Advanced Optical Fiber Sensors and Applications
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2026 | Viewed by 13
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fiber Bragg grating technology; optical fiber sensors; optical communication; fiber lasers; ultrafast lasers
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Interests: design and fabrication of advanced fiber photonic devices; femtosecond laser processing technology; optical fiber sensing
Interests: fibre and guidewave optics; interferometric optics; fibre grating devices and applications; fibre lasers; optical sensors and sensing technologies; femtosecond laser technology; micro/nano photonic structures and devices; biophotonics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Optical fiber sensing technology has emerged as a transformative solution for precision measurement, offering capabilities far beyond those of conventional electronic sensors. By leveraging the unique waveguiding properties of optical fibers, these sensors achieve exceptional performance in sensitivity, accuracy, and multiplexing capacity. Today, advanced optical fiber sensors are being increasingly applied in a wide range of fields, including structural health monitoring, industrial process control, environmental sensing, and biomedical diagnostics, demonstrating growing scientific and industrial importance.
This Special Issue aims to collect and showcase the latest research breakthroughs and innovative applications in advanced optical fiber sensors We welcome the submission of original research papers and comprehensive reviews that focus on the design, fabrication, experimental performance of fiber sensors, and various sensing applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Novel sensing mechanisms and device architectures (e.g., fiber gratings, interferometers, micro-structured fibers);
- Distributed and quasi-distributed fiber optic sensing systems (BOTDA, Φ-OTDR, FBG arrays);
- Multi-parameter and multi-functional sensors for physical, chemical, and biological quantities;
- Advanced signal interrogation, data processing, and sensor network technologies;
- Practical implementations in infrastructure monitoring, smart industry, energy systems, environmental protection, and biomedical applications.
Prof. Dr. Xuewen Shu
Dr. Qi Yu
Guest Editors
Prof. Dr. Lin Zhang
Co-Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fiber optic sensors
- distributed sensing
- fiber Bragg gratings
- structural health monitoring
- biochemical sensing
- sensor interrogation
- multi-parameter sensing
- micro-structured optical fibers
- industrial applications
- biomedical sensing
- smart and wearable sensors
- optical fiber technology
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