Advanced Fiber-Optic Devices and Sensing Technologies
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Optics and Lasers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fiber-optic devices; fiber-optic sensors; fiber-based light-field manipulation; all-optical signal processing; microwave photonics sensors; helical fiber gratings; fiber optics
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Interests: fiber-optic sensors; microstructured optical fibers; artificial intelligence
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Interests: optical fiber sensors; optical-fiber biochemical sensing technology; interfacial enhancement; micro/nano-optics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue intends to highlight the latest innovations in fiber-based photonic systems and their groundbreaking applications. As optical technologies continue to advance rapidly, fiber optics has extended beyond its traditional role in telecommunications, contributing significantly to fields such as sensing, biomedical engineering, quantum optics, and integrated photonics. This Special Issue welcomes original research articles and review papers that address both theoretical developments and practical implementations of next-generation fiber-optic devices.
Potential topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Novel fiber-optic communication devices.
- Fiber-based light-field-manipulation devices for structured light generation, orbital angular momentum control, and holographic applications.
- Fiber-optical tweezers for nanoparticle trapping, biophotonics, and single-cell analysis.
- Advanced fiber sensors (distributed, point-based, and multi-parameter sensors) for industrial IoT, structural health monitoring, and harsh-environment sensing.
- Fiber-optic signal processors and computational photonic devices.
- Micro/nano-engineered fibers (e.g., photonic crystal fibers, multi-core fibers) and hybrid integration with 2D materials or metasurfaces.
We encourage submissions that explore device design, fabrication methodologies, system integration, and emerging applications. Contributions should be full research articles, comprehensive reviews, and forward-looking perspectives that shape the future direction of fiber photonics.
Dr. Chengliang Zhu
Prof. Dr. Hailiang Chen
Dr. Hongtao Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fiber-optic devices
- optical fiber sensing
- light-field manipulation
- fiber-optical tweezers
- computational photonics
- signal processing in photonics
- micro/nanophotonics
- integrated photonic systems
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