Aspheric optical surfaces are becoming common in optical design. Fabrication efforts have improved, costs have reduced, and aspheres allow a designer to control more degrees of freedom using fewer surfaces. However, testing and alignment of aspheric surfaces is considerably more difficult than that of spherical surfaces. Testing requires expensive null lenses, and alignment requires numerous da...

The optical access fiber network is spreading rapidly as a result of the progress made on optical communication technologies and the availability of a wide range of broadband Internet content. If the optical access network is not properly maintained, the service quality will decrease. This paper describes some effective technologies that have been researched and developed to maintain a high qua...

The presented research has been carried out within the European project Intelligent Roads (INTRO). The major objective followed was to assess the potential of optical fiber for pavement monitoring in comparison with classical strain gauges. Thus, both measurement devices have been tested under the same conditions in a full scale Accelerated Pavement Testing (APT) at LAVOC. This facility allows ...