SESSION Mo-01: Special Workshop Session "Photonic Crystal Fibres for Sensing", Pt I
Chairs : Brian Culshaw , University of Strathclyde (United Kingdom); Alexis Mendez , MCH Engineering, LLC (USA)
Room: TBD ................................................................................................................................................ Mon. 1:30 to 3:45 pm
1:30 pm: Coherent backscattering noise in a photonic-bandgap fiber optic gyroscope (Invited Paper) , Michel J. F.
Digonnet, Seth W. Lloyd, Shanhui Fan, Stanford Univ. (United States) [OF101-01]
2:00 pm: Microstructured optical fibres for gas sensing: design, fabrication, and post-fab processing (Invited Paper) ,
Marco N. Petrovich, Ed Austin, Christos Grivas, Francesco Poletti, Adriaan van Brakel, David J. Richardson, Univ. of
Southampton (United Kingdom) [OF101-05]
2:30 pm: Novel sensors based on hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers (Invited Paper) , Wei Jin, The Hong Kong
Polytechnic Univ. (Hong Kong, China) [OF101-06]
3:00 pm: Sensing applications of silicon-on-insulator photonic crystal waveguides (Invited Paper, Presentation Only) ,
Martin Kristensen, Aarhus Univ. (Denmark) [OF101-278]
SESSION Mo-02: Special Workshop Session "Photonic Crystal Fibres for Sensing", Pt II
Chairs : Alexis Mendez , MCH Engineering, LLC (USA); Brian Culshaw , University of Strathclyde (United Kingdom)
Room: TBD ................................................................................................................................................ Mon. 4:15 to 6:45 pm
4:15 pm: Ultrasensitive refractive index sensing in photonic crystal fibres (Invited Paper, Presentation Only) , Boris T.
Kuhlmey, The Univ. of Sydney (Australia) [OF101-03]
4:45 pm: Birefringent microstructured fibers: new opportunities for sensing (Invited Paper, Presentation Only) , Waclaw
Urbanczyk, Wroclaw Univ. of Technology (Poland) [OF101-04]
5:15 pm: Nanofilm-based optical fiber sensor schemes (Invited Paper) , Ignacio R. Matias, Francisco J. Arregui, Ignacio del
Villar, Univ. Pública de Navarra (Spain); Richard O. Claus, Nanosonic, Inc. (United States) [OF101-02]
5:45 pm: Microstructured Fibers: Newest Design Platform for Specialty Fibres (Invited Paper, Presentation Only) ,
Bishnu P. Pal, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (India) [OF101-279]
6:15 pm: Sensing with structured fibres and gratings (Invited Paper, Presentation Only) , John Canning, The Univ. of
Sydney (Australia)
SESSION Tu-01: Opening Session
Chairs : Julian Jones , Heriot-Watt University (United Kingdom); Jose Miguel Lopez-Higuera , Universidad de Cantabria
(Spain)
Room: TBD .............................................................................................................................................. Tues. 9:30 to 11:00 am
10:00 am: In the brightness bind them: light and matter in photonic crystal fibres (Plenary Paper) , Philip Russell,
Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany) [OF101-07]
SESSION Tu-02: Smart Structures and Materials
Chairs : Wolfgang Ecke , IPHT Jena (Germany); Marc R.-H. Voet , Fibre Optic Sensors and Sensing Systems Inc. (Belgium)
Room: TBD ........................................................................................................................................ Tues. 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
11:30 am: Photonic skins for optical sensing: highlights of the PHOSPHOS project (Invited Pape) , Francis Berghmans,
Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium) [OF101-08]

12:00 pm: Distributed transverse load sensing in polarisation maintaining fibres using Rayleigh backscatter , Robert R.
J. Maier, William N. MacPherson, Heriot-Watt Univ. (United Kingdom); James S. Barton, Heriot-Watt University (United
Kingdom) [OF101-09]
12:12 pm: Distributed strain measurement with millimeter-order spatial resolution based on Brillouin optical correlation-domain reflectometry using tellurite glass fiber , Yosuke Mizuno, Zuyuan He, Kazuo Hotate, The Univ. of
Tokyo (Japan) [OF101-10]
12:24 pm: Multicomponent strain development in superconducting magnet coils using optical fibre grating sensors fabricated in highly linearly birefringent fibre , Edmon Chehura, Stephen W. James, Cranfield Univ. (United Kingdom);
Andrew Twin, Fred Domptail, Oxford Instruments NanoScience (United Kingdom); Ralph P. Tatam, Cranfield Univ. (United
Kingdom) [OF101-192]
12:36 pm: Fibre Bragg grating based effective soil pressure sensor for geotechnical applications , Ricardo N. G. Correia,
Jin Li, Edmon Chehura, Stephen E. Staines, Stephen W. James, Cranfield Univ. (United Kingdom); Joel Kutner, Paul
Dewhurst, Pedro Ferreira, Univ. College London (United Kingdom); Ralph P. Tatam, Cranfield Univ. (United Kingdom)
[OF101-12]
12:48 pm: Dynamic, full-spectral interrogation of fiber Bragg grating sensors for impact testing of composite laminates , Adam Propst, Kara J. Peters, Mohammed Zikry, North Carolina State Univ. (United States); Wesley Kunzler,
Zixu Zhu, Michael J. Wirthlin, Richard Selfridge, Stephen M. Schultz, Brigham Young Univ. (United States) [OF101-13]
SESSION Tu-03: Joint Session S&A/OFS-20
Chairs: Ken Grattan , City University (United Kingdom); Manuel López-Amo , Universidad Publica de Navarra (Spain)
Room: TBD ........................................................................................................................................ Tues. 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
11:30 am: Hazard monitoring in mines using fibre optic sensors (Invited Paper) , Tongyu Liu, C. Wang, Y. Wei, Y. Zhao,
Shandong Key Laboratory of Fibre Optic Sensors (China), D. Huo, Shandong Micro-Sensor Photonics Limited (China), Y.
Shang, Z. Wang, Shandong Key Laboratory of Fibre Optic Sensors (China), Y. Ning, Intelligent Sensor Systems Limited
Rockley (United Kingdom) [OF101-14]
12:00 pm: Conception and preliminary evaluation of an optical fibre sensor for simultaneous measurement of pressure and temperature , Kort Bremer, Elfed Lewis, B. Moss, G. Leen, Univ. of Limerick (Ireland); Steffen I. Lochmann, I.
Mueller, Hochschule Wismar (Germany) [OF101-15]
12:12 pm: Multizone temperature sensor using a multiwavelength Brillouin fiber ring laser , Carlos A. Galindez,
Francisco J. Madruga, Angel Ullan, Univ. de Cantabria (Spain); Manuel Lopez-Amo, Univ. Publica de Navarra (Spain); Jose
M. Lopez-Higuera, Univ. de Cantabria (Spain) [OF101-16]
12:24 pm: Use of fibre sensors for temperature measurement in subsea infrastructure to monitor flow-loop cool-down ,
David M. Faichnie, FMC Technologies Ltd. (United Kingdom); A. Graham, L. Costello, D. McStay, FMC Technologies Ltd
(United Kingdom) [OF101-17]
12:36 pm: Optical fiber humidity sensor based on surface plasmon resonance in the infrared region , Miguel Hernáez,
Carlos R. Zamarreño, Ignacio R. Matías, Francisco J. Arregui, Univ. Pública de Navarra (Spain) [OF101-18]
12:48 pm: Applications of polymer optical fibre grating sensors to condition monitoring of textiles , Chenchun Ye, Janice
M. Dulieu-Barton, Univ. of Southampton (United Kingdom); David J. Webb, Chi Zhang, Aston Univ. (United Kingdom);
Gang-Ding Peng, Univ. of New South Wales (Australia); Alan R. Chambers, Frances J. Lennard, Dinah D. Eastop, Univ. of
Southampton (United Kingdom) [OF101-19]
SESSION Tu-04: Special Workshop Session"Biophotonic Instrumentation and Sensing", Pt I
Chairs: David Sampson , University of Western Australia (Australia); Reinhardt Willsch , IPHT Jena (Germany)
Room: TBD ................................................................................................................................................ Tues. 1:45 to 3:15 pm
1:45 pm: Raman meets Medicine – Raman spectroscopy a powerful tool in Biophotonics (Invited Paper) , Jürgen Popp,
Institute of Photonic Technology Jena e.V. (Germany) [OF101-20]

2:15 pm: Novel dichroic plasmonic biosensors for ultrasenitive SERS detection (Invited Paper, Presentation Only) ,
Jonathan M. Cooper, Univ. of Glasgow (United Kingdom) [OF101-22]
2:45 pm: Surface plasmon resonance biosensors: advances and applications (Invited Paper) , Jiri Homola, Institute of
Photonics and Electronics of the ASCR, v.v.i. (Czech Republic) [OF101-23]
SESSION Tu-05: Special Workshop Session "Biophotonic Instrumentation and Sensing", Pt II
Chairs: Reinhardt Willsch , IPHT Jena (Germany); David Sampson , University of Western Australia (Australia)
Room: TBD ................................................................................................................................................ Tues. 3:45 to 5:30 pm
3:45 pm: Advanced biomedical optical fibre sensors (Invited Paper) , Francesco Baldini, Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello
Carrara (Italy) [OF101-24]
4:15 pm: New soft-glass fibre-based biosensors (Invited Paper, Presentation Only) , Tanya M. Monro, The Univ. of
Adelaide (Australia) [OF101-21]
4:45 pm: Optical platforms for biological sensing (Invited Paper, Presentation Only) , Robert A. Lieberman, Intelligent
Optical Systems, Inc. (United States) [OF101-25]
SESSION Tu-06: Posters I
Room: TBD ................................................................................................................................................ Tues. 5:30 to 6:30 pm
Fiber optic gas detection system for health monitoring of oil-filled transformer , Hoi Lut Ho, The Hong Kong
Polytechnic Univ. (Hong Kong, China); Jian Ju, Wei Jin, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong, China)
[OF101-26]
Comparison of surface functionalization processes for optical fibre biosensing applications
, Alexandre François, Univ. of Adelaide (Australia); Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Tanya M. Monro, The Univ. of Adelaide (Australia) [OF101-27]
Closely spaced fibre Bragg grating sensors for detailed measurement of peristalsis in the human gut , John W.
Arkwright, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia); Phil G. Dinning, Univ. of New South
Wales (Australia); Ian D. Underhill, Simon A. Maunder, Neil G. Blenman, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organisation (Australia); Michal M. Szczesniak, Ian J. Cook, Univ. of New South Wales (Australia) [OF101-28]
Optical fiber sensors based on indium tin oxide surface plasmon resonance supporting coatings , Carlos R. Zamarreño,
Miguel Hernáez, Ignacio R. Matías, Francisco J. Arregui, Univ. Pública de Navarra (Spain) [OF101-29]
Swept-source OCT with coherent imaging fibre bundles , Helen D. Ford, Ralph P. Tatam, Cranfield Univ. (United
Kingdom) [OF101-30]
Ultra-high sensitive hydrogen sensor using higher-order cladding mode coupled by a palladium-coated long-period fiber grating , Young Ho Kim, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (Korea, Republic of) and Korea Photonics
Technology Institute (Korea, Republic of); Myoung Jin Kim, Byung Sup Rho, Korea Photonics Technology Institute (Korea,
Republic of); Hae Yong Choi, Min-su Park, Jae-Hyung Jang, Byeong-Ha Lee, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
(Korea, Republic of) [OF101-31]
Tuneable ring-DFB PCF laser for ultra-high-resolution spectroscopy , Kevin J. Cook, John Canning, C. K. Poon, The
Univ. of Sydney (Australia); Alexandre A. P. Pohl, Univ. Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (Brazil) [OF101-32]
Evaluation and calibration of FBG-based relative humidity sensor designed for structural health monitoring ,
Thillainathan Venugopalan, Teck L. Yeo, The City Univ. (United Kingdom); Frank Basedau, Wolfgang R. Habel, A. Henke,
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (Germany); Tong Sun, The City Univ. (United Kingdom); Kenneth T. V.
Grattan, The City Univ. (Germany) [OF101-33]
Surface plasmon resonance fiber sensor for in situ monitoring of the deposition of nm-scale polymer films , Yanina Y.
Shevchenko, Nur U. Ahamad, Carleton Univ. (Canada); Graham Galway, Carleton University (Canada); Anatoli Ianoul,

Jacques Albert, Carleton Univ. (Canada) [OF101-34]
Intracavity spectroscopy using amplified spontaneous emission in erbium fibre lasers , Norhana Arsad, George Stewart,
Univ. of Strathclyde (United Kingdom) [OF101-35]
Recent advance in tunable diode-laser spectroscopy with background RAM nulling for industrial applications , Keith
Ruxton, Arup Lal Chakraborty, Andrew J. McGettrick, Kevin Duffin, Walter Johnstone, George Stewart, Univ. of Strathclyde
(United Kingdom) [OF101-36]
Fibre optic chloride sensor based on fluorescence quenching of an acridinium dye , Hien Nguyen, The City Univ. (United
Kingdom); Yu-Chen Lin, Chao-Tsen Chen, National Taiwan Univ. (Taiwan); Frederic Surre, Thillainathan Venugopalan,
Tong Sun, Kenneth Grattan, The City Univ. (United Kingdom) [OF101-37]
Polarization properties of fiber cladding modes near cut-off with applications to refractometry , Francois Gorlier,
Christophe Caucheteur, Marc Wuilpart, Patrice Mégret, Faculté Polytechnique de Mons (Belgium); Jacques Albert, Carleton
Univ. (Canada) [OF101-38]
Remote sensing network to detect and identify organic vapours , Cesar Elosua, Rosa Ana Perez-Herrera, Manuel Lopez-
Amo, Candido Bariain, Ignacio R. Matias, Univ. Pública de Navarra (Spain); Asuncion Luquin, Mariano Laguna, Univ. de
Zaragoza (Spain) [OF101-39]
All-fiber low-temperature hydrogen sensing using a multifunctional light source , Kevin P. Chen, Tong Chen, Michael P.
Buric, Di Xu, Univ. of Pittsburgh (United States); Philip R. Swinehart, Mokhtar S. Maklad, Lake Shore Cryotronics (United
States) [OF101-40]
Plastic fibre optic oxygen sensors based on polymer matrix doped with Pt (II) complexes , Rongsheng Chen, Andrew D.
Farmery, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom); Andrew N. Obeid, Oxford Optronix (United Kingdom); Clive E. W. Hahn,
Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom) [OF101-41]
An infrared fibre evanescent-wave spectroscopic (FEWS) sensor using purified GeTeSe chalcogenide fibres , Xin Jiang,
Animesh Jha, Univ. of Leeds (United Kingdom) [OF101-42]
Interferometric fibre optic sensor for acetic acid measurement , Carlos Jesus, INESC Porto (Portugal) and Univ. of
Madeira (Portugal); Susana F. O. Silva, INESC Porto (Portugal) and Univ. do Porto (Portugal); Michelle Castanheira,
Gerardo Gonzalez Aguilar, INESC Porto (Portugal); Orlando Frazao, INESC Porto (Portugal) and Univ. do Porto (Portugal);
Pedro A. S. Jorge, INESC Porto (Portugal); Jose M. Baptista, INESC Porto (Portugal) and Univ. da Madeira (Portugal)
[OF101-43]
Fibre Bragg gratings as interrogation elements for surface plasmon resonance sensors , Natalia Díaz-Herrera, Univ.
Complutense de Madrid (Spain); Diana Viegas, Univ. Do Porto (Portugal) and INESC Porto (Portugal); Pedro A. S. Jorge,
INESC Porto (Portugal); Maria Cruz Navarrete, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain); Luís Alberto Ferreira,
Francisco Araújo, José Luís Santos, INESC Porto (Portugal); Agustín González-Cano, Univ. Complutense de Madrid (Spain)
[OF101-44]
Packaged symmetric/asymmetric corrugated long-period fiber gratings for refractive index sensing application , Chih-
Yu Huang, Wen-Lin Chan, Shih-Min Chuo, Jer-Haur Chang, Li-Lun Chen, Lon A. Wang, National Taiwan Univ. (Taiwan)
[OF101-45]
Highly sensitive and linear optical-fiber carbon-dioxide sensor based on sol-gel matrix doped with silica particles and
HPTS , Yu-Lung Lo, Chen-Shane Chu, National Cheng Kung Univ. (Taiwan) [OF101-46]
Automatic multiple chemical components distinguishment , Na Ni, Chi Chiu Chan, Ping Shum, Nanyang Technological
Univ. (Singapore) [OF101-47]
A statically scanned tandem interferometer , Dominic F. Murphy, Donal A. Flavin, Waterford Institute of Technology
(Ireland) [OF101-48]
Long-period gratings working in transition mode as a valuable technological platform for biosensing , Pierluigi Pilla,
Univ. degli Studi del Sannio (Italy); Pierluigi Foglia Manzillo, Univ. degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope (Italy); Viera

Malachovska, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy); Stefania Campopiano, Univ. degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope
(Italy); Antonello Cutolo, Univ. degli Studi del Sannio (Italy); Michele Giordano, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy);
Andrea Cusano, Univ. degli Studi del Sannio (Italy) [OF101-49]
Characteristics of hetero-core spliced fiber optics in simultaneous utilization of humidity sensing and data communications , Norihiko Shinomiya, Emiko Kondo, Shohei Akita, Michiko Nishiyama, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Kazuhiro
Watanabe, SOKA Univ. (Japan) [OF101-50]
Species selective vapour sensing of organic compounds using dual-resonant long-period fibre gratings with a calixarene coating , Stephen M. Topliss, Stephen W. James, Frank Davis, Seamus P. Higson, Ralph P. Tatam, Cranfield
Univ. (United Kingdom) [OF101-51]
Wide-range refractive index sensor using a twin-grating interferometer for intensity reference , Mikhail G. Shlyagin,
Centro de Investigacion CICESE (Mexico); Rodolfo Martinez Manuel, Univ. Johannesburg (RSA); Oscar Esteban Martínez,
Univ. de Alcalá de Henares (Spain) [OF101-52]
Photochemical properties of porphyrin films covering surfaces of tapered optical fibers , Alexei Veselov, Christoph
Thür, Vladimir Chukharev, Mircea Guina, Helge Lemmetyinen, Nikolai Tkachenko, Tampere Univ. of Technology (Finland)
[OF101-53]
Plastic optical fiber sensor with humidity calibration for detecting propane and methane gas , Masayuki Morisawa,
Naoki Tanaike, Satoshi Honma, Shinzo Muto, Univ. of Yamanashi (Japan) [OF101-54]
Subsurface imaging and cell refractometry using quantitative phase/shear-force feedback microscopy , Faramarz
Farahi, Kert Edward, The Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte (United States) [OF101-55]
Development and evaluation of a photometric fibre optic sensor for monitoring abdominal organ photoplethysmographs and blood oxygen saturation , Michelle Hickey, The City Univ. (United Kingdom); Neal Samuels,
Nilesh Randive, Richard M. Langford, St. Bartholomew's Hospital (United Kingdom); Panayiotis Kyriacou, City University
(United Kingdom) [OF101-56]
Long-distance fiber-optic Φ-OTDR intrusion sensing system , Yun-Jiang Rao, Jun Luo, Zeng-Ling Ran, Jian-Feng
Yue, Xiao-Dong Luo, Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China (China); Zhi Zhou, in Institute of Technology
(China) [OF101-57]
A real-time event classification system for a fibre optic perimeter intrusion detection system , Seedahmed S. Mahmoud,
Jim Katsifolis, Future Fibre Technologies Pty Ltd. (Australia) [OF101-58]
Ultra-long-distance (300km) fiber Bragg grating sensor system using hybrid EDF and Raman amplification , Yun-Jiang
Rao, Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China (China) and Chongqing Univ. (China); Sha Feng, Univ. of
Electronic Science and Technology of China (China); Qi Jiang, Chongqing Univ. (China); Zeng-ling Ran, Univ. of Electronic
Science and Technology of China (China) [OF101-59]
Self-referencing model for electro-optical WDM fiber-optic intensity based sensor network , David Sánchez Montero,
Carmen Vázquez García, Univ. Carlos III de Madrid (Spain); José Manuel Baptista, INESC Porto (Portugal) and Univ. da
Madeira (Portugal); José L. Santos, INESC Porto (Portugal) and Univ. do Porto (Portugal) [OF101-60]
Fiber Bragg grating hydrophone array using multiwavelength laser: simultaneous multipoint underwater acoustic detection , Satoshi Tanaka, Atsushi Wada, Nobuaki Takahashi, National Defense Academy (Japan) [OF101-61]
Simple tunable pulsed-laser system for quasi-distributed sensors , Carla C. Kato, Arthur M. B. Braga, Alexandre
Sant'Anna, Pontifícia Univ. Católica do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); Luiz C. G. Valente, Lupatech Monitoring Systems (Brazil);
Sergio Morikawa, Petrobras Research Ctr (Brazil) [OF101-62]
Multipoint refractive index sensor for liquids based on optical fiber Bragg gratings , Harpreet K. Bal, Fotios Sidiroglou,
Stephen F. Collins, Zourab Brodzeli, Victoria Univ. (Australia) [OF101-63]
Intensity sensors multiplexing using a multiwavelength ring fiber laser with hybrid serial-tree configuration , Davide
Passaro, Univ. degli Studi di Parma (Italy); Montserrat Fernàndez, Rosana Pérez-Herrera, Cesar Elosùa, Candido Bariàin,

Univ. Pública de Navarra (Spain); Stefano Selleri, Univ. degli Studi di Parma (Spain); Manuel Lopez-Amo, Univ. Pública de
Navarra (Spain) [OF101-64]
High-speed optical interrogator calibration technique , David S. George, Stephen Hill, Robert Howden, Graham W. Smith,
Atomic Weapons Establishment (United Kingdom) [OF101-65]
Multipoint real-time displacement sensing method employing multiwavelength by intensity based hetero-core fiber optics sensors , Yuya Koyama, Michiko Nishiyama, Kazuhiro Watanabe, SOKA Univ. (Japan) [OF101-66]
Switchable multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser for remote sensing , Rosa Ana Perez-Herrera, Silvia Diaz,
Montserrat Fernández-Vallejo, Manuel Lopez-Amo, Univ. Pública de Navarra (Spain); Maria Angeles Quintela, José Miguel
López-Higuera, Univ. de Cantabria (Spain) [OF101-67]
Multipoint measurement based on hetero-core structured optical fiber SPR sensor employing OTDR equipment , Keiju
Takagi, Masahiko Shiraishi, Michiko Nishiyama, Atsushi Seki, Kazuhiro Watanabe, SOKA Univ. (Japan) [OF101-68]
Resilient long-distance sensor system using a multiwavelength Raman laser , Montserrat Fernandez-Vallejo, Silvia Díaz,
Rosa Ana Perez-Herrera, Univ. Pública de Navarra (Spain); Davide Passaro, Stefano Selleri, Univ. degli Studi di Parma
(Italy); Marian Quintela, José M. López Higuera, Univ. de Cantabria (Spain); Manuel Lopez-Amo, Univ. Pública de Navarra
(Spain) [OF101-69]
In-line Fabry-Perot sensors based on hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers for high-temperature applications ,
Yunjiang Rao, Chongqing Univ. (China); Ming Deng, Tao Zhu, Hong Li, [OF101-212]
Optical fibre spectroscopy sensor for the quantitative determination of industrial textile dyes , Ana M. Cubillas, Olga
M. Conde, Pedro Anuarbe, Univ. de Cantabria (Spain); Monica Gutierrez, Vicente Martinez, Textil Santanderina (Spain);
Jose M. Lopez-Higuera, Univ. de Cantabria (Spain) [OF101-280]
An extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometric optical fiber sensor system for hydrogen detection , Zhen Yang, Min Zhang,
Ming Lei, Xiujuan Yu, Yanbiao Liao, Shurong Lai, Qian Tian, Tsinghua University (China); Qisheng Li, Yi Zhang, Zhi
Zhuang, CAEP (China) [OF101-281]
Rotational positioning measurement for the absolute angle based on a hetero-core fiber optic sensor , Michiko
Nishiyama, Kazuhiro Watanabe, SOKA Univ. (Japan) [OF101-211]
SESSION We-01: Physical, Mechanical, and Electromagmetic Sensors
Chairs: Thomas Bosselmann , Siemens AG (Germany), Stephen Collins , Victoria University (Australia)
Room: TBD .............................................................................................................................................. Wed. 9:30 to 11:00 am
9:30 am: Optical current sensors based on localized domain effests (Invited Paper, Presentation Only) , Michael J. Cich,
Sandia National Labs. (United States) [OF101-70]
10:00 am: Strong regenerated gratings , John Canning, Michael Stevenson, Jacob Fenton, Mattias Aslund, The Univ. of
Sydney (Australia); Somnath Bandyopadhyay, Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute (India) [OF101-71]
10:12 am: Optical bend sensor for vector curvature measurement based on Bragg grating in eccentric core polymer optical fibre , Xianfeng Chen, Chi Zhang, David Webb, Rui Suo, Aston Univ. (United Kingdom); Gang Ding Peng, Univ. of
New South Wales (Australia); Kyriacos Kalli, Higher Technical Institute (Cyprus) [OF101-94]
10:24 am: Use of Fabry-Pérot lasers for simultaneous distributed strain and temperature sensing based on hybrid
Raman and Brillouin scattering , Marcelo A. Soto, Gabriele Bolognini, Fabrizio Di Pasquale, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
(Italy) [OF101-73]
10:36 am: A fibre laser acoustic vector sensor , Philip N. Jackson, Scott B. Foster, Steven J. Goodman, Defence Science and
Technology Organisation (Australia) [OF101-74]

10:48 am: Fabry-Perot cavity sensing structure based on a suspended-core fibre , Orlando Frazão, José M. Baptista, José
L. Santos, INESC Porto (Portugal); Jens Kobelke, Kay Schuster, IPHT Jena (Germany) [OF101-75]
SESSION We-02: Distributed Sensing
Chairs: Leszek R. Jaroszewicz , Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna (Poland); Manuel Lopez Amo , Universidad Publica de
Navarra (Spain)
Room: TBD ........................................................................................................................................ Wed. 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
11:30 am: Long-distance remote sensors for simultaneous measurement of strain and temperature based on
multiwavelength fiber lasers (Invited Paper) , Young-Geun Han, Hanyang Univ. (Korea, Republic of) [OF101-76]
12:00 pm: Optimized configuration for high-resolution distributed sensing using Brillouin echoes , Stella Foaleng-
Mafang, Jean-Charles Beugnot, Luc Thevenaz, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland) [OF101-77]
12:12 pm: Frequency shifted light storage in a photonics crystal fiber via stimulated Brillouin scattering , Yongkang
Dong, Xiaoyi Bao, Wenhai Li, Yun Li, Univ. of Ottawa (Canada) [OF101-78]
12:24 pm: Noise of long-range optical frequency domain reflectometry after optical source phase noise compensation ,
Xinyu Fan, Yusuke Koshikiya, Fumihiko Ito, NTT Access Network Service Systems Labs. (Japan) [OF101-79]
12:36 pm: A novel signal restoration method in the frequency domain to enhance spatial resolution in distributed
Brillouin sensing , Nils Nöther, Philipp Lenke, Katerina Krebber, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung
(Germany) [OF101-80]
12:48 pm: 12-km distributed fiber sensor based on differential pulse-width pair BOTDA , Yongkang Dong, Xiaoyi Bao,
Wenhai Li, Univ. of Ottawa (Canada) [OF101-81]
SESSION We-03: Multiplexing and Sensor Networking
Chairs: Pierre Ferdinand , CEA/Saclay (France); Anthony Dandridge , Naval Research Lab. (USA)
Room: TBD ................................................................................................................................................ Wed. 2:00 to 3:30 pm
2:00 pm: Spectrally coded multiplexing for fibre grating sensor systems (Invited Paper) , Gang-Ding Peng, Univ. of New
South Wales (Australia) [OF101-82]
2:30 pm: All-fiber hybrid fiber Bragg grating cavity for multiparameter sensing applications , Domenico Paladino,
University of Sannio (Italy); Giuseppe Quero, Univ. degli Studi del Sannio (Italy); Agostino Iadicicco, Univ. degli Studi di
Napoli Parthenope (Italy); Christophe Caucheteur, Patrice Mégret, Faculté Polytechnique de Mons (Belgium); Andrea
Cusano, Univ. degli Studi del Sannio (Italy) [OF101-83]
2:42 pm: Multiplexed long-length fiber Bragg grating distributed sensors based on synthesis of optical coherence function , Koji Kajiwara, Kazuo Hotate, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan) [OF101-84]
2:54 pm: Ultra-short distributed Bragg reflector fiber lasers for sensing applications , Bai-Ou Guan, Jinan Univ. (China);
Yang Zhang, Dalian Univ. of Technology (China); Hwa-Taw Tam, The Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ. (Hong Kong, China)
[OF101-85]
3:06 pm: Novel system to interrogate distributed fiber strain sensors and point temperature sensors based on pulse correlation and FBGs , Antonio Bueno, Univ. Politécnica de Valencia iTEAM (Spain); Koji Nonaka, Kochi Univ. of
Technology (Japan); Salvador Sales, Univ. Politécnica de Valencia iTEAM (Spain) [OF101-86]
3:18 pm: A low-loss interferometric sensor array with unequal segments , Amit Isseroff, Avishay Eyal, Moshe Tur, Tel
Aviv Univ. (Israel) [OF101-87]
SESSION We-04: Posters II
Room: TBD ................................................................................................................................................ Wed. 3:30 to 5:30 pm

Optical fibre Bragg gratings for high-temperature sensing , John Canning, Michael Stevenson, Kevin Cook, Mattias
Aslund, The Univ. of Sydney (Australia); Wolfgang Ecke, Reinhardt Willsch, Hartmut Bartelt, IPHT Jena (Germany);
Hypolito Kalinowski, L. Grabarski, V. Oliveira, Univ. Technologica Federal do Parana (Brazil); Cicero Martelli, Arthur
Braga, Pontificia Univ. Catolica do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); Nathaniel Groothoff, Gang-Ding Peng, Univ. of New South
Wales (Australia) [OF101-88]
Sensing properties of germanate and tellurite glass optical fibres , Hongxia Li, Heriot-Watt Univ. (United Kingdom); Joris
Lousteau, Univ. of Leeds (United Kingdom); Rui Suo, Aston Univ. (United Kingdom); Xin Jiang, Univ. of Leeds (United
Kingdom); William MacPherson, Henry Bookey, James Barton, Ajoy Kar, Heriot-Watt Univ. (United Kingdom); Lin Zhang,
Aston Univ. (United Kingdom); Animesh Jha, Univ. of Leeds (United Kingdom); Ian Bennion, Aston Univ. (United
Kingdom) [OF101-89]
Dynamic strain sensor based on two-wave mixing in optical fibers , Stéphanie Molin, Abada Ibrahim, Daniel Dolfi, Jean-
Pierre Huignard, Thales Research & Technology (France); Martine Doisy, Thales Underwater Systems (France); Medhi
Alouini, Thales Research & Technology (France); Fabien Bretenaker, Univ. Paris-Sud 11 (France) [OF101-90]
Temperature self-compensation method of hydrogen gas sensor based on a double cladding fiber interferometer ,
Myoung Jin Kim, Jung Woon Lim, Korea Photonics Technology Institute (Korea, Republic of); Youngho Kim, Byeong Ha
Lee, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (Korea, Republic of); Byung Sup Rho, Korea Photonics Technology
Institute (Korea, Republic of) [OF101-91]
Interferometric interrogation of a multicore fiber, two-axis inclinometer , Gary A. Miller, Charles G. Askins, Naval
Research Lab. (United States); Geoffrey A. Cranch, SFA Inc. (United States) [OF101-92]
Simultaneous measurement of liquid level and temperature employing a single uniform FBG , Xuewen Shu, Kate
Sugden, Ian Bennion, Aston Univ. (United Kingdom) [OF101-93]
Passive, multiplexable measurement of magnetic-field strength and temperature using PM fibre Bragg gratings and chiral fibre devices , Philip Orr, Pawel Niewczas, Univ. of Strathclyde (United Kingdom) [OF101-72]
An ultrahigh-resolution FBG dynamic strain sensing system with Eigenvector spectrum analysis method , Zeng-Ling
Ran, Yun-Jiang Rao, Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China (China); Jing Lu, Univ. of Electronics Science &
Technology (China) [OF101-95]
Acoustic emission sensor based on biconical fiber microtapers , Yi Li, Xiaozhen Wang, Xiaoyi Bao, Univ. of Ottawa
(Canada) [OF101-96]
Regeneration of fiber Bragg gratings in photosensitive fibers without hydrogen loading , Eric Lindner, IPHT Jena
(Germany); Christoph Chojetzki, FBGS Technologies GmbH (Germany); Sven Brückner, Martin Becker, Manfred Rothhardt,
Hartmut Bartelt, IPHT Jena (Germany) [OF101-97]
Laser-machined all-fiber in-line tip pressure sensor , Zengling Ran, Yunjiang Rao, Jian Zhang, Bing Xu, Univ. of
Electronic Science and Technology of China (China) [OF101-98]
Strain and temperature characterization of interferometric sensors based on ARROW fibers , Seyed Hashem Aref,
Shahid Beheshti Univ. (Iran, Islamic Republic of) and INESC Porto (Portugal); Orlando Frazão, Paulo Caldas, Luis Alberto
Ferreira, Francisco Moito Araújo, INESC Porto (Portugal); Jose Luis Santos, INESC Porto (Portugal) and Dept. de Física da
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (Portugal); Hamid Latifi, Shahid Beheshti Univ. (Iran, Islamic Republic of);
John M. Ballato, Clemson Univ. (United States); Tsing-Hua Her, Faramarz Farahi, The Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte
(United States) [OF101-99]
Temperature and strain discrimination using a single fibre Bragg grating written in a tapered optical fibre , Hugo F.
Lima, Paulo F. d. C. Antunes, Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal); Rogério Nunes Nogueira, Instituto de Telecomunicações
(Portugal); João Lemos Pinto, Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal) [OF101-100]
High-mechanical-Q Lorentz force sensor for DC magnetic-field measurement , Geoffrey A. Cranch, Naval Research
Laboratory (United States); Charles G. Askins, Robert E. Bartolo, Gary A. Miller, Clay K. Kirkendall, Naval Research Lab.
(United States) [OF101-101]

Direct monitoring of underwater ultrasonic transducers in the near-field using fibre Bragg grating sensors , Gordon M.
H. Flockhart, Michelle McGuire, S. Gareth Pierce, Graham J. Thursby, George Stewart, Gordon Hayward, Brian Culshaw,
Univ. of Strathclyde (United Kingdom) [OF101-102]
Delayed transmission/reflection ratiometric reflectometry , Seiichi Onoda, Watanabe Co., Ltd. (Japan); Keiichi Inoue,
Watanabe Co. Ltd., (Japan); Koji Aita, Toshiyuki Nakada, Masayuki Nakano, Yasutoshi Komatsu II, Watanabe Co., Ltd.
(Japan) [OF101-103]
Temperature-independent bend sensor using Bragg gratings in Gemini fiber , Erik Zetterlund, Antoine Loriette, Carola
Sterner, Mats Eriksson, Helena Eriksson-Quist, Walter Margulis, Acreo AB (Sweden) [OF101-104]
Pressure measurements on aircraft wing using phase-shifted fibre Bragg grating sensors , Edmon Chehura, Stephen W.
James, Nicholas Lawson, Kevin P. Garry, Ralph P. Tatam, Cranfield Univ. (United Kingdom) [OF101-105]
Tilted fiber Bragg grating-based accelerometer , Tuan Guo, Liyang Shao, Hoyin Au, Hwa-yaw Tam, The Hong Kong
Polytechnic Univ. (Hong Kong, China); Jacques Albert, Carleton Univ. (Canada) [OF101-106]
Temperature and strain discriminating sensor based on the monitoring of cladding modes of a single femtosecond inscribed grating , Nemanja Jovanovic, Robert Williams, Macquarie Univ. (Australia); Jens Thomas, Friedrich-Schiller-
Univ. Jena (Germany); Michael J. Steel, Graham D. Marshall, Alexander Fuerbach, Macquarie Univ. (Australia); Stefan
Nolte, Andreas Tunnermann, Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena (Germany); Michael J. Withford, Macquarie Univ. (Australia)
[OF101-107]
Response of fiber Bragg grating transmission dips at twice the Bragg wavelength to transverse strain , Harpreet K. Bal,
Fotios Sidiroglou, Sui P. Yam, Zourab Brodzeli, Victoria Univ. (Australia); Scott A. Wade, Monash Univ. (Australia);
Gregory W. Baxter, Stephen F. Collins, Victoria Univ. (Australia) [OF101-108]
A fiber optic CT using a reflection type Sagnac coil and a time-delayed sampling demodulation , Hyoung Jun Park,
Hyun-Jin Kim, Yo Han Cho, Minho Song, Chonbuk National Univ. (Korea, Republic of) [OF101-109]
Sensing characteristics of hollow-core photonic crystal fibre modal interferometers , Seyed Hashem Aref, Shahid
Beheshti Univ. (Iran, Islamic Republic of) and INESC Porto (Portugal); Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa, Univ. of Bath (United
Kingdom); Joel Pedro Carvalho, INESC Porto (Portugal); Orlando Frazão, INESC Porto (Portugal) and Univ. do Porto
(Portugal); Paulo Caldas, INESC Porto (Portugal); Jose Luis Santos, INESC Porto (Portugal) and Univ. do Porto (Portugal);
Francisco Moito Araújo, INESC Porto (Portugal); Hamid Latifi, Shahid Beheshti Univ. (Iran, Islamic Republic of); Faramarz
Farahi, Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte (United States); Luis Alberto Ferreira, INESC Porto (Portugal); Jonathan Knight,
Univ. of Bath (United Kingdom) [OF101-110]
Micro-fiber-optic Fabry-Perot interferometer fabricated by chemical etching of Er-doped fiber , Yuan Gong, Yun-Jiang
Rao, Yu Guo, Yu Wu, Zeng-Ling Ran, Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China (China) [OF101-111]
A fiber optic liquid sensor for simultaneously measuring refractive index, surface tension, contact angle, and viscosity ,
Libo Yuan, Harbin Engineering Univ. (China) [OF101-112]
Sensitivity enhancement of LPG vibration sensor using higher-order cladding mode , Satoshi Tanaka, Hiroyuki
Somatomo, Atsushi Wada, Nobuaki Takahashi, National Defense Academy (Japan) [OF101-113]
Extraordinary pressure sensitivity of long-period gratings written in a boron co-doped optical fiber , Mateusz Smietana,
Warsaw Univ. of Technology (Poland) and Univ. du Québec en Outaouais (Canada); Wojtek J. Bock, Jiahua Chen, Predrag
Mikulic, Univ. du Québec en Outaouais (Canada) [OF101-114]
Fibre laser torsion sensor system using an excessively tilted fibre grating and low-cost time domain demodulation ,
Chengbo Mou, Kaiming Zhou, Rui Suo, Lin Zhang, Ian Bennion, Aston Univ. (United Kingdom) [OF101-115]
Non-terminal miniature fiber Bragg grating temperature probe based in u-shape lossless taper , Diana Viegas, INESC
Porto (Portugal) and Univ. do Porto (Portugal); Silvia Abad, FiberSensing (Portugal) and Univ. Europea de Madrid (Spain);
José Luís Santos, INESC Porto (Portugal) and Univ. do Porto (Portugal); Luís Alberto Ferreira, Francisco Araújo, INESC
Porto (Portugal) and FiberSensing (Portugal) [OF101-116]

A WDM dual-sensor system for simultaneous measurement of temperature and pressure , Yuanhong Yang, BeiHang
Univ. (China); Chunjiao Xu, Beihang Univ (China); Wei Yang, Pingping Zhang, BeiHang Univ. (China); Wei Jin, The Hong
Kong Polytechnic Univ. (China) [OF101-117]
Combined application of Bragg gratings and dielectric sensors for the cure monitoring of bonded composite repairs ,
Georgios Tsamasphyro, National Technical Univ. of Athens (Greece); K. Kalkanis, National Technical University of Athens
(Greece); Georgios N. Kanderakis, National Technical Univ. of Athens (Greece); N. Pantelelis, National Technical University of Athens (Greece); Moshe Tur, Yakov Botsev, Nachum Gorbatov, Tel Aviv Univ. (Israel); George Maistros, Integrated
Aerospace Sciences Corporation (Greece); K. Kazilas, Integrated Aerospace Sciences Corp. (Greece); S. Ronen, Uri Ben-
Simon, Iddo Kressel, A. K. Green, Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd. (Israel); Roland Chemama, GMI-Aero Ltd. (France);
Elisabeth Inglisian, GMI-Aero Ltd (France); F. Voelkermeyer, F. Fischer, Laser Zentrum Hannover (Germany) [OF101-118]
Asynchronous FBG interrogation system for temperature and strain monitoring on hydrogenerators rotors , Cláudio
Florídia, João B. Rosolem, Flávio Borin, Edson W. Bezerra, Julio C. Said, CpqD Foundation (Brazil) [OF101-119]
Torsion of air-hole microstructured fiber devices under large defection , Kevin P. Chen, Charles M. Jewart, Univ. of
Pittsburgh (United States); Illya Avdeev, ANSYS Inc. (United States); John Canning, Univ. of Sydney (Australia)
[OF101-120]
Temperature-independent torsion sensor based on modal interferometry in ultra-high-birefringent ohotonic crystal fiber , Orlando Frazão, Carlos Jesus, José M. Baptista, José L. Santos, INESC Porto (Portugal); Philippe Roy, Univ. de
Limoges (France) [OF101-121]
High-sensitivity vibration sensing using in-fiber Fabry-Perot interferometer with fiber-Bragg-grating reflectors ,
Atsushi Wada, Satoshi Tanaka, Nobuaki Takahashi, National Defense Academy (Japan) [OF101-122]
Trial analysis of swine's periodontal ligament with Bragg grating sensors , Giovana F. Menegotto, Federal Univ. of
Technology- Paraná (Brazil) and Univ. Positivo (Brazil); Leandro Grabarski, Hypolito J. Kalinowski, Univ. Federal do
Paraná (Brazil); Jose A. Simões, Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal) [OF101-123]
Optical-frequency-comb stabilised lasers for interrogation of fibre-resonator strain sensors , Gianluca Gagliardi, Mario
Salza, Pietro Ferraro, Paolo De Natale, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata (Italy) [OF101-124]
A macrobending fiber-based microdisplacement sensor utilizing whispering-gallery modes , Pengfei Wang, Yuliya
Semenova, Qiang Wu, Gerald Farrell, Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland) [OF101-125]
Compact in-reflection fiber interferometer using thermally expanded core fiber and single-mode fiber and its applications as temperature and refractive index sensors , Linh V. Nguyen, Youngjoo Chung, Gwangju Institute of
Science and Technology (Korea, Republic of) [OF101-126]
Fine-tuning of the transmission characteristics of an arc-induced long-period fiber grating by local heating , David
Monzon-Hernandez, Ctr. de Investigaciones en Óptica, A.C. (Mexico); Ismael Torres-Gómez, Centro de Investigaciones en
Óptica A. C. (Mexico); Alejandro Martínez-Ríos, Ctr. de Investigaciones en Óptica, A.C. (Mexico); Karla Salas-Alcántara,
Ctr. de Investigaciones en Óptica A. C. (Mexico) [OF101-127]
Temperature-insensitive accelerometer based on a strain-chirped FBG , Wenjun Zhou, Xinyong Dong, Kai Ni, China
Jiliang Univ. (China); Chi Chiu Chan, Ping Shum, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore) [OF101-128]
Pressure-gradient fiber laser hydrophone , Wentao Zhang, Faxiang Zhang, Fang Li, Yuliang Liu, Institute of
Semiconductors (China) [OF101-129]
Simultaneous measurement of liquid level and specific gravity based on fiber Bragg grating sensors , Yu-Lung Lo,
Chih-Wei Lai, National Cheng Kung Univ. (Taiwan); Wen-Feng Liu, Feng Chia Univ. (Taiwan); Jiahn-Piring Yur, Kun Shan
University (Taiwan) [OF101-130]
Displacement measurement by sensor unit with a pair of crossed optical fibers , Hiroshi Naruse, Yoshinori Yosikawa,
Mie Univ. (Japan); Gabriel Arevalo, Juan Gonzalez, Alejandra Alvarez, Luis Mujica, Micomo (Chile) [OF101-131]
Fiber grating laser current sensor based on magnetic force , Bai-Ou Guan, Jinan Univ. (China); Shi-Ning Wang, Dalian

Univ. of Technology (China) [OF101-132]
High-temperature fiber sensor based on a thermo-mechanical written LPG
, Jose M. Lázaro, Antonio Quintela, Beatriz
García, Jesús Mirapeix, Carlos Galindez, José Miguel López-Higuera, Univ. de Cantabria (Spain) [OF101-133]
3-axis accelerometer based on lasers locked to pi-shifted fibre Bragg gratings , Gianluca Gagliardi, Mario Salza, Istituto
Nazionale di Ottica Applicata (Italy); Timothy T. Lam, Jong H. Chow, Australian National Univ. (Australia); Paolo De
Natale, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata (Italy) [OF101-134]
Passive optical sensor for lightning detection on overhead power lines , Joao B. Rosolem, Cláudio Florídia, Celio F.
Barbosa, Edson W. Bezerra, CpqD Foundation (Brazil) [OF101-135]
Dual-polarization fiber grating laser displacement sensor , Bai-Ou Guan, Jinan Univ. (China); Yang Zhang, Dalian Univ. of Technology (China) [OF101-136]
Temperature-insensitive 2D fiber Bragg grating inclinometer , Shaoling He, China Jiliang Univ. (China); Xinyong Dong,
China Jiliang University (China); Kai Ni, China Jiliang Univ. (China); Chi Chiu Chan, Ping Shum, Nanyang Technological
Univ. (Singapore) [OF101-137]
A miniature extrinsic fiber Fabry-Perot pressure sensor based on fiber etching , Yixian Ge, Ming Wang, Chundi Yang,
Nanjing Normal Univ. (China) [OF101-138]
Bending sensing characteristics of long-period gratings UV-point-by-point induced in non-birefringent fibres , Rita Z.
Costa, Gustavo R. C. Possetti, Univ. Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (Brazil); Rosane Falate, Univ. Estadual de Ponta Grossa
(Brazil); Fernando A. M. Saccon, Marcia Muller, José L. Fabris, Univ. Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (Brazil) [OF101-139]
A Temperature Self-adapting FBG Vibrating Sensor System , Jin-Yu Wang, Shandong Academy of Sciences (China)
[OF101-140]
Interrogation of birefingent fiber sensors using non-reciprocal phase modulation , Stephan Wildermuth, Klaus Bohnert,
Hubert Brändle, ABB Ltd. (Switzerland) [OF101-141]
Optomechanical fiber gyroscope , Onur Kilic, Onur C. Akkaya, Hyejun Ra, Michel Digonnet, Gordon Kino, Olav Solgaard,
Stanford Univ. (United States) [OF101-142]
New methods for modal decomposition in multimode fibres
, Stéphane Blin, Thanh Nam Nguyen, Duc Minh Nguyen,
Philippe Rochard, Univ. de Rennes 1 (France); Laurent Provino, Achille Monteville, Plate-forme d'Étude et de Recherche sur les Fibres Optiques Spéciales (France); Thierry Robin, iXFiber (France); Alain Mugnier, Quantel, Etablissement R&D
Lannion (France); Benoît Cadier, iXFiber (France); David Pureur, Quantel, Etablissement R&D Lannion (France); Monique
Thual, Thierry Chartier, Univ. de Rennes 1 (France) [OF101-143]
Experiment on bias stability measurement of resonator fiber optic gyro with digital feedback scheme , Xijing Wang,
Zuyuan He, Kazuo Hotate, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan) [OF101-144]
Performance improvement of PGC method by using lookup table for optical seismometer , Changdong Tian, Liwei
Wang, Min Zhang, Huayong Zhang, Tsinghua Univ. (China); Xiaohui Chu, Tsinghua University (China); Shurong Lai,
Yanbiao Liao, Tsinghua Univ. (China) [OF101-145]
Effect of fiber tapering in LPG-based Mach-Zehnder modal interferometers for refractive-index sensing , Paulo Caldas,
Pedro Jorge, Francisco Araújo, Luís Alberto Ferreira, Gaspar Rego, José Luís Santos, INESC Porto (Portugal) [OF101-146]
Ultra-narrow band transmission filter using a phase-shift chirped fiber Bragg grating concatenated with a broadband rejection filter , Dionisio A. Pereira, Univ. do Porto (Portugal) and Inesc-Porto (Portugal); Francisco M. Araújo, Luís A.
Ferreira, Inesc-Porto (Portugal); Manuel B. Marques, José L. Santos, Univ. do Porto (Portugal) and Inesc-Porto (Portugal);
João P. Carmo, European Space Research and Technology Ctr. (Netherlands) [OF101-147]
Channeled spectral interferometer-based fiber optic bending sensor , Libo Yuan, Harbin Engineering Univ. (China)
[OF101-148]

A combined fiber Bragg grating and interferometric-based sensor , Mehrdad Abolbashari, Faramarz Farahi, Awad S.
Gerges, The Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte (United States) [OF101-149]
Novel passive fibre-cavity design for ring-down experiments using a multimode optical waveguide , Matthias Fabian,
Elfed Lewis, Thomas Newe, Univ. of Limerick (Ireland); Steffen Lochmann, Hochschule Wismar (Germany) [OF101-150]
Realization and tests of an open-loop multimode fiber optic gyroscope , Medjadba Hocine, Univ. Louis Pasteur (Algeria);
Lecler Sylvain, Univ. de Strasbourg (France); Simohamed Lotfy Mokhtar, Lab of Electronics & Optoelectronics Systems
(Algeria); Chakari Ayoub, Meyrueis Patrick, Univ. de Strasbourg (France) [OF101-151]
Highly polarizing single-mode optical fiber for sensing applications , Chih-Hao Wang, Abdel Soufiane, Verrillon Inc.
(United States) [OF101-152]
Research on a novel fiber-optic acoustic/rotation sensor array based on the Sagnac interferometer , Zhanqgi Song,
National Univ. of Defense Technology (China) [OF101-153]
Performance comparison of fiber optic gyroscopes using single-pass backward and double-pass backward superfluorescent fiber sources , Yen-Wei Huang, Tz-Shiuan Peng, Lon A. Wang, National Taiwan Univ. (Taiwan); Ren-
Young Liu, National Space Organization (Taiwan) [OF101-154]
Polarization properties of LPG-based Mach-Zehnder and Michelson intermodal interferometers , Tinko A. Eftimov,
The Paissi Hilendarski Univ. of Plovdiv (Bulgaria); Wojtek J. Bock, Predrag Mikulic, Jiahua Chen, Univ. du Québec en
Outaouais (Canada) [OF101-155]
Fabry-Perot type composite fiber interferometer for gaseous hydrogen leakage detection , Kwan Seob Park, Hae Young
Choi, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (Korea, Republic of); Kyung Ho Kwack, Korea Photonics Technology
Institute (Korea, Republic of); Min-Su Park, Jae-Hyeong Jang, Byeong Ha Lee, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
(Korea, Republic of) [OF101-156]
Long distance (2.1km) DFB fibre laser hydrophone system , Zhihao Chen, Junhong Ng, A*STAR Institute for Infocomm
Research (Singapore) [OF101-157]
Field demonstration of a DFB fibre laser hydrophone seabed array in Jervis Bay, Australia , Steven J. Goodman, Scott
Foster, John Van Velzen, Heyshan Mendis, Defence Science and Technology Organisation (Australia) [OF101-158]
Fiber optic sensor for real-time monitoring of temperature on high-voltage (400KV) power transmission lines , Tarun
K. Gangopadhyay, Mukul C. Paul, Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (India); Leif Bjerkan, Stiftelsen for
Industriell og Teknisk Forskning (Norway) [OF101-159]
Fiber optic methane monitor-based TDLAS and its application in VAM Oxidiser system , Yubin Wei, Shandong
Academy of Sciences (China); Yanfang Li, Yanjie Zhao, Shandong Academy of Science (China); Tongyu Liu, Shandong
Academy of Sciences (China) [OF101-160]
Field monitoring of static, dynamic, and statnamic pile loading tests using fibre Bragg grating strain sensors , Jin Li,
Ricardo Correia, Edmon Chehura, Stephen Staines, Stephen W. James, Ralph Tatam, Cranfield Univ. (United Kingdom)
[OF101-161]
Overhead power line temperature measurements by a fiber optic Raman sensor , Matteo Cirigliano, Gianluca Cattaneo,
Pierpaolo Boffi, Angelo Barberis, Politecnico di Milano (Italy); Giovanni Pirovano, Umberto Perini, CESI Ricerca (Italy);
Mario Martinelli, Politecnico di Milano (Italy) [OF101-162]
Suppression of cable-induced noise in an tnterferometric sensor system , Ole H. Waagaard, Erlend Rønnekleiv, Stig
Forbord, Dag Thinbø, Optoplan AS (Norway) [OF101-163]
FBG technology applied on container gantry overload warning , Shunfan He, Wuhan Univ. of Technology (China)
[OF101-164]
250 kHz sampling rate FBG interrogator with strong anti-aliasing signal processing , Jonas L. Bentell, Dirk Uwaerts,
Jonathan Cloots, Thomas Bocquet, Joel Neys, XenICs NV (Belgium); Johan Vlekken, Jan Van Roosbroeck, Bob Boons,

Fibre Optic Sensors and Sensing Systems (Belgium); Pin Hong, Tredek Inc (United States) [OF101-165]
Welding diagnostics by means of line-to-continuum method and SFFS spectral band selection , Jesus M. Mirapeix, Pilar
B. Garcia-Allende, Adolfo Cobo, Olga M. Conde, Mauro Lomer, Jose M. Lopez-Higuera, Univ. de Cantabria (Spain)
[OF101-166]
High-speed, high-performance, portable, dual-channel, optical fiberBragg grating (FBG) demodulator , Hongtao
Zhang, Zhanxiong Wei, Lingling Fan, Pengfei Wang, Stevens Institute of Technology (United States); Xilin Zhao, Yantai
University (China); Zhenhua Wang, Shangming Yang, Yantai Univ. (China); Hong-Liang Cui, Stevens Institute of
Technology (United States) [OF101-167]
Index-guiding supersquare photonic crystal fibers with single-polarization single mode , Soan Kim, Chul-Sik Kee,
Chung Ghiu Lee, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (Korea, Republic of) [OF101-216]
SESSION Th-01: Chemical, Environmental, Biological, and Medical Sensors
Chairs: Anna Grazia Mignani , Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara (Italy); Robert Lieberman , Intelligent Optical
Systems Inc. (USA)
Room: TBD ............................................................................................................................................. Thurs. 9:30 to 11:00 am
9:30 am: Applications of hollow-core photonic syrstal fiber in bio- and chemical sensing (Invited Paper, Presentation
Only) , Kevin P. Chen, Univ. of Pittsburgh (United States) [OF101-168]
10:00 am: Experimental verification of the effect of slow light on molecular absorption , Luc Thevenaz, Sanghoon Chin,
Isabelle Dicaire, Jean-Charles Beugnot, Stella Foaleng Mafang, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland);
Miguel González Herráez, Universidad de Alcalá (Spain) [OF101-169]
10:12 am: In-vivo 4D imaging of the human lower airway using anatomical optical coherence tomography , Robert A.
McLaughlin, The Univ. of Western Australia (Australia); Jonathan P. Williamson, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (Australia) and University of Western Australia (Australia); Andrea Curatolo, University of Western Australia (Australia); Vanessa A.
Baker, David H. Hillman, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (Australia); Peter R. Eastwood, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
(Australia) and University of Western Australia (Australia); David D. Sampson, The Univ. of Western Australia (Australia)
[OF101-170]
10:24 am: High-speed imaging with endoscopic optical coherence tomography using bending vibration of optical fiber ,
Ryoichi Isago, Kentaro Nakamura, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan) [OF101-171]
10:36 am: Dynamic analysis of laser ablation of biological tissue by real-time imaging of optical coherence tomography , Masato Ohmi, Makoto Ohnishi, Daisuke Takada, Masamitsu Haruna, Osaka Univ. (Japan) [OF101-172]
10:48 am: Remote methane sensor using tuneable diode laser spectroscopy (TDLS) via a 1W Raman source , David M.
Mitchell, Kevin Duffin, Walter Johnstone, Univ. of Strathclyde (United Kingdom) [OF101-173]
SESSION Th-02: Interferometric and Polarimetric Sensors
Chairs: Jose L. Santos , Univ. de Porto (Portugal); Yun Jiang Rao , Univ. of Electronic Science & Technology (China)
Room: TBD ....................................................................................................................................... Thurs. 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
11:30 am: Large interferometers for small displacements: a technological view of gravitational wave detection (Invited
Paper) , Stefan Hild, Univ. of Glasgow (United Kingdom) [OF101-174]
12:00 pm: Fiber laser strain sensors: enabling a new generation of miniaturized high-erformance sensors , Geoffrey A.
Cranch, Naval Research Laboratory (United States); Scott Foster, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Australia);
Clay K. Kirkendall, Naval Research Lab. (United States) [OF101-175]
12:12 pm: Sensitivity improvement of waveguide-type optical passive ring resonator gyroscope by carrier suppression ,

Huilian Ma, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan) and Zhejiang University (China); Zuyuan He, Kazuo Hotate, The Univ. of Tokyo
(Japan) [OF101-176]
12:24 pm: Optical load sensors utilizing fiber Bragg grating based Fabry-Perot resonators , Xuewen Shu, Kate Sugden,
Ian Bennion, Aston Univ. (United Kingdom) [OF101-177]
12:36 pm: Linearized interrogation of FDML FBG sensor system using PMF Sagnac interferometer , Hwidon Lee, Eun
Joo Jung, Myung Yung Jeong, Chang Seok Kim, Pusan National Univ. (Korea, Republic of) [OF101-178]
12:48 pm: Highly versatile in-reflection photonic crystal fibre interferometer , Rajan Jha, Joel Villatoro, Mark P. Kreuzer,
Vittoria Finazzi, Valerio Pruneri, ICFO - Instituto de Ciencias Fotónicas (Spain) [OF101-179]
SESSION Th-03: Micro and Nano-Engineered Sensors and Devices
Chairs: Hypolito Jose Kalinowski , Ctr. Federal de Educação Tecnológica do Paraná (Brazil); Luc Thevenaz , Ecole
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)
Room: TBD .............................................................................................................................................. Thurs. 2:00 to 3:30 pm
2:00 pm: Exposed-core microstructured fibres for real-time fluorescence sensing , Stephen C. Warren-Smith, Heike
Ebendorff-Heidepriem, The Univ. of Adelaide (Australia); Tze C. Foo, The University of Adelaide (Australia); Roger Moore,
The Univ. of Adelaide (Australia); Claire Davis, Defence Science and Technology Organisation (Australia); Tanya M.
Monro, The Univ. of Adelaide (Australia) [OF101-180]
2:12 pm: Microstructured chalcogenide fibers for biological and chemical detection: case study: a CO
2
sensor , Laurent
Brilland, Plate-forme d'Étude et de Recherche sur les Fibres Optiques Spéciales (France); Frédéric Charpentier, Johann
Troles, Bruno Bureau, Catherine Boussard-Plédel, Jean-luc Adam, Univ. de Rennes 1 (France); David Méchin, Denis
Trégoat, Plate-forme d'Étude et de Recherche sur les Fibres Optiques Spéciales (France) [OF101-181]
2:24 pm: Miniature fiber optic temperature sensors based on silica/polymer microfiber knot resonators , Yu Wu, Yun-
Jiang Rao, Yi-Huai Chen, Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China (China) [OF101-182]
2:36 pm: Ultrasensitive refractive index sensor based on twin-core photonic bandgap fibers , Wu Yuan, Ole Bang,
Technical Univ. of Denmark (Denmark) [OF101-183]
2:48 pm: Photonic bandgap fiber tapers and interferometric sensors , Jian Ju, Lina Ma, Wei Jin, The Hong Kong
Polytechnic Univ. (Hong Kong, China) [OF101-184]
3:00 pm: Gas sensing with suspended core fibres and hollow-core band gap fibres: a comparative study , Hartmut
Lehmann, Jens Kobelke, Kay Schuster, Reinhardt Willsch, Hartmut Bartelt, IPHT Jena (Germany); Rodrigo Amezcua-
Correa, Jonathan C. Knight, Univ. of Bath (United Kingdom) [OF101-185]
3:12 pm: Fibre laser using a microchannel-based loss tuning element for refractive index sensing , Chengbo Mou,
Kaiming Zhou, Edward Davies, Lin Zhang, Ian Bennion, Aston Univ. (United Kingdom) [OF101-186]
3:24 pm: Guidelines for the characterization and use of fibre optic sensors ( Announcement ), Wolfgang R. Habel,
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (Germany)
SESSION Th-04: Posters III
Room: TBD .............................................................................................................................................. Thurs. 3:30 to 5:30 pm
Guidelines for the characterization and use of fibre optic sensors: basic definitions and a proposed standard for FBGbased strain sensors , Wolfgang R. Habel, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (Germany); Ingolf Baumann,
AOS GmbH Dresden (Germany); Francis Berghmans, Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium); Krzysztof Borzycki, National Institute of Telecommunications (Poland); Christoph Chojetzki, FBGS Technologies GmbH (Germany); Karl-Heinz Haase, Hottinger
Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH (Germany); Leszek R. Jaroszewicz, Military Univ. of Technology (Poland); Thomas Kleckers,
Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH (Germany); Marc Niklès, Omnisens S.A. (Switzerland); Manfred Rothhardt, Institut für Photonische Technologien e.V. (Germany); Vivien Schlüter, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung
(Germany); Luc Thévenaz, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland); Moshe Tur, Tel-Aviv Univ. (Israel)
[OF101-187]

Fiber Bragg grating strain sensor interrogation with 1.3μm Fourier domain mode-locked wavelength swept laser ,
Byoung Chang Lee, Min Hyun Oh, Chungnam National Univ. (Korea, Republic of); Eun Joo Jung, Chang-seok Kim, Pusan
National Univ. (Korea, Republic of); Min Yong Jeon, Chungnam National Univ. (Korea, Republic of) [OF101-188]
Bridge external prestressing monitoring based on FBG , Li Sheng, De-sheng Jiang, Wuhan Univ. of Technology (China)
[OF101-189]
FBG application in bridge health monitoring system of Wuhan Yangtze River 2th Bridge , Jun Liu, Wuhan Univ. of
Technology (China) [OF101-190]
Measurement of distributed strain and load identification using 1500mm gauge-ength FBG and optical frequencydomain reflectometry , Hirotaka Igawa, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan); Hideaki Murayama, The Univ. of
Tokyo (Japan); Toshiya Nakamura, Isao Yamaguchi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan); Kazuro Kageyama,
Kiyoshi Uzawa, Daichi Wada, Isamu Ohsawa, Makoto Kanai, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan); Koji Omichi, Fujikura Ltd.
(Japan) [OF101-191]
Innovative FBG sensing techniques for the railway industry: application to overhead contact line monitoring ,
Guillaume Laffont, Nicolas Roussel, Stephane Rougeault, Jonathan Boussoir, Laurent Maurin, Pierre Ferdinand,
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (France) [OF101-193]
Superimposed long-period and short-period Bragg grating sensor for LRI monitoring , Sébastien Triollet, Laurent
Robert, Ecole des Mines d'Albi (France); Emmanuel Marin, Youcef Ouerdane, Univ. Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne (France)
[OF101-194]
Brillouin optical fiber distributed sensor for settlement monitoring while tunneling the metro line 3 in Cairo, Egypt ,
Veronique Dewynter, Stéphane Rougeault, Sylvain Magne, Pierre Ferdinand, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (France);
Francis Vallon, Laurent Avallone, Emmanuel Vacher, Michel De Broissia, Bouygues Travaux Publics (France); Christophe
Canepa, Arnaud Poulain, ACOME (France) [OF101-195]
Response of embedded fibre Bragg gratings: strain transfer effects , Eli J. Voet, Geert Luyckx, Joris Degrieck, Univ. Gent
(Belgium) [OF101-196]
Directional-bend sensor based on asymmetric long-period grating in photonic crystal fiber , Long Jin, The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University (Hong Kong, China); Wei Jin, Jian Ju, The Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ. (Hong Kong, China)
[OF101-197]
Benchmarking the response of Bragg gratings written in microstructured and bow tie fiber embedded in composites ,
Geert Luyckx, Eli Voet, Univ. Gent (Belgium); Thomas Geernaert, Karima Chah, Tomasz A. Nasilowski, Vrije Univ. Brussel
(Belgium); Wim De Waele, Univ. Gent (Belgium); Martin Becker, Hartmut Bartelt, IPHT Jena (Germany); Waclaw
Urbanczyk, Wroclaw Univ. of Technology (Poland); Jan Wojcik, Univ. Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej (Poland); Joris Degrieck,
Univ. Gent (Belgium); Francis Berghmans, Hugo Thienpont, Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium) [OF101-198]
Fiber optic Fabry-Perot refractive-index tip sensor based on endlessly photonic crystal fiber , Ming Deng, Yunjiang
Rao, Tao Zhu, Hong Li, Chongqing Univ. (China) [OF101-199]
Health monitoring of engine blades by using an in-line fiber optic F-P strain sensor based on hollow-core photonic crystal fiber , Yunjiang Rao, Yanen N. Fan, Hong Li, Tao Zhu, Chongqing Univ. (China) [OF101-200]
Fiber Bragg grating system for continuous large-scale monitoring of convergence in Rossio Tunnel , Cristina Barbosa,
FiberSensing (Portugal); Luis Ferreira, Francisco Araújo, FiberSensing (Portugal) and INESC Porto (Portugal); Luis
Gonçalves, Empresa Portuguesa de Obras Subterrâneas (Portugal); Carlos D. Gama, Univ. Técnica de Lisboa (Portugal); Rui
Malva, Angela Silva, Vitor Freitas, Rede Ferroviária Nacional EPE (Portugal) [OF101-201]
Technical textiles with embedded fibre Bragg grating sensors
, Lucia B. Bilro, Instituto de Engenharia Electrónica e
Telemática de Aveiro (Portugal); Hugo Cunha, CITEVE - Technological Centre for the Textile and Clothing Industries of
Portugal (Portugal); João Lemnos Pinto, Rogério N. Nogueira, Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal) [OF101-202]
A miniature fiber optic refractive-index sensor based on laser-machined Fabry-Perot interferometer tip , Zengling Ran,

Key Lab of Broadband Optical Fiber Transmission & Communication Networks Technology (Ministry of Edu (United
States); Yunjiang Rao, Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China (China); Jian Zhang, Bing Xu, Key Lab of
Broadband Optical Fiber Transmission & Communication Networks Technology (China) [OF101-203]
Fiber optic pressure sensor based on polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber for downhole application , H. Y.
Fu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong, China); Chuang Wu, Dalian University of Technology (China); M.
L. V. Tse, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong, China); Lin Zhang, Dalian University of Technology
(China); H. Y. Tam, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong, China); Bai-Ou Guan, Dalian University of
Technology (China); C. Lu, P. K. A. Wai, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong, China) [OF101-204]
Fluid-filled microstructured optical fibers and switching applications , Yiping Wang, Optoelectronics Research Centre,
University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ (United Kingdom); Wei Jin, Long Jin, Xiaoling Tan, Department of
Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon (Hong Kong, China); Hartmut Bartelt, Wolfgang
Ecke, Klaus Moerl, Hartmut Lehmann, Jens Kobelke, Kerstin Schroeder, Reinhardt Willsch, Manfred Rothhardt, Liye Shan,
Sven Brueckner, Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745 Jena (Germany); David J. Richardson,
Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ (United Kingdom) [OF101-205]
Practical sensitive fluorescence sensing with microstructured fibres , Erik P. Schartner, The Univ. of Adelaide (Australia);
Richard White, Steven Warren-Smith, Tanya Monro, The University of Adelaide (Australia) [OF101-206]
Optical fibre cavity ring down measurement of refractive index with a microchannel drilled by femtosecond laser ,
Kaiming Zhou, Aston Univ. (United Kingdom); David Webb, Chengbo Mou, Aston University (United Kingdom); Mark
Farries, Gooch & Housego Torquay Ltd (United Kingdom); Neil Hayes, EvanesCo Ltd (United Kingdom); Ian Bennion,
Aston University (United Kingdom) [OF101-207]
Phase sensitivity of hollow-core photonic bandgap fiber to acoustic pressure , Pang Meng, Kong Hong Polytechnic
University (Hong Kong, China); Wei Jin, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong, China) [OF101-208]
Highly birefringent suspended-core microstructured fibre for sensing application , Maxim Ryabko, Institute of Radio
Engineering and Electronics (Russian Federation); Yurii Chamorovskiy, Vladimir Gubin, Igor' Vorob'ev, Nikolay Starostin,
Sergey Nikitov, Sergey Morshnev, Oleg Okhotnikov, [OF101-210]
Response of a fibre optic long-period grating operating at the phase matching turning point to the deposition of a nanostructured coating , Stephen W. James, S C. Cheung, Stephen M. Topliss, Ralph P. Tatam, Cranfield Univ. (United
Kingdom) [OF101-213]
Low-loss fusion splicing of single-mode fiber and a photonic crystal fiber suitable for construction of a patch cord for measurement devices , Leszek R. Jaroszewicz, Military Univ. of Technology (Poland); Michal Murawski, Karol Stasiewicz,
Pawel Marc, Military Univ. of Technoogy (Poland) [OF101-214]
Photonic crystal fiber pressure sensor
, Fernando C. Fávero, Pontifícia Univ. Católica do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); Sully
Quintero, Vinicius Silva, Cicero Martelli, Arthur Braga, Isabel Carvalho, Roberth Llerena, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) [OF101-215]
Enhancement of temperature measurement by using photonic bandgap effect , Yifan Zhang, Nanyang Technological
Univ. (Singapore); Chi Chiu Chan, Jian Sun, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) [OF101-217]
Fiber optic surface plasmon resonance sensors with subwavelength metallic gratings: numerical study , Sookyoung
Roh, Hwi Kim, Byoungho Lee, Seoul National Univ. (Korea, Republic of) [OF101-218]
Three-dimensional colloidal crystals microstructure fiber: fabrication and characterization , Haitao Yan, Nanjing
Normal Univ. (China); Wang Ming, Ge YiXian, Nanjing Normal University (China); Yu Ping, Nanjing Normal Unversity
(China) [OF101-219]
Optical sampling technique applied to high-resolution distributed fibre sensors , Stella Foaleng-Mafang, Jean-Charles
Beugnot, Luc Thevenyz, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland) [OF101-220]
General analytical model for distributed Brillouin sensors with submeter spatial resolution , Luc Thevenaz, Jean-Charles
Beugnot, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland) [OF101-221]

Single-ended distributed temperature or strain sensor based on stimulated Brillouin scattering , Weiwen Zou, Zuyuan
He, Kazuo Hotate, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan) [OF101-222]
Simultaneous measurement of strain and temperature by means of polarization division multiplexing optical frequency-domain reflectometry , Koji Omichi, Yoshihiro Terada, Akira Sakamoto, Shunichiro Hirafune, Fujikura Ltd.
(Japan); Daichi Wada, Hideaki Murayama, The University of Tokyo (Japan); Hirotaka Igawa, Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency (Japan) [OF101-223]
Distortion-free Brillouin distributed sensor with ultra-low leakage RF pulses , Ander Zornoza, Univ. Publica de Navarra
(Spain); David Olier, Mikel Sagues, Alayn Loayssa, Universidad Publica de Navarra (Spain) [OF101-224]
Temperature-dependent attenuation characteristics of fibers for distributed temperature sensing in hot geothermal wells , Thomas Reinsch, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam e.V. (Germany); Jan Henninges, Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam,
German Research Centre for Geosciences - GFZ (Germany) [OF101-225]
Signal-to-noise ratio improvement in Brillouin sensing , Nicolas Linze, Wenhai Li, Xiaoyi Bao, University of Ottawa
(Canada) [OF101-226]
Distributed perfluorinated POF strain sensor using OTDR and OFDR techniques , Sascha Liehr, Mario Wendt, Katerina
Krebber, BAM (Germany) [OF101-227]
Deformation of Brillouin scattered light power spectrum shape by linear strain distribution , Kei Yasuda, Mie Univ.
(Japan); Hiroshi Naruse, Mie University (Japan); Li Che Hsien, Neubrex Co., Ltd. (Japan); Mitsuhiro Tateda, Chiba
University (Japan) [OF101-228]
A new model to calculate the Rayleigh scattering profiles in polymer optical fibers for distirbuted strain sensing ,
Philipp Lenke, Katerina Krebber, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (Germany) [OF101-229]
Regional selectable distributed sensor based on reflected optical pulse correlation measurement , Xunjian Xu, Kochi
Univ. of Technology (Japan) [OF101-230]
Distributed optical fibre sensing of temperature using time-correlated two-photon excited fluorescence , Craig J.
Dalzell, Thomas P. J. Han, University of Strathclyde (United Kingdom); Ivan S. Ruddock, Univ. of Strathclyde (United
Kingdom) [OF101-231]
The two-photon absorption cross-section of ruby and distributed crystal fibre sensing , Craig J. Dalzell, Thomas P. J.
Han, Ivan S. Ruddock, Univ. of Strathclyde (United Kingdom) [OF101-232]
Multipoint refractometry using tilted fiber Bragg gratings interrogated by a time-domain technique , Christophe
Caucheteur, Marc Wuilpart, Patrice Mégret, Faculté Polytechnique de Mons (Belgium); Jacques Albert, Carleton University
(Canada) [OF101-233]
Simultaneous Brillouin backscattering and Raman spontaneous distributed fiber sensor: analytical and numerical approach , Livia Ribeiro, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil); Antonio Toledo, Instituto Nacional de Estudos
Espaciais (Brazil) [OF101-234]
Pipeline monitoring by Brillouin-scattering-based fibre optic distributed strain sensors: pipeline wall thickness detection , Gordon P. Gu, Winston Revie, CANMET Materials Technology Lab (Canada); Lufan Zou, Omur Sezerman, OZ
Optics Ltd. (Canada) [OF101-235]
Demonstration of stable Raman fibre laser with asymmetrical laser cavity including broadband chirped FBG , Young-
Eun Im, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (Korea, Republic of) and Korea Photonics Technology Institute
(Korea, Republic of); Kyungwon Chun, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (Korea, Republic of); Hangeul Kim,
Swook Hann, Korea Photonics Technology Institute (Korea, Republic of); Dong-Hwan Kim, Doosan Defense and System
(Korea, Republic of); Youngjoo Chung, Chang-Soo Park, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (Korea, Republic of)
[OF101-236]
Align-and-shine photolithography , Davide Iannuzzi, Audrius Petrusis, Jan H. Rector, Kirsten Smith, Sven de Man, Vrije

Univ. Amsterdam (Netherlands) [OF101-237]
Application of π-shifted short scan interferometry to remote sensing , Ronan O'Byrne, Sergey V. Sergeyev, Waterford
Institute of Technology (Ireland) [OF101-238]
Femtosecond laser-induced refractive index structures in polymer optical fibre (POF) for sensing , Shi-Jie Liang, The
Univ. of Manchester (United Kingdom); Patricia Scully, The University of Manchester (United Kingdom); Joerg Schille,
University of Applied Sciences Mittweida (Germany); John Vaughan, The University of Manchester (United Kingdom);
Walter Perrie, The University of Liverpool (United Kingdom) [OF101-239]
N-doped-silica-core polarization maintaining fibre for gyros and other sensors for application in space industry , Yuri
K. Chamorovskii, Oleg V. Butov, Gennadi I. Ivanov, Alexander O. Kolosovskii, Victor V. Voloshin, Igor L. Vorob'ev,
Konstantin M. Golant, Institute of Radio-Engineering and Electronics (Russian Federation) [OF101-240]
MOEMS accelerometer based on microfiber knot resonator , Yu Wu, Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of
China (China) and Zhejiang Univ. (China); Xu Zeng, Zhejiang Univ. (China); Yun-Jiang Rao, Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China (China); Chang-Lun Hou, Guo-Guang Yang, Zhejiang Univ. (China) [OF101-241]
Novel interrogation technique for tilted fiber Bragg gratings sensors based on single-wavelength time delay measurements , Marco Pisco, Univ. degli Studi del Sannio (Italy); Armando Ricciardi, Univ. of Naples Parthenope (Italy);
Stefania Campopiano, Univ. degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope (Italy); Christophe Caucheteur, Patrice Mégret, Faculté
Polytechnique de Mons (Belgium); Antonello Cutolo, Andrea Cusano, Univ. degli Studi del Sannio (Italy) [OF101-242]
Fiber optic refractive index sensor based on cladding-mode resonance , Fufei Pang, Huanhuan Liu, Na Chen, Yunqi Liu,
Xianglong Zeng, Zhenyi Chen, Tingyun Wang, Shanghai Univ. (China) [OF101-243]
Refractive index sensitivity enhancement of 81° tilted Bragg gratings by cladding etching , Edward M. Davies, Pouneh
Saffari, Chengbo Mou, Kaiming Zou, Lin Zhang, Ian Bennion, Aston Univ. (United Kingdom) [OF101-244]
In-fiber Michelson interferometer based on double-cladding fiber for refractive index sensing , Fufei Pang, Huanhuan
Liu, Na Chen, Yunqi Liu, Xianglong Zeng, Zhenyi Chen, Tingyun Wang, Shanghai Univ. (China) [OF101-245]
A tunable high-resolution FBG demodulation system using photonic crystal fiber loop mirrors , Tatiana Bakhvalova,
Technical Univ. (Russian Federation); Ginu Rajan, Yuliya Semenova, Gerald Farrell, Dublin Institute of Technology
(Ireland) [OF101-246]
The quest for inexpensive, compact, low-phase noise laser sources for fiber optic sensing applications , Robert E.
Bartolo, Alan B. Tveten, Clay Kirkendall, Naval Research Lab. (United States) [OF101-247]
Regeneration of complex Bragg gratings , Somnath Bandyopadhyay, Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (India);
John Canning, The Univ. of Sydney (Australia); Palas Biswas, Rijuparna Chakraborty, Kamal Dasgupta, Central Glass and
Ceramic Research Institute (India) [OF101-248]
Capillary optical-fiber linking approach for biosensors , Libo Yuan, Harbin Engineering Univ. (China) [OF101-249]
Measurement of refractive index profiles variation along a fusion-splicing tapered optical fiber , Meng-Hsun Wan, Lon
Alex Wang, National Taiwan Univ. (Taiwan) [OF101-250]
Fiber Bragg grating cladding-mode resonance liquid-level sensor , Na Chen, Shanghai Univ. (China) and Southeast Univ.
(China); Binfeng Yun, Yiping Cui, Southeast Unv. (China) [OF101-251]
Photo-annealing effects for erbium-doped fiber sources after gamma irradiation tests by using 532nm and 976nm lasers , Tz-Shiuan Peng, Yen-Wei Huang, Lon A. Wang, National Taiwan Univ. (Taiwan); Ren-Young Liu, National Space
Organization (Taiwan); Fong-In Chou, National Tsing Hua Univ. (Taiwan) [OF101-252]
Influence of system configuration on a ratiometric wavelength measurement system , Qiang Wu, Pengfei Wang, Yuliya
Semenova, Gerald Farrell, Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland) [OF101-253]
Innovative spectroscopy of liquids: a fiber optic supercontinuum source and an integrating cavity for scattering-free

absorption measurements , Anna G. Mignani, Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara (Italy); Heidi Ottevaere, Vrije Univ.
Brussel (Belgium); Leonardo Ciaccheri, Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara (Italy); Hugo Thienpont, Vrije Univ.
Brussel (Belgium); Ilaria Cacciari, Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara (Italy); Olivier Parriaux, Univ. Jean Monnet
Saint-Etienne (France); Mark Johnson, Sagentia Ltd. (United Kingdom) [OF101-254]
Realization of 7-cell hollow-core photonic crystal fibers with low loss in the region between 1.4 µm and 2.3 µm , Jens K.
Lyngsoe, Crystal Fibre A/S (Denmark) and DTU Fotonik (Denmark); Brian J. Mangan, Univ. of Bath (United Kingdom);
Christian Jakobsen, Crystal Fibre A/S (Denmark); Peter John Roberts, DTU Fotonik (Denmark) [OF101-255]
A simple method for fabricating phase-shifted fibre Bragg gratings with flexible choice of centre wavelength , Edmon
Chehura, Stephen W. James, Ralph Tatam, Cranfield Univ. (United Kingdom) [OF101-256]
Fiber Bragg grating arrays for high-resolution manometry , Martin Becker, Manfred Rothhardt, Hartmut Bartelt, IPHT
Jena (Germany); Sebastian Voigt, Technische Univ. Chemnitz (Germany); Andreas Teubner, Clinical Center Chemnitz
GmbH (Germany); Thomas Lüpke, Christoph Thieroff, Kunststoff-Zentrum in Leipzig GmbH (Germany); Christoph
Chojetzki, FBGS Technologies GmbH (Germany) [OF101-257]
Bending and directional characteristics of weakly tilted fiber Bragg grating , Yinping Miao, Nankai Univ. (China)
[OF101-258]
Flat supercontinuum-generation pumped by femtosecond pulses in zero-dispersion wavelength of photonic crystal fiber , Yuan Guo, Shuangchen Ruan, Yongqin Yu, Chenlin Du, Peiguang Yan, Shenzhen Univ. (China) [OF101-259]
Coupling between a conventional single-mode fiber and an annular-core fiber by fused biconical taper , Libo Yuan,
Harbin Engineering Univ. (China) [OF101-260]
Real-time optical fiber sensor for hydro-alcoholic solutions , Eric Fujiwara, Rafael T. Takeishi, Eduardo Ono, Juliana S. dos Santos, Aya Hase, Carlos K. Suzuki, Univ. Estadual de Campinas (Brazil) [OF101-261]
Fibre Bragg gratings in polymer optical fibre at 980nm , Johan Terblanche, Diethelm Schmieder, Johan Meyer, Univ. of
Johannesburg (South Africa) [OF101-262]
All fiber tunable loss filter , Jinesh Mathew, Ginu Rajan, Yuliya Semenova, Gerald Farrell, Dublin Institute of Technology
(Ireland) [OF101-263]
High-temperature resistant fiber Bragg grating lasers for sensing applications , Bai-Ou Guan, Jinan Univ. (China); Yang
Zhang, Hong-Jun Wang, Da Chen, Dalian Univ. of Technology (China); Hwa-Yaw Tam, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ.
(Hong Kong, China) [OF101-264]
Optimal cladding structure of holey fiber designed for broadband fiber-optic wave plate , Zhi-Dong Shi, Ming-Jia Li,
Jun Yin, Jian-Qiang Lin, Xue-Nong Xiang, Shanghai Univ. (China) [OF101-265]
Application of FBG sensors in strengthening and maintenance monitoring of old bridges , Lina Yue, Wuhan Univ. of
Technology (China) [OF101-11]
SESSION Fr-01: Passive and Active Devices for Photonic Sensing
Chairs: John Canning , The Univ. of Sydney (Australia); Xiaoyi Bao , Univ. of Ottawa (Canada)
Room: TBD ................................................................................................................................................. Fri. 9:30 to 11:01 am
9:30 am: Point-of-care optical device for sepsis diagnosis , Francesco Baldini, Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara
(Italy); Luca Bolzoni, Datamed srl (Italy); Ambra Giannetti, Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara (Italy); Giampiero
Porro, Datamed srl (Italy); Folco Senesi, Cosimo Trono, Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara (Italy) [OF101-266]
9:43 am: Characterization of Tm/Yb doped phosphate microsphere fibre lasers for potential sensor applications ,
Shuying Chen, Tong Sun, Kenneth Grattan, The City Univ. (United Kingdom); Atasi Pal, Ranjan Sen, CGCRI (India); Carola
Sterner, Pierre-Yves Fonjallaz, Acreo (Sweden) [OF101-267]

9:56 am: Tunable optical delays based on Brillouin dynamic grating in a polarization maintaining fiber , Kwang-Yong
Song, Chung-Ang Univ. (Korea, Republic of); Kwanil Lee, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (Korea, Republic of);
Hyuk-Jin Yoon, Korea Railroad Research Institute (Korea, Republic of); Sang Bae Lee, Korea Institute of Science and
Technology (Korea, Republic of) [OF101-268]
10:09 am: Low-noise semiconductor laser for optical fiber sensing , M. Poulin, S. Ayotte, A. Babin, M. Aubé, C. Latrasse,
J.-F. Cliche, TeraXion Inc. (Canada) [OF101-269]
10:22 am: Long-period fiber gratings in twisted single-mode fibers written by high-frequency CO
2
laser pulses , Tao
Zhu, Yunjiang Rao Rao, Chongqing Univ. (China); King Seng Chiang, City Univ. of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China);
Cuihua Shi, Min Liu, Chongqing Univ. (China) [OF101-270]
10:35 am: Point-by-point Bragg grating inscription in single-mode microstructure fibre using NIR femtosecond laser ,
Kyriacos Kalli, Cyprus Univ. of Technology (Cyprus); Thomas Geernaert, Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium); Charalambos
Koutsides, Cyprus Univ. of Technology (Cyprus); Michael Komodromos, Frederick Univ. (Cyprus); Tomasz Nasilowski,
Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium); Waclaw Urbanczyk, Wroclow Univ. of Technology (Poland); Jan Wojcik, Univ. Marie Curie-
Sklodowska (Poland); Francis Berghmans, Hugo Thienpont, Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium) [OF101-271]
10:48 am: High-sensitivity FBG sensor made in bismuth oxide fibre with ultrafast radiation , Dan Grobnic, Robert B.
Walker, Christopher W. Smelser, Stephen J. Mihailov, Communications Research Ctr. Canada (Canada) [OF101-272]
SESSION Fr-02: Commercial Systems and Field Tests
Chairs: Wojtek J. Bock , Univ. du Quebec a Hull (Canada); Ralph Tatam , Cranfield Univ (UK)
Room: TBD ........................................................................................................................................... Fri. 11:30 am to 1:06 pm
11:30 am: Installation and test procedures of optical strain gauges for aeronautical applications (Invited Paper) , J. Van
Roosbroeck, E. Jacobs, Eli Voet, Johan Vlekken, Fibre Optic Sensors and Sensing Systems (Belgium) [OF101-273]
12:00 pm: Design of fiber optical high-temperature sensors for gas turbine monitoring , Michael Willsch, Thomas
Bosselmann, Patrick Flohr, Ralf Kull, Siemens AG (Germany); Wolfgang Ecke, Ines Latka, Daniel Fischer, IPHT (Germany);
Torsten Thiel, AOS GmbH (Germany) [OF101-274]
12:12 pm: Study of a progressive failure in soil using BEDS , Michael R. Iten, Alexander M. Puzrin, Dominik Hauswirth,
ETH Zurich (Switzerland); Stella Foaleng-Mafang, Jean-Charles Beugnot, Luc Thévenaz, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de
Lausanne (Switzerland) [OF101-275]
12:24 pm: High-efficiency TDM/WDM architectures for seismic reservoir monitoring , Roger I. Crickmore, Jolyon
DeFreitas, QinetiQ Ltd. (United Kingdom); Phil Nash, Alan Strudley, Stingray Geophysical Ltd. (United Kingdom)
[OF101-276]
12:36 pm: Fibre optic ocean bottom seismic cable system: from innovation to commercial success (Invited Paper) , Jon
Thomas Kringlebotn, Hilde Nakstad, Morten Eriksrud, Optoplan AS (Norway) [OF101-277]