Recent Trends in Fiber Optic Sensor: Technology and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Presently, remote monitoring systems are vital for the tracking of variations of specific parameters, whether physical, chemical, or biological. These remote systems must be reliable in data acquisition, and fiber optic sensors offer high reliability, better sensitivity, a wide dynamic range, and versatile applications across all engineering fields. Following this, we invite you to contribute manuscripts to this Special Issue, sharing essential results from your research on optical fiber sensors applied to various areas of engineering. Full papers, communications, and reviews are welcome.

This Special Issue aims to highlight the progress made regarding fiber optic sensors by investigating new configurations and methods for measuring parameters that need continuous monitoring across various engineering disciplines.

All manuscripts of fiber optic sensors with novel measurement methods that use intensity, phase, polarization, wavelength changes, and time domain reflectometry are welcome. In addition, we welcome research in areas of civil engineering (structure health monitoring), chemistry, physics, environment, biology, medicine, marine sciences, aeronautics, mechanics, electricity, industry, and so on.

The Special Issue will focus on the following fiber optic sensor topics:

• Chromic Materials for intrinsic fiber sensor: thermochromic, gasochromic, electrochromic, ionochormic, photochromic, solvatochromic, vapochromic, mechanochromic, and so on;
• Sensors based on colorimetry, evanescent waves, and infrared spectroscopies;
• Plasmonic-based sensors;
• Interferometers and polarimetric configurations;
• Fiber Bragg gratings;
• Distributed systems based on Rayleigh, Raman, and Brillouin scattering;
• Intensity sensors;
• Structured fiber sensors;
• Fiber laser sensors;
• Vernier effect.

Prof. Dr. Jorge Luis Camas-Anzueto
Prof. Dr. Rubén Grajales Coutiño
Dr. Rocío Meza-Gordillo
Guest Editors

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