Needs for sensor miniaturization, versatile sensing solutions, and improved measurements'
performances in difficult operating environments have recently driven considerable research …

The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of mode-division and spatial-
division optical fiber sensors, mainly encompassing interferometers and advanced fiber …

Abstract Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing (DFOS) is one of the promising tools for structure
health monitoring. It can measure physical quantities (such as temperature, strain, and …

With the development of fiber optical technologies, fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors are
frequently utilized in structural health monitoring due to their considerable advantages …

Featured Application In this paper, the basic concepts of fiber modes, the principle of
generation and detection of orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes are exhaustive …

In this paper, a simple balloon-like fiber sensing system based on a Mach-Zehnder modal
interferometer by bending single-mode fiber (SMF) into a balloon-like structure is proposed …

A strain sensor based on cascaded Sagnac loops with two polarization-maintaining
photonic crystal fibers (PMPCFs) has been experimentally demonstrated. Air holes …

An integrated structure in the original single mode fiber (SMF) which can measure curvature
and temperature simultaneously, is proposed and demonstrated. The key components of the …

Surface plasmon resonance excitation with tilted fiber Bragg gratings has been typically
studied using gold films to target biochemical sensing applications. However, surface …

Surface plasmon resonance excitation with optical fiber gratings has been typically studied
in aqueous solutions. This work describes the procedure to excite a plasmon wave in …