Optical Fibre Sensors for Challenging Applications
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 26 December 2026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: fibre optic sensors; fibre grating sensors and devices; fibre lasers; refractive index sensing; optical fibre interferometry; strain and temperature measurement; vibration measurement; SHM; NDT; process monitoring of advanced composites
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Dear Colleagues,
Optical fibre sensors, ever-advancing, are continuing to be widely adopted, making inroads into virtually every industry as a result of their outstanding properties, such as high inherent sensitivity, immunity to electromagnetic interference, high signal-to-noise ratio, inertness, remote sensing, distributed sensing, multi-parameter sensing, light weight, multiplexing capabilities, etc.
This Special Issue will show-case the varying capabilities offered by optical fibre sensors, especially in performing measurements in challenging applications. For example, optical fibre sensors are increasingly being deployed into environments that have been difficult or impossible to instrument using any other previous sensor technology. Challenging applications of interest include precision measurements (e.g., metrology, nano technology), structural health monitoring (e.g., aerospace, civil and military structures, advanced composites, automotive), robotics (e.g., manufacturing, surgical instruments, process industries), harsh environments (e.g., turbomachinery, nuclear plants, submarine, offshore oil and gas, combustion chambers, explosives), medical field (e.g., implants, wearables, surgical instruments), renewable energy (e.g., wind turbines, tidal turbines), material characterisation (e.g., advanced composites, nano materials), manufacturing (e.g., process monitoring, additive manufacturing, 3D printing), environmental measurements (e.g., gas sensing, exhaust emissions, air-borne detection, aerodynamics, flow measurement), and other applications.
Well-established, novel, and disruptive sensors are welcome, as are tools and methodologies that unlock access to untouched application areas. The radical development and application of new sensing approaches are also areas of interest.
Dr. Edmond Chehura
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fibre sensors
- fibre interferometry
- fibre grating
- fibre amplifiers
- fibre laser sensor
- distributed sensing
- fibre-optic LiDAR
- speciality fibres (SM, PM, PCF, multi-core, MM, small-diameter, etc.)
- applications (challenging, new, etc.)
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