Nowadays, smart composite materials embed miniaturized sensors for structural health
monitoring (SHM) in order to mitigate the risk of failure due to an overload or to unwanted …

Photonic crystal fibers are a kind of fiber optics that present a diversity of new and improved
features beyond what conventional optical fibers can offer. Due to their unique geometric …

The great interest in photonic crystals and their applications in the last 15 years is being
expressed in the publishing of a large number of monographs, collections, textbooks and …

We report on the development of a flexible 2D optical fiber-based pressure sensing surface
suitable for biomedical applications. The sensor comprises of highly-sensitive Fiber Bragg …

This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the field of modern fiber optics, beginning
with the basics of the field summarized in an introductory chapter. Expert contributors then …

Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) are a special class of optical fibers with a periodic
arrangement of microstructured holes located in the fiber's cladding. Light confinement is …

Bragg gratings photo-inscribed in polymer optical fibers (POFs) are more sensitive to
temperature and pressure than their silica counterparts, because of their larger thermo-optic …

A low cost fiber-optic micro-cavity interferometric sensor is presented. The micro-cavity is
fabricated at the fiber tip by splicing a silica capillary to a single mode fiber and then …

This highly comprehensive, introductory book explains the basics of structural health
monitoring aspects of composite structures. This book serve as an all-in-one reference book …

Fiber Bragg gratings written in highly birefringent microstructured optical fiber with a
dedicated design are embedded in a composite fiber-reinforced polymer. The Bragg peak …