Abstract

This conference is the eighth in the Optical Fiber Sensor (OFS) Series, the first being held in London in 1983. There has been considerable progress over the past nine years and recently a number of the technological hurdles which have slowed the development of this technology have been overcome. The number of commercially available fiber optic sensors is still growing, however workers in the fiber sensor area now have a better appreciation of the strengths of conventional sensor technology and realize the stiffness of the competition. However a number of workers in the user community, initially skeptical, are beginning to see the real advantages fiber optic sensor technology has to offer.

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