Environmental monitoring has become essential in order to deal with environmental
resources efficiently and safely in the realm of green technology. Environmental monitoring …

Sensors are devices or systems able to detect, measure and convert magnitudes from any
domain to an electrical one. Using light as a probe for optical sensing is one of the most …

We present the fabrication and characterization of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) in an
endlessly single-mode microstructured polymer optical fiber (mPOF) made of humidity …

Real-time monitoring of large marine structures' health, including drilling platforms,
submarine pipelines, dams, and ship hulls, is greatly needed. Among the various kinds of …

The harsh environment associated with the next generation of nuclear reactors is a great
challenge facing all new sensing technologies to be deployed for on-line monitoring …

This work is devoted to a feasibility analysis for the development of fiber optic humidity
sensors to be applied in high-energy physics (HEP) applications and in particular in …

The employability of photonics technology in the modern era's highly demanding and
sophisticated domain of aerospace and submarines has been an appealing challenge for …

We propose a novel polymer optical fiber (POF) sensing system based on fiber Bragg
gratings (FBGs) to measure foot plantar pressure. The plantar pressure signals are detected …

Geotechnical monitoring and instrumentation play a key role to assess the safety and
performance of the geotechnical structures. Conventionally used electrical instruments …

Strain Modal Testing (SMT), based on strain sensors signal processing, is an
unconventional approach to perform Experimental Modal Analysis which is typically based …