Emerging Trends in Optical Fiber Technology

Dear Colleagues,

Since the birth of practical optical fibers in the 1970s, research on optical fibers has revolutionized the communication field with its low-loss and high-bandwidth characteristics, and they have become the key to long-distance communication. With the development of information technology, optical fiber research has been continuously advancing.

In terms of materials, new types of hollow-core fibers and photonic crystal fibers have been developed from traditional silica fibers, effectively reducing losses and expanding bandwidth. At the device level, optical communication devices are evolving towards miniaturization and integration, with integrated optical chips and micro/nano optical devices emerging one after another. In the field of system applications, optical fiber sensing technology is widely used in industrial monitoring, biomedicine, and other fields, and optical fiber communication systems are also constantly being upgraded to meet the needs of massive data transmission.

This Special Issue aims at publishing high-quality papers which study emerging, important technologies in optical fiber research. Original research articles and reviews are both welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Optical fiber components;
• New fiber materials and designs;
• Fiber lasers and amplifiers;
• Fiber switching, memory, and signal processing;
• Modulation format for transmission systems;
• Fiber nonlinearities and countermeasures;
• Long-haul transmission systems;
• Fiber local area networks;
• Fiber sensors and instrumentation.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Ye Tian
Dr. Xixin Wang
Guest Editors

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• optical fiber
• optical fiber communication
• optical fiber sensing
• optical signal processing
• quantum communication
• integrated optical chip
• photonic crystal fiber