Guest EditorialGuided Lightwaves for Sensors & Measurement Systems: Advanced Techniques and Applications

Tuan Guo, Gaozhi Xiao, Luigi Rovati, and Zuyuan He

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3623-3625 (2021)  View: PDF

Microwave Photonic Sensors

Jianping Yao

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3626-3637 (2021)  View: PDF

Thermal Diffusion Technique for In-Fiber Discrete Waveguide Manipulation and Modification: A Tutorial

Lingzhi Meng, Gongdai Chen, Donghui Wang, and Libo Yuan

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3638-3653 (2021)  View: PDF

Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing Assisted by Optical Communication Techniques

Yaxi Yan, Hua Zheng, Zhiyong Zhao, Changjian Guo, Xiong Wu, Junhui Hu, Alan Pak Tao Lau, and Chao Lu

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3654-3670 (2021)  View: PDF

Optical Fiber Distributed Acoustic Sensors: A Review

Zuyuan He and Qingwen Liu

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3671-3686 (2021)  View: PDF

Accurate Calibration and Measurement of Optoelectronic Devices

Shangjian Zhang, Wei Li, Wei Chen, Yali Zhang, and Ninghua Zhu

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3687-3698 (2021)  View: PDF

Distributed Polarization Measurement for Fiber Sensing Coils: A Review

Zhangjun Yu, Jun Yang, Cuofu Lin, Xiang Zhang, Fanyang Dang, Yonggui Yuan, Libo Yuan, Yuncai Wang, and Yuwen Qin

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3699-3710 (2021)  View: PDF

Review on Chaotic Lasers and Measurement Applications

Mingjiang Zhang and Yuncai Wang

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3711-3723 (2021)  View: PDF

Review of Fiber Mechanical and Thermal Multi-Parameter Measurement Technologies and Instrumentation

Tiegen Liu, Junfeng Jiang, Kun Liu, Shuang Wang, Xuezhi Zhang, Haofeng Hu, Zhenyang Ding, Hairuo Guo, Yafan Li, and Wenlin Zhang

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3724-3739 (2021)  View: PDF

Review on Fiber-Optic Vortices and Their Sensing Applications

Fufei Pang, Lina Xiang, Huanhuan Liu, Liang Zhang, Jianxiang Wen, Xianglong Zeng, and Tingyun Wang

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3740-3750 (2021)  View: PDF

InAs/InP Quantum Dash Semiconductor Coherent Comb Lasers and their Applications in Optical Networks

Zhenguo Lu, Jiaren Liu, Philip J. Poole, Youxin Mao, John Weber, Guocheng Liu, and Pedro Barrios

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3751-3760 (2021)  View: PDF

Excessively Tilted Fiber Grating Sensors

Sun Yuezhen, Yan Zhijun, Zhou Kaiming, Luo Binbin, Jiang Biqiang, Mou Chengbo, Sun Qizhen, and Zhang Lin

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3761-3770 (2021)  View: PDF

A Review on Guided Optical Feedback in Super-Luminescence Diodes for Metrological Purposes

Stefano Cattini and Luigi Rovati

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3771-3780 (2021)  View: PDF

Fiber-Optic Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensors and Biochemical Applications: A Review

Yun Liu and Wei Peng

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3781-3791 (2021)  View: PDF

Optical Performance Monitoring of Multiple Parameters in Future Optical Networks

Dawei Wang, Hao Jiang, Guowei Liang, Qianxin Zhan, Yao Mo, Qi Sui, and Zhaohui Li

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3792-3800 (2021)  View: PDF

Distributed Optical Fiber Sensor for Dynamic Measurement

Hua Zheng, Jingdong Zhang, Nan Guo, and Tao Zhu

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3801-3811 (2021)  View: PDF

Functionalized Micro Structured Optical Fibers and Devices for Sensing Applications: A Review

Boyao Li, Yifei Zhao, Yifan Zhang, Aoyan Zhang, Xiangzhuo Li, Jiexuan Gu, Shizhuo Xi, and Guiyao Zhou

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3812-3823 (2021)  View: PDF

High Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography

Xin Ge, Shufen Chen, Si Chen, and Linbo Liu

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3824-3835 (2021)  View: PDF

Advanced Multi-Material Optoelectronic Fibers: A Review

Jing Zhang, Zhe Wang, Zhixun Wang, and Lei Wei

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3836-3845 (2021)  View: PDF

Improved Pound-Drever-Hall Techniques for High Resolution Optical Fiber Grating Sensors

Qingwen Liu, Shuangxiang Zhao, and Zuyuan He

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3846-3854 (2021)  View: PDF

Fiber Optic Sensing With Lossy Mode Resonances: Applications and Perspectives

Francesco Chiavaioli and Davide Janner

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3855-3870 (2021)  View: PDF

Cancer Biomarker Detection With Photonic Crystals-Based Biosensors: An Overview

Alberto Sinibaldi

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3871-3881 (2021)  View: PDF

pM Level and Large Dynamic Range Glucose Detection Based on a Sandwich Type Plasmonic Fiber Sensor

Fang Wang, Mengdi Lu, Huizhen Yuan, Yang Zhang, Wei Ji, Changsen Sun, and Wei Peng

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3882-3889 (2021)  View: PDF

On-Chip Detector Based on Supercontinuum Generation in Chalcogenide Waveguide

Haiyan Shang, Dandan Sun, Mingjie Zhang, Jingcui Song, Zelin Yang, Dong Liu, Siqing Zeng, Lei Wan, Bin Zhang, Zhi Wang, Zhaohui Li, and Yan-Ge Liu

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3890-3895 (2021)  View: PDF

Graphitic Carbon Nitride for Enhancing Humidity Sensing of Microfibers

Zhengyu Yan, Caoyuan Wang, Ruowei Yu, Zixian Hu, and Limin Xiao

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3896-3902 (2021)  View: PDF

TFBG-SPR DNA-Biosensor for Renewable Ultra-Trace Detection of Mercury Ions

Yifan Duan, Fang Wang, Xinpu Zhang, Qiang Liu, Mengdi Lu, Wei Ji, Yang Zhang, Zhenguo Jing, and Wei Peng

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3903-3910 (2021)  View: PDF

Hybrid Sapphire Dual-Fabry—Perot-Cavities Sensor for High Temperature and Refractive Index Measurement

Xun Yu, Shuang Wang, Junfeng Jiang, Kun Liu, Jie Dong, Peng Zhang, Wen Wu, and Tiegen Liu

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3911-3918 (2021)  View: PDF

Fiber-Optic Hot-Wire Anemometer With Directional Response Based on Symmetry-Breaking Induced Heat Transfer Mechanism

Fang Wang, Yifan Duan, Mengdi Lu, Yang Zhang, Zhenguo Jing, Changsen Sun, and Wei Peng

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3919-3925 (2021)  View: PDF

Absolute Measurement of Dynamic Low-Finesse Fabry–Perot Cavity Using Phase-Shifting White-Light Interferometry

Qiang Liu, Zhenguo Jing, Yueying Liu, Ang Li, Zhenjie Xia, and Wei Peng

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3926-3931 (2021)  View: PDF

High-Sensitivity Bending Sensor Based on Supermode Interference in Coupled Four-Core Sapphire-Derived Fiber

Zhifeng Wang, Liang Zhang, Zhangwei Ma, Zhenyi Chen, Tingyun Wang, and Fufei Pang

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3932-3940 (2021)  View: PDF

Fast Acquirable Brillouin Optical Time-Domain Reflectometry Based on Bipolar-Chirped Pulse Pair

Pengbai Xu, Chao Pang, Xinyong Dong, Yuwen Qin, and Yongkang Dong

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3941-3949 (2021)  View: PDF

Tracking Single Particles Using Surface Plasmon Leakage Radiation Speckle

Joel Berk, Carl Paterson, and Matthew R. Foreman

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3950-3960 (2021)  View: PDF

Reciprocating Reflective Double Gratings Based LCOS Spectral Filter With Sharp Response

Jingquan Xu, Kexin Chen, Yingying Qu, Chen Liu, Songnian Fu, and Deming Liu

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3961-3966 (2021)  View: PDF

Distributed Transmission Line Ice-Coating Recognition System Based on BOTDR Temperature Monitoring

Jinxiang Sun, Zhiguo Zhang, Yuemei Li, Zhehao Yan, Tong Zhai, Luming Li, and Ziyang Xiao

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3967-3973 (2021)  View: PDF

In Reflection Metal-Coated Diaphragm Microphone Using PCF Modal Interferometer

Sumit Dass, Kalipada Chatterjee, Santosh Kachhap, and Rajan Jha

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3974-3980 (2021)  View: PDF

Compact Fiber Curvature and Temperature Sensor Inscribed by Femtosecond Laser Through the Coating

Zhao Rong, Xuewen Shu, and Zuowei Xu

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3981-3990 (2021)  View: PDF

TWDM-Assisted Active Quadrature Demodulation of Fiber-Optic Fabry–Perot Acoustic Sensor Network

Qiang Liu, Ang Li, Yueying Liu, Zhenguo Jing, and Wei Peng

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3991-3997 (2021)  View: PDF

Temperature-Insensitive Mechanical Sensor Using Multi-Modal Behavior of Antiresonant Hollow-Core Fibers

Charu Goel, Jichao Zang, Matyas Parrot, and Seongwoo Yoo

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 3998-4005 (2021)  View: PDF

Analysis of the Lowest Order Cladding Mode of Long Period Fiber Gratings Near Turn Around Point

Tanoy Kumar Dey, Sara Tombelli, Palas Biswas, Ambra Giannetti, Nandini Basumallick, Francesco Baldini, Somnath Bandyopadhyay, and Cosimo Trono

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4006-4012 (2021)  View: PDF

Ultrasensitive Label-Free Biosensor Based on the Graphene-Oxide-Coated-U-Bent Long-Period Fiber Grating Inscribed in a Two-Mode Fiber

Jie Dong, Mei Sang, Shuang Wang, Tianhua Xu, Xun Yu, and Tiegen Liu

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4013-4019 (2021)  View: PDF

Current-Modulated Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy for Mobile Monitoring of Natural Gas Leaks

Zeqiang Mo, Jin Yu, Jinduo Wang, Jianguo He, and Yang Liu

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4020-4027 (2021)  View: PDF

A Twin-Core and Dual-Hole Fiber Design and Fabrication

Tingting Yuan, Xiaotong Zhang, Qi Xia, Yiping Wang, and Libo Yuan

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4028-4033 (2021)  View: PDF

Dithiol Self-Assembled Monolayer Based Electrochemical Surface Plasmon Resonance Optical Fiber Sensor for Selective Heavy Metal Ions Detection

Mengdi Lu, Haifeng Zhou, Wei Peng, Fang Wang, Ming Lin, Yang Zhang, Jijun Zhao, and Jean-Francois Masson

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4034-4040 (2021)  View: PDF

Microwave Photonic Interrogation of a High-Speed and High-Resolution Temperature Sensor Based on Cascaded Fiber-Optic Sagnac Loops

Guangying Wang, Baoliang Liao, Yuan Cao, Xinhuan Feng, Bai Ou Guan, and Jianping Yao

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4041-4048 (2021)  View: PDF

A Whispering Gallery Mode Microsphere Resonator Integrated With Angle Polished Multimode Fiber

Kuo Hua and D. N. Wang

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4049-4054 (2021)  View: PDF

In-Situ Measurement of Ammonium in Wastewater Using a Tilted Fiber Grating Sensor

Penglei Ma, Nan Hu, Jiajian Ruan, Haihong Song, and Xiaoyong Chen

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4055-4061 (2021)  View: PDF

All-Fiber Laser-Self-Mixing Sensor for Acoustic Emission Measurement

Bin Liu, Yuxi Ruan, and Yanguang Yu

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4062-4068 (2021)  View: PDF

MoS₂ Functionalized Multicore Fiber Probes for Selective Detection of Shigella Bacteria Based on Localized Plasmon

Santosh Kumar, Zhu Guo, Ragini Singh, Qinglin Wang, Bingyuan Zhang, Shuang Cheng, Feng-Zhen Liu, Carlos Marques, Brajesh Kumar Kaushik, and Rajan Jha

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4069-4081 (2021)  View: PDF

Vibration Detection in Distributed Acoustic Sensor With Threshold-Based Technique: A Statistical View and Analysis

Huan Wu, Chao Shang, Kun Zhu, and Chao Lu

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4082-4093 (2021)  View: PDF

Simultaneous Measurement of Vibration and Temperature Using Frequency-Scanned Parallel Phase-Shifting Interferometry

Qiang Liu, Zhenguo Jing, Ang Li, Yueying Liu, Zhenjie Xia, and Wei Peng

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4094-4100 (2021)  View: PDF

Distributed Fiber Deformation Measurement by High-Accuracy Phase Detection in OFDR Scheme

Shiyuan Zhao, Jiwen Cui, Zhanjun Wu, Ziyun Wang, and Jiubin Tan

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4101-4108 (2021)  View: PDF

Spectrogram of Carrier Transient in Semiconductor Optical Amplifier With Dispersive Pump-Probe Spectroscopy

Ningning Yang, Lun Li, Liao Chen, Yaoshuai Li, Xin Dong, Chi Zhang, and Xinliang Zhang

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4109-4117 (2021)  View: PDF

Coherent Optical Fiber Sensing Based on a Frequency Shifting Loop

Vincent Billault, Guillaume Arpison, Vincent Crozatier, Vincent Kemlin, Loïc Morvan, Daniel Dolfi, and Hugues Guillet de Chatellus

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4118-4123 (2021)  View: PDF

Application of Graphene Oxide-Based, Long-Period Fiber Grating for Sensing Relative Humidity

Yao-Tung Tsai, Chao-Wei Wu, Liren Tsai, and Chia-Chin Chiang

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4124-4130 (2021)  View: PDF

Smart Optic Fiber Mattress for Animal Sleep Continuous Monitoring Based Multi-Modal Interferometer

Yang Li, Bo Dong, Yudi Zhao, Enqing Chen, Xiaoli Wang, Wei Zhao, and Yishan Wang

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4131-4137 (2021)  View: PDF

MRI Compatible Fiber Optic Multi Sensor Platform for Real Time Vital Monitoring

Parviz Zolfaghari, Oguz Kaan Erden, Onur Ferhanoglu, Murat Tümer, and Arda D. Yalcinkaya

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4138-4144 (2021)  View: PDF

Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors as Innovative Monitoring Tool for Beam Induced RF Heating on LHC Beam Pipe

Francesco Fienga, Vincenzo Romano Marrazzo, Sara Bennett Spedding, Zoltan Szillasi, Noemi Beni, Andrea Irace, Wolfram Zeuner, Austin Ball, Vittorio Giorgio Vaccaro, Benoit Salvant, Salvatore Buontempo, and Giovanni Breglio

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4145-4150 (2021)  View: PDF

Mode Splitting in ITO-Nanocoated Tilted Fiber Bragg Gratings for Vector Twist Measurement

Runlin Wang, Zhihong Li, Xia Chen, Nan Hu, Yongguang Xiao, Kaiwei Li, and Tuan Guo

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4151-4157 (2021)  View: PDF

On the Use of Brillouin Scattering to Evaluate Quantum Conversion Efficiency in Yb-doped Optical Fibers

Nanjie Yu and Peter D. Dragic

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4158-4165 (2021)  View: PDF

Temperature-Compensated Interferometric Torque Sensor With Bi-Directional Coiling

George Y. Chen, Shane Fox, David G. Lancaster, and Soren Soe

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4166-4173 (2021)  View: PDF

High Sensitivity Flow Velocity Sensor Based on All-Fiber Target-Type Structure

Liangtao Hou, Yan Li, Yi Liu, Lingling Ran, and Jiuru Yang

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4174-4178 (2021)  View: PDF

Sensitive Handheld Refractometer by Using Combination of a Tapered Fiber Tip and a Multimode Fiber

Yi-Hsin Tai, Shu-Cheng Lo, Ya-Lun Ho, Jean-Jacques Delaunay, and Pei-Kuen Wei

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4179-4185 (2021)  View: PDF

Highly Sensitive and Selective VOC Vapor Optical Fiber Sensor Using Hierarchical Nanostructures of Butterfly Wing Scales

Jianye Guang, Mengdi Lu, Qiang Liu, Zigeng Liu, Huizhen Yuan, Yun Liu, Shuwen Chu, and Wei Peng

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4186-4192 (2021)  View: PDF

Near Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy in Microfluidic Devices With Selectable Pathlength

Valentina Bello, Elisabetta Bodo, and Sabina Merlo

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4193-4200 (2021)  View: PDF

A Non-Mechanical Multi-Wavelength Integrated Photonic Beam Steering System

Naif Alshamrani, Andrew Grieco, Alex Friedman, Karl A. Johnson, Myun-Sik Kim, Francesco Floris, Peter O'brien, and Yeshaiahu Fainman

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4201-4208 (2021)  View: PDF

Spectral Modal Decomposition of Abrupt Fiber Tapers Based on Simulated Annealing Method

Pourya Ghasemi and Scott S.-H. Yam

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4209-4216 (2021)  View: PDF

An All-Fiber Self-Mixing Range Finder With Tunable Fiber Ring Cavity Laser Source

Yunkun Zhao, Chenchen Wang, Yuanyang Zhao, Desheng Zhu, and Liang Lu

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4217-4224 (2021)  View: PDF

ZnO Microwire-Based Fiber-Tip Fabry-Pérot Interferometer for Deep Ultraviolet Sensing

Han Wu, Ying Wang, Lichao Zhang, Kuikui Guo, Yijian Huang, Changrui Liao, and Yiping Wang

J. Lightwave Technol. 39(12), 4225-4229 (2021)  View: PDF