Optical Fiber Sensing and Its Applications
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 July 2025 | Viewed by 63
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Interests: nanocomposite thin films; nanomaterials; chemical sensors
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Dear Colleagues,
Fiber optic sensing is a technology that uses optical fibers to measure the physical properties of light as it travels along a fiber; this is in order to detect changes in temperature, strain, vibration (acoustics), and other parameters. This technology has attracted substantial attention globally and has been the subject of research for decades due to its unique advantages, such as its flexible design for in situ and in vivo analysis, its ability to perform the online monitoring of various entities in hostile environments, and its insensitivity to electromagnetic disturbances.
This Special Issue aims to collect articles that present the novel and innovative application of sensors and devices based on optical fiber sensors.
The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Novel designs and fabrication techniques for optical fiber sensors.
- The integration of functional materials in optical fiber sensors.
- New chemical sensing materials for methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, etc.
- The application of optical fiber sensing in environmental and industrial monitoring.
- Fiber optic-based distributed sensing systems.
We invite researchers and practitioners to contribute original research articles, review articles, short communications, and letters that advance our understanding and utilization of optical fiber sensing technology.
Dr. Ki-Joong Kim
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- optical fiber sensing
- fiber optic sensor design
- environmental monitoring
- distributed sensing
- chemical sensing materials
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