EWOFS 2013 - 5th European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors

Optical Fibre Sensors will be the core of the Workshop, but the scope is wide enough to include new concepts, developments and applications in the field of optical fibre technology. Relevant 10 topics are based on previously workshops topics and include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
CHEMICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SENSORS - Biophotonics; Environmental Monitoring; Food; Imaging and Optical Coherence Tomography; Instrumentation for Life Sciences; In-Vivo Applications; Medical Sensing; Remote Spectroscopy
DISTRIBUTED SENSING - Sensing Cable Designs;; Rayleigh, Raman and Brillouin Detection Techniques; Time, Frequency and Coherence Domain Reflectometry
INTERFEROMETRIC & POLARIMETRIC SENSORS - Acoustic Sensor Arrays; Geophones; Gyroscopes; Hydrophones
MULTIPLEXING AND SENSOR NETWORKING - Applications; Remote fiber sensing; Multiplexing Techniques; Protection techniques; Topologies and Theories
NEW CONCEPTS FOR PHOTONIC SENSING - Diffractive Optics; Nanomaterials and Nano-Optical Devices; Metamaterials; Plasmonic Components and Materials; Quantum Optics Based Sensors
ADVANCED AND NEW WAVEGUIDING STRUCTURES - Hollow-Core Fibres; Multi-material Optical Fibers; Optical Fibre Tapers and Microfibres; Optical Resonators; Photonic Crystal Fibres; Polymer Optical Fibres
PASSIVE & ACTIVE DEVICES FOR PHOTONIC SENSING - Detectors; Fibre Gratings; Integrated Optics Devices; MEMS and MOEMS; Micro-Optic Components; Microfluidics; Modulators; Specialty Fibres; Sources
ELECTROMAGNETIC, PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PHENOMENA SENSORS - Acceleration; Displacement; Electric Current and Field; Flow; Force; Magnetic Field; Pressure; Rotation; Strain; Temperature; Vibration; Voltage
SMART STRUCTURES AND SMART MATERIALS - Composites and Boundary Conditions; Condition Monitoring Algorithms; Fibre Embedding Techniques; Infinite Element Analysis; Strain and Deformation Sensors; Structural Health Monitoring
SYSTEM APPLICATIONS AND FIELD TRIALS - Signal Processing Applied to OFS; Relevant Installations and Field Demonstration of Photonic-based Sensing Systems; Metrology Projects; Commercialization Efforts