Long‐term monitoring with optical fibers has moved into the focus of attention due to the
applicability for medical measurements. Within this Review, setups of flexible, unobtrusive …

In recent decades, the Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) phenomenon has been utilized
as an underlying technique in a broad range of application fields. Herein, a new measuring …

The aim of this paper is to report the design of a low-cost plastic optical fiber (POF) pressure
sensor, embedded in a mattress. We report the design of a multipoint sensor, a cheap …

In this work, a novel sensing approach to realize a force optical fiber sensor is designed,
developed, and experimentally tested. The proposed sensing methodology exploits the …

Underwater environment is the new frontier for major future discovery for the benefits of the
world at large. The vastness of the oceans mirrored the vast potentials that lie beneath it. In …

Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors have an advantage over optical sensors in that they are
lightweight, easy to terminate, and have a high flexibility and a low cost. Additionally, FBG is …

This paper describes an intensity-based notched polymer optical fiber (POF) fabric strain
sensor and its application in human respiration monitoring. A mechanical analysis illustrates …

Suspenders, as the main bearing components in an arch bridge, can only manage to serve
for about tens of years, or even a few years due to the influences of corrosion and fatigue …

In this work, an optimized force sensor system was simulated, fabricated, and experimentally
tested. It is based on a modified plastic optical fiber (POF) bonded on the back side of a …

With the general term “Optical Fibers” it is quite common to refer to a specific type of fibers, in
particular Glass Optical Fibers (GOF), that can then be divided into several categories de …