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 …

In recent years, fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) are becoming increasingly attractive for sensing
applications in biomechanics and rehabilitation engineering due to their advantageous …

Optical fiber technology has significantly bolstered the growth of photonics applications in
basic life sciences research and in biomedical diagnosis, therapy, monitoring, and surgery …

Abstract Polymer or Plastic Optical Fiber sensors (POFs) and Fiber Bragg Grating sensors
(FBGs) have gained increasing popularity in biomedical engineering (BME) applications …

Fiber Bragg grating FBG is a periodic refractive change induced inside the fiber's core due to
exposure to optical radiation. Being miniature, EMI (electromagnetic interference) resistant …

The development of an optical fiber refractometer by hydrogen fluoride etching and
sputtering deposition of a thin-film of indium tin oxide on a single-mode-multimode-single …

We report an interferometer-based multiplexed fiber Bragg grating (FBG) interrogator using
silicon photonic technology. The photonic-integrated system includes the grating coupler …

In this work, we present a low-cost tactile sensor based on arc-induced long–period fiber
grating (LPG) embedded in polylactic acid (PLA) by fused deposition modeling (FDM). The …

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease currently affecting half of all women and
one-third of all men aged over 65 and it is predicted to even increase in the next decades. In …

It has been hypothesized a change in stress on the cartilage of a joint is a significant factor in
the initiation and progression of post-traumatic osteoarthritis. Without a reliable method for …