Advances in medicine and improvements in life quality has led to an increase in the life
expectancy of the general population. An ageing world population have placed demands on …

Smart sensing for aeronautical applications is a multidisciplinary process that involves the
development of various sensor elements and advancements in the nanomaterials field. The …

Interest in polymer optical fiber Bragg gratings (POFBGs) arises from the different material
properties and sensing modalities brought by polymers relative to silica. Polymer fibers …

In this article, we thoroughly discuss many aspects of diaphragm-embedded optical fiber
sensors covering industrial, robotics and medical applications: from the modeling to field …

Smart textiles are novel solutions for remote healthcare monitoring which involve non-
invasive sensors-integrated clothing. Polymer optical fiber (POF) sensors have attractive …

This paper presents the development of a three-dimensional (3-D) displacement sensor
based on one fiber Bragg grating (FBG). In order to obtain higher sensitivity and dynamic …

This paper presents a multiplexing technique for polymer optical fiber (POF) intensity
variation-based sensors. The technique relies on the side-coupling between the light source …

We report the application of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) arrays in polymer optical fibers for the
quasi-distributed displacement and torque sensing in a series elastic actuator's spring. The …

We developed a flexible support with embedded polymer optical fiber (POF) sensors for the
assessment of human–robot interaction forces. The supports were fabricated with a three …

A wide range of geometrical deformations of fiber optic sensors (FOSs) have been explored
to improve their performance. In particular, fiber optics bent into a U-shape present various …