The special issue scope covers all aspects of the advanced and emerging technologies in the field of fiber-optic sensing devices and systems, theories and techniques for research, and their applications in manufacturing and materials, oil and gas, structural engineering and plant monitoring, aerospace, security and defense, life sciences, medicine, and biotechnology, among others. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Novel fiber and fiber sensor structures
• Fiber sensors in nonsilica fibers
• Active fiber sensor and fiber laser sensors
• Micromachined, microstructured fiber, nanomaterial, and nanostructure-based sensors
• Point sensors, for example, Bragg gratings, interferometers, and polarimetric sensors
• Multiplexed sensors and sensor networking
• Distributed sensors based on Rayleigh, Raman, and Brillouin techniques
• Fiber-optic sensors signal processing methods, systems, and devices
• Sensors fabrication and packaging techniques
• Industrial, biomedical, scientific, security, and defense applications
• Smart structures and materials, structural health monitoring
• System installations and field demonstrations

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