Optical Fiber Sensors: Future and Challenge

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to submit your paper for publication in this Special Issue of the journal Photonics: “Optical Fiber Sensors: Future and Challenge”.

Since the successful fabrication of optical fibers in the 1970s, this technology has revolutionized the development of information science. In recent decades, the rapid development of fiber-optic technology has seen it applied to various fields of information science, ranging from traditional optical communications to sensors used in the detection of physical, chemical, and biological parameters. Today, fiber-optic sensing technologies continue to experience rapid development. On one hand, fiber-optic sensors have been successfully applied in several industries, such as civil engineering, energy exploration, etc. On the other hand, the combination of micro-nano technologies, materials, and biochemical analysis techniques with fiber-optic technology potentially offers new methods for the development of innovative fiber-optic sensors characterized by high sensitivity, fast response, and a low limit of detection.

This Special Issue will highlight original state-of-the-art research studies that advance the development of fiber-optic sensors for use in physical, chemical, and biological sensing and measurement. Original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research topics may cover (but are not limited to) the following areas:

• Fiber-optic sensors for chemical, medical and biological applications;
• Fiber-optic sensors for environmental measurement;
• Fiber-optic sensors for structural health monitoring;
• Fiber-optic sensors for energy measurement;
• Multiplexing and distributed fiber-optic sensor networks;
• Novel concepts and mechanisms for use in fiber-optic sensing and measurement;
• Sensing materials and technologies for use in fiber-optic sensing and measurement;
• Big data and artificial intelligence for use in fiber-optic sensing and measurement.

Dr. Zhihong Li
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Photonics is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• fiber-optic sensors
• fiber-optic sensing technology
• fiber-optic biological sensors
• fiber-optic chemical sensors
• fiber-optic medical sensors
• surface plasmon resonance
• lossy mode resonance
• refractive index sensors
• photonic crystal fiber sensors
• distributed acoustic sensing
• sensing interrogation techniques
• artificial intelligence for fiber-optic sensing