Preface Editors Contributors Introduction to Optical Fiber Sensors Ginu Rajan Optical Fiber Sensing Solutions: From Macro- to Micro-/Nanoscale Yuliya Semenova and Gerald Farrell Interferometric Fiber-Optic Sensors Sara Tofighi, Abolfazl Bahrampour, Nafiseh Pishbin, and Ali Reza Bahrampour Polymer Optical Fiber Sensors Kara Peters Surface Plasmon Resonance Fiber-Optic Sensors Kent B. Pfeifer and Steven M. Thornberg Photonic-Crystal Fibers for Sensing Applications Ana M.R. Pinto Liquid Crystal Optical Fibers for Sensing Applications Sunish Mathews and Yuliya Semenova Optical Microfiber Physical Sensors George Y. Chen and Gilberto Brambilla Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors and Interrogation Systems Dipankar Sengupta Polymer Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors and Their Applications David J. Webb Acousto-Optic Effect and Its Application in Optical Fibers Alexandre de Almeida Prado Pohl Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensors and Their Applications Balaji Srinivasan and Deepa Venkitesh Fiber Laser-Based Sensing Technologies Asrul Izam Azmi, Muhammad Yusof Mohd Noor, Haifeng Qi, Kun Liu, and Gang-Ding Peng Active Core Optical Fiber Chemical Sensors and Applications Shiquan Tao Optical Fiber Humidity Sensors Muhammad Yusof Mohd Noor, Gang-Ding Peng, and Ginu Rajan Medical Applications of Fiber-Optic Sensors Vandana Mishra Optical Fiber Sensors for Smart Composite Materials and Structures Manjusha Ramakrishnan, Yuliya Semenova, Gerald Farrell, and Ginu Rajan Future Perspectives for Fiber-Optic Sensing Brian Culshaw Index