Fiber Optic Sensors for Industrial Automation & Measurement | High-Precision Optical Science & Engineering Device (Model 132) | Ideal for Factory Monitoring, Lab Testing & Process Control Applications

This is the 2nd edition 'published in 2008'of a book of the same title published in the year 2002.There are eleven chapters in this book. Eight of these eleven chapters have no references published after the year 2000! 'Chapter 5 and Chapter 11 are newly added chapters'. One has references up to the year 2006 and the other up to the year 2007. As for Chapter 8: 'The content of this chapter has been substantially updated in this new version...'. It has references up to the year 2006. I was particularly disappointed in Chapter 10 on 'Applications of Fiber Optic Sensors'. The last reference was to a 1999 paper.There are companies that sell fiber optic sensors but there was no mention of them that I could find including, for example, Luna Innovations, Hansen Medical, Blue Road Research, and FISO.It is interesting that Eric Udd, author of the Chapter 1 'Overview of Optical Sensors' is with Blue Road Research. They have patents on fiber optic sensors issued after 2002 --- with Udd as an inventor-- listed on their web site.This book covers most of the basics and can be useful. I found the organization of some of the chapters helpful.However, if you want an up-to-date treatment of the subject, this book may prove disappointing.