Optical Fiber Physical and Mechanical Sensors
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2023) | Viewed by 8195
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Interests: development of fiber-optic and microwave devices for sensing applications in harsh environments
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Dear Colleagues,
Optical fiber sensors (OFSs) have been widely and successfully used in an expansive range of sensing applications, such as structural health monitoring, downhole monitoring, chemical and biological sensing, environmental monitoring, etc., for the past four decades, and continue to be a critical fundamental and applied research field. OFSs provide a convenient way of implementing optical sensing using integrated optics, simply by the direction of light to and the collection of light from regions under investigation via optical fibers. We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, “Optical Fiber Physical and Mechanical Sensors”, which is dedicated to covering a unique aspect of optical fiber sensing techniques and systems developed for measuring physical and mechanical quantities. Original full research articles, communications, and reviews are welcome.
The contributions can address a broad range of physical and mechanical sensors based on fiber optic principles, including, but not limited to, any of the following topics:
- Physical and mechanical sensors.
- Pointwise interferometric sensors.
- Fiber Bragg grating and long-period grating sensors.
- Multiplexed and distributed sensing techniques and systems.
- Environmental, defense, and industrial applications of optical fiber sensors.
- New structures, effects, and materials for optical fiber sensing.
- New signal processing techniques for optical fiber sensors.
- Machine-learning-assisted intelligent sensors.
- Displacement, strain, force, tilt angle, vibration, acceleration, pressure, and acoustic sensors.
Dr. Chen Zhu
Dr. Xu Zhilin
Guest Editors
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