Fiber Bragg Gratings: Fundamentals, Materials and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Ever since their first observation, Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBG) have become a technically-mature technology in both optical communication and sensing. However, continuous research is ongoing to address both fundamental and application related topics of the particular photonic structure. This Special Issue “Fiber Bragg Gratings: Fundamentals, Materials and Applications” will concentrate on all aspects of fundamental and applied research with a particular focus on photonics. Both, original research papers, as well as review papers, are welcome.

Topics of interests include, but are not limited to:

• Fabrication of Fiber Bragg Grating (techniques, materials, grating types)

• Bragg gratings in specialty fibers and planar substrates

• Integration and Packaging of FBGs

• Advances in interrogation systems (low cost, high-speed)

• Modeling and simulation of Fiber Bragg Grating

• Photonic applications (filters, amplifiers, lasers, sensors)

• Fiber Bragg Grating based integrated photonic systems

• Novel applications

The objective of this Special Issue is to compile and spotlight both the fundamentals of Fiber Bragg Grating technologies and applications, as well as interdisciplinary topical photonic trends of Bragg Grating research.

Prof. Ralf Hellmann
Guest Editor

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