n - Fachhochschule Jena
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n - Fachhochschule Jena
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Optical Fiber Sensors:<br />
Applications, Products and Market Growth<br />
• Industrial process control and automation<br />
• Aerospace and transportation<br />
• Biomedical and environmental monitoring<br />
• Electric power and chemical oil & gas off-shore industries<br />
• Civil and geo-technical engineering<br />
• Military and security applications<br />
� Products:<br />
Position & displacement, gyroscopes, blood gas & pressure,<br />
distributed temperature, strain & vibration, current & voltage,<br />
organic pollution (BTEX), humidity, flow & level etc.<br />
� Market:<br />
800 million US$ in 2008 (civil sector) / 2.5 million sensors,<br />
growth rate 15% p.a. (up to 25% for strain and chemical sensors)<br />
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