Optical Fiber Sensing: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Optoelectronics and Optical Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2025 | Viewed by 109
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Interests: optical fiber sensor; specialty optical fiber; fiber Bragg gratings; photonics waveguide; harsh environment sensing; aging healthcare
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Dear Colleagues,
Optical fiber sensors have evolved significantly since the first patent was granted on 27 June 1967 (US Patent 3,327,584). Today, it encompasses a variety of configurations, including point sensors and quasi-distributed and distributed sensing networks, capable of measuring a wide array of physical parameters across the wavelength, frequency, time, and phase domains. The advantages of optical fiber for sensing are unparalleled, establishing it as an essential ‘must-have’ technology in key sectors globally such as oil/energy, structural health monitoring (SHM), environmental monitoring, and homeland security.
Recent advancements in Artificial intelligence (AI), materials science, precision engineering, and automation, combined with the intrinsic versatility of optical fiber, have expanded the scope of optical fiber sensors into diverse fields and new sensing applications. This has led to innovative explorations of optics and photonic phenomena, and the ability to measure complex physical parameters. From fundamental scientific research to commercial applications, optical fiber sensing is generating significant knowledge and benefits across multiple domains. This second edition of the Special Issue aims to showcase recent, original, high-impact research in the field of optical fiber sensing, highlighting its diverse applications and contributions to both science and industry.
We invite both experimental and theoretical submissions of original articles, review articles, and technical notes that focus on recent state-of-the-art advances and future directions in the field of optical fiber sensing. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Novel sensing devices, components, and/or applications with optical fiber;
- Innovative optical fiber geometry structures, materials, and splicing techniques (such as specialty optical fiber, hollow core fiber, multicore fiber, and photonics crystal fiber);
- Intrinsic/extrinsic modifications to optical fiber (such as fiber Bragg gratings, long period gratings, interferometry, fiber lasers, femtosecond laser inscription, focused ion beam, chemical vapor deposition, metamaterials, and multimaterial);
- Advanced spectroscopy, imaging, interrogator techniques with optical fiber;
- Extract insights from optical fiber data with advanced data analysis (such as time series analysis and machine learning);
- Optical fiber integration into optoelectronics or multifunctional devices/systems (such as to increase performance and endurance).
We look forward to receiving your submissions!
Dr. Jun Long Lim
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- optical fiber sensor
- optical fiber sensing
- fiber Bragg gratings
- specialty optical fiber
- photonics crystal fiber
- characterization
- optical fiber design
- fiber fabrication
- power delivery
- fiber laser
- optoelectronics
- structural health monitoring
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