Recent research on fibre optic long-period gratings (LPGs) is reviewed with emphasis
placed upon the characteristics of LPGs that make them attractive for applications in sensing …

We report a fiber-optic sensor based on a silicon Fabry-Pérot cavity, fabricated by attaching
a silicon pillar on the tip of a single-mode fiber, for high-resolution and high-speed …

In recent years, tapered optical fibers (TOFs) have attracted increasing interest and
developed into a range of devices used in many practical applications ranging from optical …

This paper presents a systematic review of long period fiber gratings (LPFGs) written by the
CO 2 laser irradiation technique. First, various fabrication techniques based on CO 2 laser …

A fiber-optic refractive index (RI) sensor based on a long period fiber grating (LPFG) coated
with a zinc oxide (ZnO) thin film was fabricated and characterized. A method to overcoat the …

A new type of fibre-optic refractive index sensor based on a long period fibre grating (LPFG)
coated with a titanium dioxide (TiO 2) thin film was demonstrated. The wavelength shift of the …

A high-resolution and large-dynamic-range temperature sensor adopting a pair of fiber
Bragg grating as Fabry–Pérot cavity (FBG-FP) and laser frequency dither locking method is …

One of the new methods of fiber optics uses cladding modes for controlling propagation of
radiation in optical fibers. This paper reviews the results of studies on the propagation …

A review of optical fibre devices employing nano-structured coatings is presented. Active
and passive coatings, deposited using the Langmuir–Blodgett and electro-static self …

A Mach-Zehnder interferometer for measurement of temperature is proposed and
experimentally demonstrated, which consists of two sections of single mode fiber (SMF) and …