In-fibre Bragg grating (FBG) sensors are one of the most exciting developments in the field of
optical fibre sensors in recent years. Compared with conventional fibre-optic sensors, FBG …

This article is focused on reviewing the current state-of-the-art of optical fibre pressure
sensors for medical applications. Optical fibres have inherent advantages due to their small …

Fiber optic bio and chemical sensors have been widely studied for the past 10 years. The
availability of new types of optical fibers (such as IR fibers, photonic crystal fibers), new types …

This tutorial reviews various noncontact optical sensing techniques that can be used to
measure distances to objects, and related parameters such as displacements, surface …

In-fibre Bragg grating (FBG) sensor technology has become one of the most rapidly
progressing sensing topics of this decade in the field of optical fibre sensors. FBG sensors …

As high-precision measuring instruments have developed, interferometers have been widely
applied in the measurement of lengths and of the shape of surfaces, with nanometer …

Fiber-optic extrinsic Fabry–Perot (EFPI) sensors have been successfully used for a wide
range of applications. The recent progress in EFPI sensors is reviewed in this paper. First …

A novel quasidistributed in-fiber Bragg grating (FBG) temperature sensor system has been
developed for temperature proving in vivo in the human body for medical applications, eg …

Micro Fabry-Perot (FP) interferometers (MFPIs) are machined in a single-mode fiber (SMF)
and a photonic crystal fiber (PCF) by using a near-infrared femtosecond laser, respectively …

Pressure sensors based on fiber-optic extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometer (EFPI) have been
extensively applied in various industrial and biomedical fields. In this paper, some key …