002	Download Aug.–Dec. 2002 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2002: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2003
November -		Fiber-Optic Sensor Systems Can Monitor Downhole Environments Recent Developments: Ipitek Releases a Phosphor-Coated Fiber-Optic Temperature Probe
October -		Recent Developments: Vermont Installs Fiber-Optic Sensor System to Monitor Bridge Structure • Honeywell Acquires Invensys Sensor Systems • Portable Fiber-Optic System Analyzes Hydrocarbons
September -		Recent Developments: KVH Receives $1 Million to Develop FOG for Defense Applications • Optical Sensor Network Monitors Helium Gas • Fiber-Optic Current Sensor Offers Environmental Benefits
August -		Recent Developments: New Fiber-Optic Sensors from Fiso • New Fiber-Optic Imaging Technique
July -		Recent Developments: Ultra-High-Power Fiber-Optic Sensor for Harsh Environments • Focused-Beam Sensing Fibers • Enhanced Fiber-Optic Sensor for Security Systems
June -		Update on KVH Industries's Activities Explorer Announcement
May -		Recent Developments: Researchers Develop Fiber-Optic Fire Sensor • NASA's Optical Noses Monitor Volatile Compounds • Fiber-Optic Sensors Detect Wire Chafing
April -		Fiber-Optic Gyroscopes
March -		Fiber-Optic Sensors for Biomedical Applications (Part 2) Recent Developments: Lion Precision's Targa II
February -		Fiber-Optic Sensors for Biomedical Applications

	2001
Dec/Jan -		2001: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2002
November -		Fiber Optics for Structural Monitoring Recent Developments: Fiber-Optic Sensors in Oil-Well Monitoring
October -		Recent Developments: Fiber-Optic Technology for Chemical and Biochemical Analysis • Tooth-Decay Detection Players: Schlumberger to Acquire Sensa
September -		Recent Developments: Fiber-Optic Probe Improves Oral Cancer Treatments • Fiber-Optic Probe Monitors Tissue Temperature • FOS Will Measure Oil Film Position in Internal Combustion Engines
August -		Recent Developments: ORNL Collaborates on Projects That Promote the More Efficient Use and Production of Energy • New Retroreflective Sensor Competes with Fiber-Optic Sensors
July -		Recent Developments: NASA Awards Grant for Fiber-Optic Hydrogen-Leak-Detection System • Philtec Develops Ultrasonic Vibration Meter • IFM Develops Fiber-Optic Sensor Resistant to Mechanical Damage
June -		Temperature Measurement Sensors
May -		Recent Developments: Fiber-Optic Catheter Pressure Sensor for Low-Cost Medical Applications • Fiber-Optic Sensor Technology for Increased Rail Safety • Ocean Monitoring System: Potential Water-Quality Monitoring
April -		Recent Developments: Laser-Plasma Spectroscopy for Use in Fiber-Optic Probes • Fiber-Optic Sensor for Microscale Measuring • Monitoring Stress and Strain of Muscles and Tendons for Research
March -		Lower-Priced FOG Systems Recent Developments: Illumina's DNA Biochip
February -		Fiber-Optic Hydrogen Sensors Recent Developments: Smart Scalpel • Bragg Grating Sensor and Fiber Strain • Market Clearance for Optical Sensor's CapnoProbe

	2000
Dec/Jan -		2000: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2001
November -		Recent Developments: Sensor Promises to Improve Cervical Cancer Detection • Sensor Improves Beer Making Process • Sensor Improves Temperature Monitoring in Blast Furnaces • BP Announces Partnership with Cidra Corporation • CompuDyne Acquires Fiber Sensys • Illumina Attracts Attention of Investors
October -		Recent Developments: Fiber Optic Sensor Measures Cylinder Pressure • Sensor Monitors Health of Fiber-Optic Cables • Fiber-Optic Sensor Monitors Water
September -		Recent Developments: FOS Technology Tackles Piracy • Fiber-Optic Biosensor Measures Food Safety • FOS Monitors Oil and Gas Wells • Fiber-Optic Strain Sensor Is Capable of 100 Measurements
August -		Recent Developments: Medical Fiber-Optic Sensor Multiparameter Monitoring System • Embedded Fiber-Optic Sensors for Traffic Monitoring • Fiber-Optic Sensor for Structural stress Measurements
July -		Recent Developments: Fiber-Optic Sensor Measures Salinity of Water • Fiber-Optic Sensor Monitors Water without Calibration • Fiber-Optic Sensors Measure Environmental Loads of Overhead Transmission Lines
May -		Rising Silicon Gyro Commercialization Recent Developments: Developments in in-Cylinder Monitoring
April -		Fiber-Optic Pressure Sensors in Automotive Applications
March -		Fiber-Optic Sensors in Industrial Process Control
February -		Recent Developments: Portable Surface-Plasmon-Resonance Sensor • Interferometric Sensors on a Chip • Developments in Fiber-Optic Sensors for Petroleum Extraction • Improved Fiber-Optic Displacement Sensor • Measurement of Strain Distribution Using Brillouin Ring Amplification • Sensor for the Paper-Manufacturing Industry

	1999
Dec/Jan -		1999: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2000
November -		Fiber-Optic Security Systems for Intrusion Detection Recent Developments: Fiber-Optic pH Sensor • Shape Tape from Measurand • Improving the Oil-Extraction Process
October -		Fiber-Optic Sensors for Environmental Monitoring
September -		Recent Developments: Dual-Function Fiber-Optic Probe • Commercialization of Probe for Use in Composite Processing • Fabry-Perot Temperature Sensor • Intrinsic Fiber-Optic Sensor for Medical Applications • Prosthetic Devices with a Sense of Touch
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July -		Threats and Opportunities in the New Millennium
June -		Fiber-Optic Sensors for Structural Monitoring
May -		Recent Developments: Fiber-Optic Networks for High-Data-Rate Sensors • Extrinsic Fiber-Optic Sensor to Measure State of Charge in Lead-Acid Batteries • Detection of Biological Weapons • Approaches to Fiber-Optic Cure Monitoring • Cure Monitoring of Composite Materials • Sapphire Fiber Probe for Ultrahigh Temperatures • Support for FCI Environmental from State of Florida
April -		Recent Developments: Environmental Applications and Hazardous Environments
March -		Recent Developments: Embedded Fiber Bridge in California • Experimental FOG using EDFA • Elimination of Signal Processing in FOG • Fiber-Optic Fire Detection in Tunnels • Distributed Temperature Sensing for Leak Detection • New LED with Plastic Fiber Termination • Superior Performance from Sapphire-Based Products • Lawrence Livermore's R&D for Environmental Applications
February -		Fiber-Optic Gyroscopes

	1998
Dec/Jan -		1998: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1999
November -		Biomedical Applications Recent Developments: Fiber Bragg Gratings for Smart Structures
October -		Development of FBG- and FFPI-Based Sensors
September -		Recent Developments: Brillouin Scattering to Measure Distributed Strain in Multimode Fibers • Fiber-Optic Device to Support Eye Surgery • Glass Waveguide Sensors from Sol-Gel Process • Cost Reduction for Specialty Fibers through Sol-Gel Process • Fiber-Optic Air-Mass Flow Meter for Aircraft Engines • Fiber-Optic Hydrophones for Oil Prospecting • Measurement of Vibrational Modes in Compressor Blades
August -		Recent Developments: Fiber-Optic Foam Monitor • Fiber-Optic Velocimeter • First Fabry-Perot Sensors from Roctest • Landmark Demonstration of Fiber-Optic Structural Monitoring in France • OTDR-Based Technique for Measuring Ground Foundations • Fiber-Optic Sensor to Protect against Biological Warfare
July -		Fiber-Optic Sensors in Automobiles
June -		Recent Developments: Early Signs of Attention to Cost • Tool-Wear Measurement • Oxygen-Contamination Sensor • New Product for Tight Fiber Bend Radii • Optical-Fiber Velocimeter
May -		Structural Monitoring Update
April -		Recent Developments: Fabry-Perot-Based Magnetic-Field Sensor • High-Surface-Area Coatings • Temperature Sensor for Process Applications • Financial Performance of FCI Environmental • Monitoring Vibrations in Compressor Blades • Distributed Temperature Monitoring for Petroleum Industry
March -		Fiber-Optic Vibration Sensors
February -		Recent Developments: Fiber-Optic Fire Detection • Development of Sol-Gel-Based Chemical Sensors • Fiber-Optic Sensor Support for Fiber-Optic Communications • Magnetic-Field Sensor for Geophysical Mineral Surveying • Film-Thickness Sensor

	1997
Dec/Jan -		1997: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1998
November -		Optically Powered Electronic Sensors
October -		Recent Developments: Noncontact Fiber-Optic Temperature Sensor • Light-Scattering Probe • Other NASA Research • Fiber-Optic Return to Virtual-Reality Products • Fiber-Optic Strain Sensor • FCI Environmental and Autronica Alliance
September -		Smart Structures Update Recent Developments: Nondestructive Testing on Railroads • Reduced Cost FFP System
August -		Fiber-Optic Gyroscopes
July -		Recent Developments: Remote Raman Spectroscopic Imaging • Raman Spectroscopy for Agricultural Applications • Immunosensor for Detecting FB1 in Corn Feed • FCI's Pursuit of Environmental Sensor Opportunities • Prototype Fiber-Optic Probe for Detecting Hydrocarbons • Microbend Displacement Sensor
June -		Fiber-Optic Current and Voltage Sensors Recent Developments: Fiber-Optic Sensor to Detect Large Transient Currents
May -		Fiber-Optic Sensors in Process Control Recent Developments: Sensors for Intelligent Oil-Drilling Platform
April -		Fiber-Optic Strain Sensor • Nanomole Detection of Ammonia • Temperature Sensor with RF Immunity • Fiber-Optic Cancer Probe • Small-Differential Displacement Sensor • Fiber-Optic Food Analysis
March -		Fiber for Fiber-Optic Sensing Recent Developments: Specialty Fiber for Spectroscopic Applications • Galactic-Particle Detector
February -		SensiCath: A Fiber-Optic Biosensor Commercialization Profile Recent Developments: Fiber-Optic Nose Update

	1996
Dec/Jan -		1996: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1997
November -		Low-Cost Chemical Dosimeter • FBG Temperature and Strain Sensor • Displacement Sensor for Dynamic Subnanometer Measurements • Angular Displacement Sensor • Fiber-Optic Sensing for Oil Extraction
October -		Fiber Bragg Gratings
September -		Fiber Fabry-Perot Sensors • Portable Spectrometer in Tropical Rain Forest
August -		Silicone Rubber Fiber-Optic Sensors • Particulate Sensor • Speckle Fiber-Optic Sensors • Polarization Drift Compensator for Interferometry • Commercialization/Investment Opportunity • Fiber-Optic Company Results • Optical Sensor on a Chip
July -		Automotive Industry Update • Multiplexed Temperature Sensor • Fiber-Optic Coupled Flow Sensor
June -		Fiber-Optic Spectrometers in Environmental Monitoring • Infrared Detection of Hydrocarbons • Promising Market for PetroSense
May -		Environmental Monitoring • Fiber-Optic Wind Vane • Sensor for Monitoring Ceramics • Sensor for Cast Metal Structures • Fiber-Optic Photoelectric Sensor
April -		Fiber-Optic Biosensors • Fiber-Optic Probe for Cataracts • Microprobe for Cell and Chemical Measurements • Evaluation of Fiber-Optic Biosensor Project
March -		Sensor for Abyssal Microorganisms • Homemade FOG for Robot Navigation • Sensors for Commercializing Structural Monitoring • Beam Sensor to Challenge Strain Gauge • Chemical Sensor Developments • LED Sensors
February -		Military Applications
Dec/Jan -		1995: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1996