TOPICS INCLUDED IN THIS PRESENTATION INTRODUCTION WHY OPTICAL SENSORS ? PRINCIPLE OF OPTICAL SENSORS CLASSIFICATION AND COMPARISON SOME INTERESTING APPLICATIONS WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE ? INTRODUCTION NEW REVOLUTION OF OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS IT IS A “SPIN-OFF” FROM OTHER OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES SEEING THE POTENTIAL IN SENSING APPLICATIONS – DEVELOPED AS ITS OWN FIELD WHY OPTICAL SENSORS ELECTROMAGNETIC IMMUNITY ELECTRICAL ISOLATION COMPACT AND LIGHT BOTH POINT AND DISTRIBUTED CONFIGURATION WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE AMENABLE TO MULTIPLEXING