Applications and Development of Optical Fiber Sensors
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Optoelectronics and Optical Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 635
Special Issue Editors
Interests: optical fiber sensor application; Fabry–Perot sensing and demodulation; optical fiber acoustic sensing; fiber Bragg gratings
Interests: distributed fiber-optic sensors; random fiber grating; nonlinear optics
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Interests: distributed optical fiber acoustic vibration sensing technology; brillouin dynamic grating sensing technology; brillouin scattering optical fiber sensing technology
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Interests: fiber sensing; distributed vibration sensing; sensing system design; intelligent perception; pattern recognition; event recognition and classification; signal processing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Optical fiber sensors have become a cornerstone of modern sensing technologies, offering exceptional advantages such as immunity to electromagnetic interference, a lightweight design, and the capacity for distributed and remote measurements. These features have paved the way for their application across a broad spectrum of fields, including environmental monitoring, structural integrity assessment, biomedical diagnostics, and industrial automation. The continuous innovation in optical fiber sensor technologies, combined with advancements in materials science, optical communication networks, and data analytics, has further broadened their range of application and enhanced their functionality.
This Special Issue on “Applications and Development of Optical Fiber Sensors” will focus on diverse applications and cutting-edge developments in optical fiber sensor technology, addressing both fundamental advancements and their real-world implementation. Key areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Environmental applications, such as air quality monitoring, water resource management, and disaster prevention;
- Structural health monitoring in critical infrastructure, including buildings, bridges, and oil pipelines;
- Biomedical and healthcare applications leveraging optical fibers for minimally invasive diagnostics and real-time patient monitoring;
- Industrial process control and automation, ensuring efficiency and safety in manufacturing and energy production;
- The integration of optical fiber sensors into advanced data processing techniques, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, to enhance detection accuracy and predictive capabilities.
By exploring these applications and developments, we aim to highlight the transformative potential of optical fiber sensors in addressing critical challenges and fostering innovation across a range of disciplines and domains. Contributions including both theoretical research and practical deployment are highly encouraged. I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Haokun Yang
Dr. Yuan Wang
Dr. Zhe Ma
Dr. Zhenshi Sun
Dr. Rongxin Zhu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- optical fiber sensor
- distributed sensing system
- AI-driven fiber sensors
- novel fiber structure
- optic–electronic detection techniques
- smart city fiber networks
- structural health monitoring
- sensing technology innovation
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