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Important Achievements in Optical Measurements in China 2024–2025

A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Sensors".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 2124

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Prof. Dr. Yufei Ma

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National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Tunable Laser, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150006, China
Interests: optical gas sensing; laser spectroscopy; solid-state lasers
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Prof. Dr. Jianguo Liu

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Hefei Institutes of Physical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Hefei 230031, China
Interests: environmental pollution monitoring with spectroscopy; laser spectroscopy; optical environment remote sensing
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Prof. Dr. Liantuan Xiao

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Key Laboratory of Advanced Transducers and Intelligent Control System, Ministry of Education, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
Interests: quantum precision measurement; single molecule spectroscopy; photon communication
Prof. Dr. Qun Hao

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School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Interests: laser interferometry; LIDAR; infrared imaging and detection; computational imaging
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Prof. Dr. Baoli Yao

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State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy Sciences, Xi’an 710119, China
Interests: super-resolution and 3D optical microscopy; quantitative phase imaging; optical trapping and manipulation
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Optical measurement techniques are used for the online measurement of physical, chemical, medical, and biological quantities. As powerful techniques, they have been widely adopted in many fields and cover a broad range of applications, including atmospheric chemistry, environmental monitoring, industrial emissions, life sciences and medicine, etc. In recent years, optical measurement techniques have experienced rapid development due to the emergence and maturity of device physics such as light sources and detection strategies. The most prominent feature of optical measurement techniques is their noncontact, high precision, and high speed because of the related characteristics of light.

Following the success of our previous Special Issue on “Important Achievements in Optical Measurements in China 2022–2023”, we would like to once again invite our colleagues to contribute their expertise, insights, and findings in the form of original research articles and reviews for the current Special Issue entitled “Important Achievements in Optical Measurements in China 2024”. This Special Issue plans to propose a collection of high-quality research papers focused on state-of-the-art optical measurement techniques, also encouraging review articles. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Optical sensing;
  • Optical imaging;
  • Optical diagnostics;
  • Optical lidar;
  • Optical sources;
  • Optical detectors.

Prof. Dr. Yufei Ma
Prof. Dr. Jianguo Liu
Prof. Dr. Liantuan Xiao
Prof. Dr. Qun Hao
Prof. Dr. Baoli Yao
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • optical sensing
  • optical imaging
  • optical diagnostics
  • optical lidar
  • optical sources
  • optical detectors

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Highly Sensitive T-Shaped Quartz Tuning Fork Based CH4-Light-Induced Thermoelastic Spectroscopy Sensor with Hydrogen and Helium Enhanced Technique
by Yuanzhi Wang, Ying He, Shunda Qiao, Xiaoming Duan and Yufei Ma
Sensors 2024, 24(23), 7743; https://doi.org/10.3390/s24237743 - 4 Dec 2024
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In this paper, a highly sensitive methane (CH4) sensor based on light-induced thermoelastic spectroscopy (LITES) and a T-shaped quartz tuning fork (QTF) with hydrogen (H2) and helium (He) enhancement techniques are reported for the first time. The low resonant [...] Read more.
In this paper, a highly sensitive methane (CH4) sensor based on light-induced thermoelastic spectroscopy (LITES) and a T-shaped quartz tuning fork (QTF) with hydrogen (H2) and helium (He) enhancement techniques are reported for the first time. The low resonant frequency self-designed T-shaped QTF was exploited for improving the energy accumulation time. H2 and He were utilized as surrounding gases for the T-shaped QTF to minimize energy loss, thereby enhancing the sensitivity of the LITES sensor. Additionally, a fiber-coupled multi-pass cell (FC-MPC) with a 40 m optical length was utilized to improve the optical absorption of CH4. The frequency response of the T-shaped QTF with different concentrations of H2 and He was investigated, and the Q factor in the H2 and He environment increased significantly. Compared to operating QTF in a nitrogen (N2) environment, the signal amplitude was enhanced by 2.9 times and 1.9 times in pure H2 and He environments, respectively. This enhancement corresponded to a minimum detection limit (MDL) of 80.3 ppb and 113.6 ppb. Under different CH4 concentrations, the T-shaped QTF-based H2-enhanced CH4-LITES sensor showed an excellent linear response. Furthermore, through Allan deviation analysis, the MDL of the T-shaped QTF-based H2-enhanced CH4-LITES can reach 38 ppb with an 800 s integration time. Full article
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