Recent Research on Optical Sensing and Precision Measurement
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 March 2025 | Viewed by 102
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Interests: micro-optical sensing; micro-opto-electro-mechanical systems; optical fiber sensing
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Interests: microcavity photonics and sensing; nonlinear optics; microcavity frequency comb; ultra-precision machining and microwave photonics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Advanced optical sensing and precision measurement technologies are the foundation of scientific research. Optics provides an effective method for precision measurement and sensing, and it demonstrates strong advantages in time and space resolution, low-light imaging, quantum sensing, precision spectroscopy, fiber optic sensing, laser gyroscopes, etc.
This Special Issue, therefore, will put together original research and review articles on recent advances, technologies, applications, and new challenges in the field of “Recent Research on Optical Sensing and Precision Measurement”. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Optical sensors;
- Remote sensors;
- 3D optical measurement;
- Ladar;
- Optical metrology;
- Interferometry measurement;
- Extreme measurement;
- Spectral imaging;
- New theory and technology of optical imaging and measurement;
- Advanced fabrication technologies for micro/nano optics and photonics, etc.
Dr. Wenyao Liu
Dr. Chengfeng Xie
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- optical sensing
- temperature measurement
- gas/liquid measurement
- bio/biochemical/biomedical measurement
- electric/magnetic field measurement
- strain/pressure/force measurement
- angular velocity sensor
- quantum sensing
- precision measurement
- spectral imaging
- terahertz imaging
- optical instruments
- trace detection
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Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: Wavelength Locking and Calibration of Fiber-Optic Ultrasonic Sensors Using Single-Sideband Modulated Laser
Authors: Mohammed Alshammari and Ming Han
Affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; [email protected] (M.A.)
Abstract: Implementation of edge filter detection for interrogating optical interferometric ultrasonic sensors is often hindered by the lack of cost-effective laser sources with agile wavelength tunability and good noise performance. The detected signal can also be affected by the optical power variations and locking point drifts, negatively affecting the sensor accuracy. Here, we report the use of laser single-sideband generation using a dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder interferometer (DP-MZI) for laser wavelength tuning and locking in edge filter detection of fiber-optic ultrasonic sensors. We also demonstrate real-time, in-situ calibration of the sensor response to ultrasound-induced wavelength shift tuning. The DP-MZI is employed to generate a known wavelength modulation of the laser, whose response is used to gauge the sensor response to the ultrasound-induced wavelength shifts in real time and in situ. Experiments were performed on a fiber-optic ultrasonic sensor based on a high-finesse Fabry-Perot interferometer formed by two fiber Bragg gratings. The results demonstrated the effectiveness of the laser locking against laser wavelength drifts and temperature variations and the effectiveness of the calibration method against optical power variations and locking point drifts. These techniques can enhance the operation robustness and increase the measurement accuracy of optical ultrasonic sensors.
