Fiber Optic Sensors: From Materials to Applications
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "A：Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2026 | Viewed by 2
Special Issue Editor
Interests: optical design; optical thin film; residual stress; optical interferometry; fiber-optic sensors
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of "Fiber Optic Sensors: From Materials to Applications" aims to present recent advances in the materials, design, fabrication, characterization, and applications of fiber optic sensors. We welcome contributions from both fundamental research and applied studies, highlighting innovations that push the boundaries of sensitivity, miniaturization, multi-functionality, and real-world deployment. This Issue intends to bridge the gap between material development, device engineering, and system-level applications, fostering interdisciplinary discussion among physicists, materials scientists, engineers, and application specialists. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Novel materials for fiber optic sensors (e.g., nanomaterials, functional coatings, 2D materials);
- Fiber grating sensors (fiber Bragg gratings, long-period gratings) and micro/nano-structured fibers; Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors, lossy mode resonance (LMR)-based fiber sensors and hybrid LMR/SPR devices;
- Optical fiber interferometry and resonator-based fiber sensors;
- Distributed sensing technologies (temperature, strain, vibration, and chemical) lab-on-fiber and bio/chemical sensing platforms;
- Smart material integration for tunable or reconfigurable fiber sensors;
- The packaging, integration, and reliability of fiber optic sensing systems;
- Machine learning and AI for fiber sensor signal processing;
- Emerging applications: structural health monitoring, energy systems, biomedicine, aerospace, and environmental monitoring.
We look forward to receiving your contribution to this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Chuen-Lin Tien
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- materials for fiber optic sensors
- fiber Bragg grating
- fiber sensor
- flexible sensor
- LMR/SPR sensor
- optical sensor
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