Advances in medicine and improvements in life quality has led to an increase in the life
expectancy of the general population. An ageing world population have placed demands on …

Interest in polymer optical fiber Bragg gratings (POFBGs) arises from the different material
properties and sensing modalities brought by polymers relative to silica. Polymer fibers …

Until now, the use of photonic crystal fiber (PCF) based sensors has been limited.
Environmental monitoring, the chemical industry, the food industry, and biomedicine are …

The effect of humidity on annealing of poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) based
microstructured polymer optical fiber Bragg gratings (mPOFBGs) and the resulting humidity …

The monitoring of human physiological signs and body functions, such as respiration rate,
heart rate, foot pressure, and joint movement, plays an important role in medical advances …

In the quest of finding the ideal polymer optical fiber (POF) for Bragg grating sensing, we
have fabricated and characterized an endlessly single mode microstructured POF (mPOF) …

We report on the first inscription of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) in cyclic transparent optical
polymer (CYTOP)-perfluorinated polymer optical fibers (POFs). We have used a direct write …

Photonic crystal fiber sensors have potential application in environmental monitoring,
industry, biomedicine, food preservation, and many more. These sensors work based on …

This review paper summarizes the current state of research into polymer optical fibre grating
sensors. The properties of polymers are explored to identify situations where polymers offer …

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