Optical Fiber TechnologyPub Date : 2026-07-01Epub Date: 2026-02-07DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104584
Yinhua Ma, Wenfei Dong, Zhi Feng Zhang
{"title":"An angle sensor based on polymer optical fibers with cladding doped by rhodamine B","authors":"Yinhua Ma, Wenfei Dong, Zhi Feng Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104584","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104584","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The present study proposes to utilize rhodamine B (RhB) doped polymer optical fibers (POFs) for angle sensing. POFs are doped by immersing the fiber in the aqueous solution dissolved with RhB at elevated temperatures so that RhB molecules diffuse into the fiber. It is found that most RhB molecules are in the cladding. That is, only the fiber cladding is doped by RhB. The doping process involves no physical modification to POFs, thus the sensor fabrication process is facile and mechanical properties of POFs are not impacted. Two major factors that influence the angle sensing performance of the sensor are investigated, namely, the bending radius and the fiber diameter. Along with experimental study, ray-tracing simulation is also conducted to investigate their influence. Bending radius of 1, 2, 3 mm and two POFs in diameter of 250 and 500 μm are tested. In addition, POFs with different doping concentrations are fabricated and tested to examine its influence on the sensitivity. Among all fabricated sensors and various sensing conditions, the highest angle sensitivity of 0.0519 dB/° is achieved by the doped POF in diameter of 500 μm for the bending radius of 1 mm. It isn’t the highest among similar technologies, but easy fabrication process and embedding would make it attractive for practical angle sensing applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19663,"journal":{"name":"Optical Fiber Technology","volume":"99 ","pages":"Article 104584"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146190825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Optical Fiber TechnologyPub Date : 2026-07-01Epub Date: 2026-02-13DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104587
Jianqiu Cao , Shangde Zhou , Maoni Chen , Zhihe Huang , Pengfei Ma , Zefeng Wang , Jinbao Chen
{"title":"Power scalability of diffraction-limited Yb-doped fiber amplifiers with consideration of radiation-induced attenuation","authors":"Jianqiu Cao , Shangde Zhou , Maoni Chen , Zhihe Huang , Pengfei Ma , Zefeng Wang , Jinbao Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104587","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104587","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Power scalability of diffraction-limited Yb-doped fiber amplifier is studied with the consideration of radiation-induced attenuation (RIA). The numerical model predicting the power limit with the consideration of RIA is presented. It is revealed that RIA cannot only dramatically lower the power limit, but also impose more rigorous requirement for achieving the power limit. It is also found that the negative effect of RIA can be suppressed by increasing the pump brightness. Both the 976-nm and 1018-nm pump wavelengths are considered and it is revealed that the 1018-nm pump wavelength should make the fiber amplifier more sensitive to RIA than the 976-nm one. This paper can provide significant guidance on the design and applications of high-power diffraction-limited fiber amplifier in the radiation environments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19663,"journal":{"name":"Optical Fiber Technology","volume":"99 ","pages":"Article 104587"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146190226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Optical Fiber TechnologyPub Date : 2026-07-01Epub Date: 2026-02-13DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104585
Pan Meng , Jingwei Lv , Jianxin Wang , Renfeng Li , Liangliang Li , Weijie Kong , Wei Liu , Qiang Liu , Paul K Chu , Chao Liu
{"title":"Highly stable and ultracompact optical-fiber-tip temperature sensor based on the Fabry-Pérot interferometer wrapped with polydimethylsiloxane","authors":"Pan Meng , Jingwei Lv , Jianxin Wang , Renfeng Li , Liangliang Li , Weijie Kong , Wei Liu , Qiang Liu , Paul K Chu , Chao Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104585","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104585","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>An ultra-compact Fabry-Pérot (FP) interferometer integrating a microbubble with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) end-cap is fabricated with physical wrapping and fusion splicing methods for sensing ambient temperature. The mechanically robust polymer cap has an average diameter of 0.5 cm. The end-capped sensor exhibits a high temperature sensitivity of −6.818 × 10<sup>−2</sup> dB/°C, which is 10 times higher than that of the sensor composed of only microbubble without PDMS encapsulation. Due to its simple fabrication technique, high sensitivity, fast response, and good stability, the temperature sensor has significant potential in the bio-pharmaceutical, chemical, and environmental industries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19663,"journal":{"name":"Optical Fiber Technology","volume":"99 ","pages":"Article 104585"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146190227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Optical Fiber TechnologyPub Date : 2026-07-01Epub Date: 2026-02-07DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104582
Raju Singh, Ghanshyam Prasad Dubey
{"title":"Secure and congestion-aware optical switching framework for efficient routing in flying ad-hoc networks","authors":"Raju Singh, Ghanshyam Prasad Dubey","doi":"10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104582","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104582","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Flying Ad Hoc Network (FANET) communication mechanisms should accommodate high data throughput, low latency, and secure data transfer under conditions of rapid mobility and highly dynamic topologies. Hybrid RF/FSO links have the potential to increase bandwidths and reliability significantly, but most of the currently available routing schemes for FANETs assess problems of congestion control, optical path management, and security separately. We introduce SCA-OSF (Secure and Congestion-Aware Optical Switching Framework) for the introduction of software-defined optical control, which establishes light paths dynamically; congestion-aware multi-metric routing algorithms that consider the residual capacity, propagation delay, and optical link quality; and a lightweight trust-aware encryption layer that safeguards against unwanted behavior with minimal computational cost. This architecture shall be implemented in a Python-based simulator that also incorporates UAV mobility, optical fading, atmospheric attenuation, RF fallback behavior, and trust-driven path pruning. In keeping with such simulation experiments performed over multiple randomized runs having confidence-based averaging, SCA-OSF outperformed GPSR, AODV, OSPF-TE, HFAR, and SDN-OCP in terms of significantly high throughput, low latency, reduced congestion probability, and improved packet delivery ratio. SCA-OSF presents a scalable optical networking solution that is also resilient to congestion and aware of security, therefore falling under the scope of Optical Fiber Technology concerning advanced optical switching and emerging architectures of optical-wireless networks.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19663,"journal":{"name":"Optical Fiber Technology","volume":"99 ","pages":"Article 104582"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146190824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Optical Fiber TechnologyPub Date : 2026-07-01Epub Date: 2026-02-03DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104579
Mei Yang, Yinggang Liu, Zhihao Wei, Min Shao
{"title":"Flexible misaligned fiber-optic sensor for respiration and heart rate monitoring","authors":"Mei Yang, Yinggang Liu, Zhihao Wei, Min Shao","doi":"10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104579","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104579","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, a flexible fiber-optic sensor based on a misaligned structure is proposed for monitoring respiration and heartbeat signals. The sensor uses a misaligned splicing structure of single-mode fiber, enabling part of the core light to couple into the cladding and the outside, which significantly enhances its sensitivity to bending. Within the measurement range of 0–1.172 m<sup>−1</sup>, the sensitivity reaches 44.751 dB/m<sup>−1</sup>, enabling precise detection of small bending signals. To improve flexibility and wearing comfort, the sensor is coated with a PDMS layer, which allows direct attachment to the skin for respiration and heart rate monitoring. Experimental results show that the sensor can stably monitor respiration and heart signals at different postures and body locations, and it maintains excellent performance under different temperatures and in repeated tests after two months. The sensor has a simple structure, high sensitivity, strong stability, and good compatibility with the human body, showing great potential for applications in wearable health monitoring.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19663,"journal":{"name":"Optical Fiber Technology","volume":"99 ","pages":"Article 104579"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146190818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Optical Fiber TechnologyPub Date : 2026-07-01Epub Date: 2026-01-31DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104566
Yuying Guo , Xin Wang , Donglian Hou , Shuqin Lou , Zhengang Lian
{"title":"Broadband single-mode hybrid hollow-core single-polarization fiber with small cladding air holes and anti-resonant tubes","authors":"Yuying Guo , Xin Wang , Donglian Hou , Shuqin Lou , Zhengang Lian","doi":"10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104566","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104566","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A wide bandwidth hybrid-structured Hollow-Core Single-Polarization Fibers (HC-SPF) with high bending performance is proposed. The hybrid HC-SPF is constructed by introducing a row of small air holes along the <em>x-</em>direction in the bandgap cladding and six anti-resonant tubes in the core region of 19-cell hollow-core photonic bandgap fiber. Finite element method combined with a perfectly matched layer boundary is employed to model the properties of the hybrid HC-SPF. Numerical results demonstrate that the proposed fiber simultaneously achieves single-polarization propagation, low transmission loss and excellent single-mode performance over a wide wavelength range from 1.51 μm to 1.61 μm. At the central wavelength of 1.55 μm, polarization loss ratio can reach 11,868, transmission loss of <em>y</em>-polarized fundamental mode is 4.03 dB/km, and higher-order mode extinction ratio reaches up to 48,626. Moreover, the fiber maintains high performance in single-polarization, single-mode and low loss even under a tight bending condition, with critical bending radii of 9 mm in the <em>x</em>-direction and 20 mm in the <em>y</em>-direction. This hybrid HC-SPF has the potential of application in polarization-sensitive systems, such as fiber laser systems, fiber-optic sensor, and fiber-optic gyroscopes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19663,"journal":{"name":"Optical Fiber Technology","volume":"99 ","pages":"Article 104566"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146081248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fuzzy clustered time-domain dispersion compensation for long-haul coherent optical links","authors":"Zhiheng Liu, Aiying Yang, Peng Guo, Wenkai Wan, Zhe Zhao, Tianjia Xu, Yi Dong","doi":"10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104581","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104581","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In long-haul coherent optical fiber communication systems, chromatic dispersion compensation (CDC) is essential but computationally intensive. Conventional time-domain CDC (TD-CDC) requires lengthy filters, while frequency-domain CDC (FD-CDC) introduces latency and integration issues. Although hard-decision tap-clustered scheme reduces the TD-CDC complexity, its benefit diminishes over very long links where tap coefficients disperse widely. To address this, we propose a novel two-stage fuzzy-clustered TD-CDC scheme. It employs a soft-decision strategy, allowing filter taps to partially belong to two nearest neighboring clusters. Simulation results for 32 GBaud under 3200 km fiber length demonstrate 45% and 15% complexity reductions compared to clustered TD-CDC and FD-CDC, respectively, at the 6.7% HD-FEC threshold. Furthermore, across various baud rates and fiber lengths, the fuzzy-clustered TD-CDC scheme reduces complexity compared to clustered TD-CDC without compromising performance. Experimental validation on a 20 GBaud, single-polarization 16QAM standard single-mode fiber communication system over 1800 km demonstrates 53.8% and 40% complexity reductions compared to clustered TD-CDC and FD-CDC, respectively, at the 20% HD-FEC threshold. Moreover, the proposed scheme matches the optimal Q-factor of FD-CDC with 27% lower complexity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19663,"journal":{"name":"Optical Fiber Technology","volume":"99 ","pages":"Article 104581"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146190819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Optical Fiber TechnologyPub Date : 2026-07-01Epub Date: 2026-01-27DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104564
Zhouqi Ma, Qinpeng Liu, Yirui Li, Hang Zheng, Haoze Li, Yinggang Liu
{"title":"Research on temperature and pressure fluctuation of a miniaturized dual F-P cavity based on no-core fiber in battery","authors":"Zhouqi Ma, Qinpeng Liu, Yirui Li, Hang Zheng, Haoze Li, Yinggang Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104564","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104564","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A compact temperature and pressure sensor based on double fiber Fabry-Pérot interferometer (FPI) cavity with the no-core fiber (NCF) for the battery is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The measurement model of the double cavity is established, the measurement mechanism is investigated thoroughly, and the analytical formula of the temperature and pressure sensitivity is derived, the corresponding sensor is developed. Experimental results obtained show that sensor exhibits sensitivities of 5.75 pm/℃ and 4.125 nm/MPa within the temperature range of 240 ℃ and the pressure range of 1.63 MPa, respectively. Compared to conventional cascaded FBG temperature and pressure sensors, this sensor is more miniature, making it suitable for confined spaces. The proposed sensor is successfully implanted into a 5550 mWh capacity monobloc battery, enabling effective and direct real-time measurement of internal temperature and pressure variations under different charge rates. This type of sensor with such characteristics has potential application value for evaluating the health status of the battery.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19663,"journal":{"name":"Optical Fiber Technology","volume":"99 ","pages":"Article 104564"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146049066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Optical Fiber TechnologyPub Date : 2026-07-01Epub Date: 2026-02-03DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104563
Yumei Zhang , Baoquan Xiao , Zelin Gao , Li Yang , Dekui Zhang , Ning Wang , Tuanjie Che , Xusheng Xia , Liyun Ding
{"title":"GNRs/Ti3C2 MXene improved optical fiber LSPR acetylcholine biosensors","authors":"Yumei Zhang , Baoquan Xiao , Zelin Gao , Li Yang , Dekui Zhang , Ning Wang , Tuanjie Che , Xusheng Xia , Liyun Ding","doi":"10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104563","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104563","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The rapid, accurate and highly sensitive detection of acetylcholine, which was one of the neurotransmitters related to a variety of neurodegenerative diseases has great significance for disease screening, treatment and prognosis. This paper proposed a GNRs/Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub> MXene enhanced optical fiber LSPR acetylcholine biosensor by depositing Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub> MXene nanosheets on the surface of a GNRs-based optical fiber sensing probe via simple electrostatic self-assembly. The refractive index sensitivity of the biosensor was improved due to the advantages of the large specific surface area, hydrophilicity and broadband absorption spectrum of 2D Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub> MXene nanosheets. The refractive index sensitivity of the biosensor with Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub> MXene nanosheets was improved by 44 % compared to that of the GNRs-based biosensor. The biosensor had a good linear relationship in the range of 0–900 μM for acetylcholine concentration with a sensitivity of 0.0304 nm/μM and the detection limit was 6.58 μM. The results indicated that the proposed GNRs/Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub> MXene enhanced optical fiber LSPR acetylcholine biosensor provides a promising avenue of detection for in biotechnology and medicine files.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19663,"journal":{"name":"Optical Fiber Technology","volume":"99 ","pages":"Article 104563"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146190817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Optical Fiber TechnologyPub Date : 2026-07-01Epub Date: 2026-02-05DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104552
Sintu Kumar, Km Shivani Bhardwaj, Preeti Gupta, Madan Singh Chauhan
{"title":"Relativistic cross-phase modulation driven compression of Terawatt laser pulses to Sub-7 fs Regime: A scalable approach to petawatt systems","authors":"Sintu Kumar, Km Shivani Bhardwaj, Preeti Gupta, Madan Singh Chauhan","doi":"10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104552","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yofte.2026.104552","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A numerical mechanism for the dramatic temporal compression of ultra-intense laser pulses investigated by solving the coupled nonlinear envelope equations incorporating group velocity dispersion (GVD), relativistic self-phase modulation (SPM), and cross-phase modulation (XPM). We demonstrate the co-propagation dynamics of pump and probe pulses in a under dense plasma, we report a signature of relativistic XPM that induces a symmetric spectral broadening, facilitating the self-compression of a 100 fs sech<sup>2</sup> probe pulse down to 6.65 fs at Terawatt (TW) power levels. This 15-fold compression is achieved without external dispersion compensation, relying solely on the intrinsic plasma medium. Furthermore, we analyse the scalability of this technique, highlighting how the damage free nature of plasma optics allows this Sub-7 fs compression scheme to be extended to Petawatt (PW) class lasers, providing a robust driver for next-generation high field physics experiments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19663,"journal":{"name":"Optical Fiber Technology","volume":"99 ","pages":"Article 104552"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146190820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}