It includes OTDR, which measures the presence and location of optical fiber breaks and losses, as well as R-OTDR and B-OTDR, which read information about backscattered light generated when light passes through an optical fiber. Optical fibers are also attractive for applications in sensing, control and instrumentation. For these applications fibers are made more susceptible and sensitive to the same external mechanisms against which fibers were made to be immune for. Optical fiber sensors present several advantages in relation to other types of sensors., small, lightweight, resistant to high temperatures and pressure, electromagnetically passive, among others. The review covers various fiber-optic sensors, including Bragg gratings and interferometers, detailing their principles and applications. Radiation absorption creates electronic excited states that are trapped by localized defects for extended periods of.
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