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Fiber Optic Sensing System for Aircraft Monitoring

In an article published in the journal Aerospace, researchers achieved real-time monitoring of strains and structural displacements for the target Joined-Wing aircraft via Fiber Optic Sensing System (FOSS).

31 Oct 2022

Effective Focusing and Razor-Sharp Images with 3D Printing

An interdisciplinary team of researchers was able to optimize an optical glass fiber for the first time, facilitating extremely precise focus of light with various wavelengths.

27 Oct 2022

Effect of Energy Flow on Waveguide Losses in Solid-Core Micro-Structured Optical Fibers

A study published in Photonics offers a new perspective on the localization of light in the core of solid-core micro-structured optical fibers, the effect of orbital and spin parts of the Poynting vector (energy flow), and singularities arising in it.

25 Oct 2022

Novel Laser Parameter Measurement Using Cone-Arranged Fibers

In an article published in the open-access journal Sensors, researchers suggested a novel laser parameter measuring technique based on cone-arranged array fibers to enhance the measurable spot size, spatial sampling resolution, and permissible incidence angle range.

21 Oct 2022

Fiber Optic Sensor to Monitor Strain and Temperature Within Cables

In an article published in the journal Sensors, researchers demonstrated that by the judicious placement of a fiber-optic sensor (FOS), strain and temperature within copper cables submitted to bending could be monitored.

19 Oct 2022

Study Develops Fiber-Optic Sensors for CO2 Detection Using Earthquake Waves

A recent study published in Sensors demonstrates the use of downhole fiber-optic sensors for monitoring carbon dioxide.

19 Oct 2022

Novel Axial Preload Tool Reduces Residual Strain Through Optical Fiber Sensors

In an article published in Polymers, researchers described a technique for minimizing thermal residual strain in a metal-CFRP-metal hybrid tube (MCMHT).

19 Oct 2022

Ensuring Concrete Structure Safety with Optical Fiber Sensors

In a study published in Sensors, researchers developed a Brillouin scattering-based spiral deployment arrangement of distributed fiber optic sensors to assess and monitor the cable forces in concrete during tensioning processes.

11 Oct 2022

Study Highlights Future Engineering Design of NP-Doped Fiber Sensors

In an article published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers investigated gold nanoparticles (NPs), used as the contrast agent in the optical fiber to increase the intensity of the backscattered light from the aspect of their spectra.

7 Oct 2022

Small Multi-Component Beam Shaper—An Alternative to Cheap Microscopic Devices for Bulky Optics

Researchers have demonstrated that a complicated, high-quality polymer optical device can be created using 3D laser printing right on the end of an optical fiber.

5 Oct 2022