Fiber Grating Sensors and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

The fiber grating sensor is one of the most important types of fiber sensors developed in the past three decades. As a kind of grating structure in optical fibers, fiber grating has its own unique advantages besides inheriting all the advantages of a fiber sensor, such as wavelength encoding of sensing information, high-precision localization detection, multiplexing capabilities, etc. Now, fiber grating sensors continue to flourish and their applications are expanding. New designs and discoveries have continued to drive technological developments.

This Special Issue will focus on all aspects of this active research field, aiming to reflect the development of fiber grating sensors in design, manufacturing and applications. Both original research papers and review papers are welcome. Technical topics include, but not limited to, the following:

1. Fiber Bragg grating sensors;
2. Long-period fiber grating sensors;
3. Special structures (tilted, chiral, phase-shifted, etc.) of fiber grating sensors;
4. New design and fabrication techniques of fiber grating sensors;
5. Fiber grating sensors fabricated by femtosecond laser;
6. Fiber grating sensor network and systems;
7. Interrogation methods for fiber gratings;
8. Fiber-grating-based temperature, strain, deformation, and bio-chemical sensors;
9. Smart sensing systems using fiber grating sensors;
10. Fiber grating sensors for wearable and medical applications;
11. Fiber grating sensors for harsh environment applications;
12. Packaging and long-term stability of fiber grating sensors.

Prof. Dr. Xuewen Shu
Dr. Kaiming Zhou
Dr. Qiang Wu
Prof. Dr. Lin Zhang
Guest Editors

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