Abstract：One of the new transducers is optical-fiber transducer, which has a wideying application prospect. The present paper describes the principles, classifications and advantages of the fiber sensor, and also reports the basic features and the outline of the application of the fiber sensors in types of intensity, phase and polarization modulation.
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