Thévenaz, Luc2010-09-152010-09-152010-09-15200610.1364/OFS.2006.ThC1https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/53662Optical fibers have crucially contributed to promote the concept of distributed sensing with a large impact. The different types of fiber optics distributed sensing techniques are reviewed and their performances and limits are presented.Fiber optics sensorstext::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper