Abstract Polymer or Plastic Optical Fiber sensors (POFs) and Fiber Bragg Grating sensors
(FBGs) have gained increasing popularity in biomedical engineering (BME) applications …

Polymer optical fiber (POF) level sensors have a lot of potential in liquid level sensing
because of their inherent safety, chemical corrosion resistance, anti-electromagnetic …

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 …

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 …

In this article, we thoroughly discuss many aspects of diaphragm-embedded optical fiber
sensors covering industrial, robotics and medical applications: from the modeling to field …

Femtosecond (fs) laser pulses direct writing technology has been extensively employed to
achieve microfabrication in various optical fibers for a broad range of applications. In this …

Polymer optical fibre (POF) sensors have been the focus a many research studies for
approximately twenty years, due to their unique mechanical characteristics that offer the …

Prediction of displacement or strain is an important means and factor for evaluating the
safety of geotechnical structures, such as slopes, dams, tunnels and excavation …

Timely detection of the incipient fault of a power transformer is of utmost importance to
prevent potential malfunctioning. Monitoring the condition of the transformer insulation oil is …

This paper presents the development of a three-dimensional (3-D) displacement sensor
based on one fiber Bragg grating (FBG). In order to obtain higher sensitivity and dynamic …