Fiber‐optic technology emerged originally for applications in data transmission and
telecommunications. However, sensors based on fiber‐optics have been developed rapidly …

The use of sensors in the real world is on the rise, providing information on medical
diagnostics for healthcare and improving quality of life. Optical fiber sensors, as a result of …

Abstract The Internet-of-Things (IoT) has witnessed exponential growth over the past decade
and will significantly reshape human life from every aspect, eg, defense, environmental …

Thanks to the peculiarities of optical fiber and its ability to be combined with
nanotechnology, precise and accurate measurements of the changes in optical properties …

Polymer technology is one of the fastest growing fields of contemporary research due to the
possibility of using a wide variety of synthetic chemical routes for obtaining a polymeric …

The rapid and sensitive detection of pepsin plays an important role in clinical and medical
practice. A label-free and sensitive micro-tapered long-period fiber grating (MTLPFG) sensor …

This paper presents a systematic review concentrating on the design and extensive
applications of optical fiber sensors based on embedded long-period fiber gratings (LPFGs) …

Optical fiber sensor operating at the dispersion turning point (DTP) has become a promising
building block for future development in biosensing application due to its ultrahigh …

Two phenomena for enhancing the sensitivity of long-period fiber gratings are combined
toward an increase of the sensitivity to strain of this type of devices: the dispersion turning …

This paper presents a complete study on the spectral behavior of a multimode-coreless-
multimode fiber-optic structure, as well as its application as a refractometer and a liquid level …