Advances in Optical Fiber Transmission and Sensing Technologies
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 8
Special Issue Editor
Interests: optical fiber sensor; deep learning for optical sensing and measurement; optical field manipulation; optoelectronic sensors; specialty optical fiber
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Dear Colleagues,
With the continuous progress of photonic integration and sensing technologies, the transmission characteristics of optical fibers have become not only the foundation of modern communication systems but also the cornerstone for emerging high-performance sensing platforms. From dispersion management and nonlinear effects to modal interference and transmission losses, understanding and manipulating the optical transmission behaviors within fibers are essential to unlocking new levels of sensitivity, selectivity, and spatial resolution in optical sensing systems.
This Special Issue aims to highlight the latest developments in both theoretical and applied research on optical fiber transmission and its integration with sensing functionalities. We encourage submissions that explore novel mechanisms, materials, architectures, and analytical techniques to enhance or exploit fiber transmission properties for sensing applications across diverse disciplines, including biomedicine, structural monitoring, smart materials, and industrial diagnostics.
We welcome the submission of original research articles, reviews, and communications that address, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Novel optical fiber designs for enhanced signal integrity and transmission efficiency;
- Modeling and mitigation of dispersion and nonlinearity in sensing fibers;
- Light–matter interactions and transmission-based sensing mechanisms;
- Fiber transmission in harsh, dynamic, or lossy environments;
- Optical time/frequency domain reflectometry for distributed sensing;
- Multi-parameter sensing based on interference, diffraction, and scattering in fibers;
- Transmission-aware design of fiber gratings, interferometers, and resonant structures;
- Integration of transmission modeling with machine learning for real-time sensing optimization;
- Transmission behavior in specialty fibers: photonic crystal fibers, hollow-core fibers, and multicore fibers;
- Coherent and speckle-based fiber transmission methods for imaging and reconstruction.
This Special Issue provides a unique platform to converge interdisciplinary insights into the fundamental and application-driven aspects of optical fiber transmission, with particular emphasis on its exploitation for high-performance and intelligent sensing systems.
We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions.
Dr. Han Gao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fiber transmission modeling
- dispersion and nonlinearity
- optical interference
- distributed sensing
- fiber-based measurement
- multimode and multicore fibers
- photonic structures
- speckle-based sensing
- fiber communication and sensing integration
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