In the last decades, fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) have become increasingly attractive to
medical applications due to their unique properties such as small size, biocompatibility …

Fibre Bragg grating (FBG) strain sensors are not only a very well-established research field,
but they are also acquiring a bigger market share due to their sensitivity and low costs. In …

In recent years, railway infrastructures and systems have played a significant role as a highly
efficient transportation mode to meet the growing demand in transporting both cargo and …

Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) are one of the most popular technology within fiber-optic
sensors, and they allow the measurement of mechanical, thermal, and physical parameters …

Systems for cardiorespiratory monitoring hold tremendous promise for many applications in
clinical settings, harsh environments, sports science and telemonitoring. However, the …

One of the current frontier of optical fiber sensors, and a unique asset of this sensing
technology is the possibility to use a whole optical fiber, or optical fiber device, as a sensor …

In the past two decades Brillouin-based sensors have emerged as a newly-developed
optical fiber sensing technology for distributed temperature and strain measurements …

Gold-coated tilted fiber Bragg gratings (TFBGs) have been highly studied over the last years,
mainly for biosensing purposes. They present a comb-like spectrum of narrow-band …

Abstract Fiber Bragg Gratings or FBGs have achieved significant attention towards sensing
and communication applications due to their outstanding advantages. Due to its high …

Railway infrastructures have played a critical role to ensure the continuity of goods and
passenger transportation in China. Under extreme loading and environmental conditions …