Sensors and Sensing Technologies for Precision Optical Measurement and Metrology

Dear Colleagues,

Recently, sensors and sensing technologies for precision optical measurement and metrology have shown great significance in precision instruments and equipment, high-end equipment manufacturing, aerospace engineering, and more. This field involves the intersection and integration of multiple disciplines, such as physics, optics, mechanics, information, and materials. It is highly precise and efficient, and demonstrates high resolution and strong performance. Therefore, it has become a research hotspot in many fields globally, and new research results are constantly emerging in basic theories, innovative methods and technologies, new instruments and equipment, and applications.

This Special Issue, therefore, aims to bring together original research and review articles on recent advances, technologies, solutions, applications, and challenges in the field of precision optical measurement technologies.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following: 

• Optoelectronic sensing technology and intelligent sensors;
• Fiber grating sensing technology;
• Fiber Fabry–Perot interferometer sensing technology;
• Laser radar technology;
• Laser displacement measurement technology;
• Material characterization measurement;
• Optical frequency comb technology;
• Nano-grating interferometry and lithography manufacturing technology;
• Spectral confocal technology and instruments;
• Optical scattering measurement technology;
• High-resolution and super-resolution imaging technology;
• Extremely short wavelength nano-measurement technology;
• Optical sensing for micro–nano metrology;
• Optical sensors for surface topography;
• Multi-mode optical hybrid measurement technology;
• Multi-sensor data fusion;
• Feature selection and extraction of measurement signals;
• Machine learning and deep learning methods for measurement signals;
• Error tracing and calibration.

Dr. Xinghui Li
Dr. Yueqiang Zhang
Guest Editors

Dr. Yueqiang Zhang
Guest Editor Assistant

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