The unique structural characteristic of no-core fiber (NCF) have extended the sensing
applications based on multimode interference self-imaging, evanescent wave absorption …

Micromanipulation and biological, material science, and medical applications often require
to control or measure the forces asserted on small objects. Here, we demonstrate for the first …

Nanomechanical measurements, especially the detection of weak contact forces, play a vital
role in many fields, such as material science, micromanipulation, and mechanobiology …

Herein we propose and experimentally demonstrate a hyperelastic polymer
(polydimethylsiloxane, PDMS) fiber Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) for nanoforce …

Optical fiber force sensing has attracted considerable interest in biological, materials
science, micromanipulation, and medical applications owing to its compact and cost-efficient …

This work addresses the historical development of techniques and methodologies oriented
to the measurement of the internal diameter of transparent tubes since the original …

A ring-shaped structure based on polymer coated no-core fiber (NCF) is presented for
simultaneous temperature and pressure measurements. The sensing structure is fabricated …

An optical strain gauge based on a balloon-like interferometer structure formed by a bent
standard single-mode fiber combined with a 3D printer piece has been presented and …

High-resolution measurement of forces in micro/nano scale is essential to various
applications. A novel miniature force sensor based on a whispering-gallery-mode (WGM) …

In this paper, a sensor with high strain sensitivity and low temperature crosstalk is proposed.
The proposed sensor is configured by re-modulating the D-shaped long-period fiber grating …