Millimeter-scale resolution in fiber-optic sensing: Single-ended technique advances infrastructure monitoring

Distributed fiber-optic sensors are widely used to monitor temperature and strain in infrastructure, but their spatial ...
Electronics360

60 years of fiber optics: How a carrier of light you can’t see underlies much of the modern world

You can thank fiber optics for all these conveniences and more. And while you’re at it, wish the fiber a happy 60th birthday ...

Surface-draped fiber captured plane's flight details at Nevada airfield

Originally deployed to record re-entry signals of the OSIRIS-REx return capsule, a T-shaped fiber optic cable draped across ...

Tiny fiber probe monitors three key biomarkers at once, offering faster patient insight

A new fiber probe developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin delivers two major innovations in health ...
Nature

Optical sensors articles from across Nature Portfolio

Optical sensors are a broad class of device for detecting light intensity. This can be just a simple component for notifying when ambient light levels rise above or fall below a prescribed level, or a ...