Publications

2024

Journal Articles

Distributed Temperature Alarm System Based on Incoherent Optical Time-Domain Reflectometry and Side Air-Hole Optical Fibers

Y. Yang; M. A. Soto; L. Thévenaz 

Journal of Lightwave Technology. 2024. Vol. 42, num. 18, p. 6599 – 6607. DOI : 10.1109/JLT.2024.3403189.

2023

Journal Articles

Humidity-insensitive optical fibers for distributed sensing applications

T. F. Pimentel Das Neves; L. Scherino; R. Bernard; M. Bouet; A. Pastre et al. 

Applied Optics. 2023. Vol. 62, num. 15, p. 4017 – 4029. DOI : 10.1364/AO.487264.

Study of backward Brillouin scattering in gas-filled anti-resonant fibers

M. Galal; L. Zhang; S. Gao; Y. Wang; L. Thévenaz 

APL Photonics. 2023. Vol. 8, num. 8, p. 086104. DOI : 10.1063/5.0151018.

Conference Papers

New Avenues in Optical Fiber Sensing Using Gas

L. Thévenaz; F. Yang; F. Gyger; L. Zhang; M. Galal et al. 

2023. 28th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, Hamamatsu, Japan, November 20-24, 2023. DOI : 10.1364/OFS.2023.W5.1.

Distributed Alarm System Based on OTDR Interrogation of Side Air-Hole Fibers

Y. Yang; M. A. Soto; L. Thévenaz 

2023. 28th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors (OFS-28), Hamamatsu, Japan, November 20-24, 2023. DOI : 10.1364/OFS.2023.Th6.24.

Novel low-temperature fiber sensing technique using Brillouin scattering in gas

Y. Yang; M. A. Soto; L. Thévenaz 

2023. 28th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors (OFS-28), Hamamatsu, Japan, November 20-24, 2023. DOI : 10.1364/OFS.2023.F2.3.

Study on the possibility of Φ-OTDR sensing in hollow-core fibres

Y. Yang; M. Galal; L. Thévenaz 

2023. European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors (EWOFS 2023), Mons, Belgium, May 23-26, 2023. DOI : 10.1117/12.2679743.

Spun fibres: a quasi circularly birefringent medium

A. G. Correa Mena; X. Cheng; L. Thévenaz 

2023. European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors (EWOFS 2023), Mons, Belgium, May 23-26, 2023. DOI : 10.1117/12.2679782.

Reviews

Roadmap on Optical Sensors

M. Ferreira; G. Brambilla; L. Thevenaz; X. Feng; L. Zhang et al. 

Journal of Optics. 2023. DOI : 10.1088/2040-8986/ad0e85.

New Sensing Technologies for Monitoring Machinery, Structures, and Manufacturing Processes

Z. Fan; R. X. Gao; Q. He; Y. Huang; T. Jiang et al. 

Journal of Dynamics, Monitoring and Diagnostics. 2023. DOI : 10.37965/jdmd.2023.322.

2022

Journal Articles

Closed-loop technique based on gain balancing for real-time Brillouin optical time-domain analysis

L. Zhang; A. Gabriela Correa-Mena; Z. Yang; F. Sauser; S. Le Floch et al. 

Optics Letters. 2022. Vol. 47, num. 17, p. 4299 – 4302. DOI : 10.1364/OL.467617.

Distributed measurement of mode group effective refractive index difference in a few mode optical fibers

K. Markiewicz; Ł. Szostkiewicz; J. Kaczorowski; Z. Yang; A. Dominguez-Lopez et al. 

Optics Express. 2022. Vol. 30, num. 10, p. 17164 – 17173. DOI : 10.1364/OE.455782.

Enhanced Signal-Associated Noise in a φ-OTDR System

M. Galal; S. Sebastian; L. Thévenaz 

IEEE Access. 2022. Vol. 10, p. 44974 – 44981. DOI : 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3170243.

Large evanescently-induced Brillouin scattering at the surrounding of a nanofibre

F. Yang; F. Gyger; A. Godet; J. Chrétien; L. Zhang et al. 

Nature Communications. 2022. Vol. 13, p. 1432. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-022-29051-8.

Conference Papers

Analytical prediction of the final error due to noise in a ϕ-OTDR system

Y. Yang; M. Galal; S. Sebastian; L. Zhang; L. Thévenaz 

2022. 27th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 29 August–2 September 2022. DOI : 10.1364/OFS.2022.Th4.60.

Closed-loop technique using gain balance for fast Brillouin Optical Time-Domain Analysis

L. Zhang; A. G. Correa-Mena; Z. Yang; F. Sauser; S. Le Floch et al. 

2022. 27th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 29 August–2 September 2022. DOI : 10.1364/OFS.2022.Th4.31.

Numerical Studies of Brillouin-induced Polarization Pulling of Probe and Pump in Weakly-Birefringent Optical fibers with Applications to BOTDA

J. Bohbot; R. Hadar; L. Thévenaz; M. A. Soto; M. Tur 

2022. 27th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 29 August–2 September 2022. DOI : 10.1364/OFS.2022.Th4.42.

Distributed Fibre Optic Thermo-hygrometer for Monitoring the Concrete Curing

T. Neves; L. Scherino; J. C. Da Silva; R. Bernard; M. Bouet et al. 

2022. 27th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 29 August–2 September 2022. DOI : 10.1364/OFS.2022.W4.30.

Distributed Temperature Sensing Using Gas-filled Conjoined-tube Anti-resonant Fiber

M. Galal; L. Zhang; S. Gao; Y. Wang; L. Thévenaz 

2022. 27th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 29 August–2 September 2022. DOI : 10.1364/OFS.2022.Tu2.3.

Theses

A Kilometre-range Distributed Relative Humidity Fibre Sensor

T. F. Pimentel Das Neves / L. Thévenaz (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Investigating Novel Optical Fibres for More Advanced Distributed Optical Fibre Sensing

M. M. H. O. M. Galal / L. Thévenaz (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Book Chapters

Historical perspective and basic principles

C. G. Poulton; M. J. Steel; G. Wiederhecker; L. Thévenaz 

Brillouin Scattering Part 1; Elsevier, 2022. p. 1 – 25.

SBS-based fiber sensors

A. Zadok; X. Bao; Z. Yang; L. Thevenaz 

Brillouin Scattering Part 2; Elsevier, 2022. p. 1 – 52.

2021

Journal Articles

On the Measurement Accuracy of Coherent Rayleigh-based Distributed Sensors

M. Galal; S. Sebastian; Z. Yang; L. Zhang; S. Zaslawski et al. 

Optics Express. 2021. Vol. 29, num. 26, p. 42538 – 42552. DOI : 10.1364/OE.442790.

Evaluating measurement uncertainty in Brillouin distributed optical fibre sensors using image denoising

M. A. Soto; Z. Yang; J. A. Ramírez; S. Zaslawski; L. Thévenaz 

Nature Communications. 2021. Vol. 12, num. 1, p. 4901. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-021-25114-4.

Impact of optical noises on unipolar-coded Brillouin optical time-domain analyzers

X. Gao; Z. Yang; S. Wang; X. Hong; X. Sun et al. 

Optics Express. 2021. Vol. 29, num. 14, p. 22146 – 22158. DOI : 10.1364/OE.426655.

Long-distance distributed pressure sensing based on frequency-scanned phase-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometry

L. Zhang; Z. Yang; Ł. Szostkiewicz; K. Markiewicz; S. Mikhailov et al. 

Optics Express. 2021. Vol. 29, num. 13, p. 20487 – 20497. DOI : 10.1364/OE.425501.

FBG Tactile Sensor for Surface Thickness and Shape Measurement

A. Prasad; S. Sebastian; S. Asokan 

Ieee Sensors Journal. 2021. Vol. 21, num. 9, p. 10695 – 10702. DOI : 10.1109/JSEN.2021.3060481.

A Study on MoS2 Nanolayer Coated Etched Fiber Bragg Grating Strain Sensor

S. Sridhar; S. Sebastian; A. K. Sood; S. Asokan 

Ieee Sensors Journal. 2021. Vol. 21, num. 7, p. 9171 – 9178. DOI : 10.1109/JSEN.2021.3054473.

Distributed optomechanical fiber sensing based on serrodyne analysis

S. Zaslawski; Z. Yang; L. Thévenaz 

Optica. 2021. Vol. 8, num. 3, p. 388 – 395. DOI : 10.1364/OPTICA.414457.

Fast Hotspot Detection in SFCLs by Exploiting Strain Response in Optical Fiber Sensing

A. Akbar; N. Riva; Z. Yang; L. Thevenaz; B. Dutoit 

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. 2021. Vol. 31, num. 5, p. 1 – 5, 5601605. DOI : 10.1109/TASC.2021.3061346.

Conference Papers

High spatial resolution distributed and dynamic strain sensing using direct detection

L. Zhang; R. Davidi; Z. Yang; L. Thevenáz; M. Tur 

2021. Optical Fiber Sensors Conference 2020, [Virtual event], 8–12 June 2020. DOI : 10.1364/OFS.2020.T3.52.

Waveguide and Gas: the Advent of a New Tool for Photonics

L. Thevenaz; F. Yang; F. Gyger 

2021. European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), Bordeaux, FRANCE, Sep 13-16, 2021. p. 1 – 3. DOI : 10.1109/ECOC52684.2021.9606125.

Determination of the Measurement Accuracy of a Phase-sensitive OTDR

M. Galal; S. Sebastian; Z. Yang; L. Thévenaz 

2021. OSA Optical Sensors and Sensing Congress 2021 (AIS, FTS, HISE, SENSORS, ES), Washington, DC United States, July 19-23, 2021. DOI : 10.1364/SENSORS.2021.SM5A.5.

Giant Brillouin Amplification in Gas Using Hollow-core Fiber

L. Thévenaz; F. Yang; F. Gyger 

2021. Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2021, Washington, DC USA (online), 6–11 June 2021. DOI : 10.1364/OFC.2021.Tu1E.7.

Distributed Temperature Sensing Based on φ-OTDR Using Back-reflection-enhanced Fiber

M. Galal; S. Sebastian; L. Zhang; L. Thévenaz 

2021. CLEO: Science and Innovations 2021Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, San Jose, California, United States, May 9-17, 2021. DOI : 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2021.STu1A.3.

Theses

Advanced methods for Brillouin based distributed optical fiber sensors

S. A. Zaslawski / L. Thévenaz (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Talks

Spontaneous Brillouin Scattering in Gas-filled Anti-resonant Fibre

M. Galal; L. Zhang; F. Yang; S. Sebastian; S. Gao et al. 

Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2021, Online, November 1–4, 2021.

Fibres optiques et gaz : l’émergence d’un nouvel outil pour la photonique

L. Thévenaz; F. Yang; F. Gyger 

OPTIQUE Dijon 2021 – 8. Congrès de la Société Française d’Optique, Dijon, France, July 5-9, 2021.

Patents

Hotspot monitoring system for superconducting device

Z. Yang; A. Akbar 

EP4022689; US2022291049; EP4022689; WO2021038505.

2021.

2020

Magazine

Optics in 2021 & Beyond

L. Thévenaz; Kirkland Alessia; J. Zavada 

2020.

Journal Articles

Giant Brillouin Amplification in Gases

F. Yang; F. Gyger; L. Thévenaz 

Optics & Photonics News. 2020. num. December 2020, p. 1.

Genetic-optimised aperiodic code for distributed optical fibre sensors

X. Sun; Z. Yang; X. Hong; S. Zaslawski; S. Wang et al. 

Nature Communications. 2020. Vol. 11, num. 1, p. 5774. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-020-19201-1.

Optical fibre sensing for fast hotspot detection in SFCLs

A. Akbar; Z. Yang; S. Wang; L. Thevenaz; B. Dutoit 

Superconductor Science & Technology. 2020. Vol. 33, num. 11, p. 115003. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6668/abb200.

Nanophotonic supercontinuum-based mid-infrared dual-comb spectroscopy

H. Guo; W. Weng; J. Liu; F. Yang; W. Hänsel et al. 

Optica. 2020. Vol. 7, num. 9, p. 1181 – 1188. DOI : 10.1364/OPTICA.396542.

Distributed and dynamic strain sensing with high spatial resolution and large measurable strain range

L. Zhang; Z. Yang; N. Gorbatov; R. Davidi; M. Galal et al. 

Optics Letters. 2020. Vol. 45, num. 18, p. 5020 – 5023. DOI : 10.1364/OL.395922.

Intense Brillouin amplification in gas using hollow-core waveguides

F. Yang; F. Gyger; L. Thévenaz 

Nature Photonics. 2020. Vol. 14, num. 11, p. 700 – 708. DOI : 10.1038/s41566-020-0676-z.

Short spatial resolutions retrieval from a long pulse BOTDA trace

S. Wang; Z. Yang; S. Zaslawski; L. Thevenaz 

Optics Letters. 2020. Vol. 45, num. 15, p. 4152 – 4155. DOI : 10.1364/OL.397101.

Study on the signal-to-noise ratio of Brillouin optical-time domain analyzers

S. Wang; Z. Yang; M. A. Soto; L. Thévenaz 

Optics Express. 2020. Vol. 28, num. 14, p. 19864 – 19876. DOI : 10.1364/OE.393928.

Parallel gas spectroscopy using mid-infrared supercontinuum from a single Si3N4 waveguide

E. Tagkoudi; D. Grassani; F. Yang; C. Herkommer; T. Kippenberg et al. 

Optics Letters. 2020. Vol. 45, num. 8, p. 2195 – 2198. DOI : 10.1364/OL.390086.

Frequency scanned phase sensitive optical time-domain reflectometry interrogation in multimode optical fibers

K. Markiewicz; J. Kaczorowski; Z. Yang; L. Szostkiewicz; A. Dominguez-Lopez et al. 

APL Photonics. 2020. Vol. 5, num. 3, p. 031302. DOI : 10.1063/1.5138728.

Spectral Properties of the Signal in Phase-Sensitive Optical Time-Domain Reflectometry with Direct Detection

X. Lu; M. A. Soto; L. Zhang; L. Thevenaz 

Journal of Lightwave Technology. 2020. Vol. 38, num. 6, p. 1513 – 1521. DOI : 10.1109/JLT.2020.2971614.

Analysis of uncoated LPGs written in B-Ge doped fiber under proton irradiation for sensing applications at CERN

G. M. Berruti; P. Vaiano; G. Quero; T. F. P. Das Neves; A. Boniello et al. 

Scientific Reports. 2020. Vol. 10, num. 1, p. 1344. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-020-58049-9.

On the 2D Post-Processing of Brillouin Optical Time-Domain Analysis

S. Zaslawski; Z. Yang; L. Thevenaz 

Journal of Lightwave Technology. 2020. Vol. 38, num. 14, p. 3723 – 3736. DOI : 10.1109/JLT.2020.2967091.

Observation of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Silicon Nitride Integrated Waveguides

F. Gyger; J. Liu; F. Yang; J. He; A. S. Raja et al. 

Physical Review Letters. 2020. Vol. 124, num. 1, p. 1 – 7, 013902. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.013902.

Conference Papers

Distributed fiber temperature alarm system based on thermodynamic phase transition

L. Zhang; F. Yang; F. Gyger; L. Thévenaz 

2020. Optical Fiber Sensors Conference 2020, [Virtual event], 8–12 June 2020. DOI : 10.1364/OFS.2020.T2B.3.

Opto-mechanical cross-talk reduction in air-holes multicore fibers

S. Zaslawski; Y. Fu; Z. Yang; K. Markiewicz; L. Szostkiewicz et al. 

2020. Optical Fiber Sensors Conference 2020, Washington, DC United States, June 8-12, 2020. DOI : 10.1364/OFS.2020.W2A.1.

Giant Brillouin amplification in gas using hollow-core waveguides

F. Yang; F. Gyger; L. Thévenaz 

2020. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Online, May 10-15, 2020. DOI : 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2020.SF2P.1.

Observation of stimulated Brillouin scattering in silicon nitride integrated waveguides

F. Yang; F. Gyger; J. Liu; J. He; A. S. Raja et al. 

2020. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Online, May 10-15, 2020. DOI : 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2020.STu4O.1.

Reaching mK-scale stability in CP-ɸOTDR over daily measurements

R. Magalhães; T. Neves; L. Costa; L. Scherino; P. Petagna et al. 

2020. Optical Fiber Sensors Conference 2020, Washington, DC United States, June 8-12, 2020. DOI : 10.1364/OFS.2020.T3.63.

Strain measurement of hydraulic turbine using distributed optical fiber sensor: a preliminary study

C. Yao; X. Huang; P. Zhu; L. Thévenaz 

2020. Optical Fiber Sensors Conference 2020 Special Edition, Washington, DC United States, June 8-12, 2020. DOI : 10.1364/OFS.2020.Th4.42.

Nano-photonic Supercontinuum Based Mid-Infrared Dual-Comb Spectroscopy

H. Guo; W. Weng; J. Liu; F. Yang; W. Haensel et al. 

2020. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), ELECTR NETWORK, Aug 03-05, 2020. p. C11F – 3. DOI : 10.1364/CLEOPR.2020.C11F_3.

Theses

Brillouin scattering in gas-filled hollow-core fibres

F. Gyger / L. Thévenaz (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Distributed optical fiber sensing based on frequency-scanned phase-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometry

L. Zhang / L. Thévenaz (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Posters

Humidity Effect on Acrylate- and Polyimide-Coated Fibres for Distributed Sensing Applications

T. Neves; R. Magalhães; L. Scherino; S. Martin-Lopez; H. F. Martins et al. 

Optical Fiber Sensors Conference 2020, Washington, DC United States, June 8-12, 2020.

Impact of optical noises on coded Brillouin optical time-domain analyzers

X. Gao; Z. Yang; S. Wang; X. Hong; X. Sun et al. 

Optical Fiber Sensors Conference 2020, Washington, DC United States, June 8-12, 2020.

Genetic-Optimized Pulse Coding Technique for Brillouin Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing

X. Sun; Z. Yang; X. Hong; S. Zaslawski; S. Wang et al. 

Optical Fiber Sensors Conference 2020, Washington, DC United States, June 8-12, 2020.

Intermodal measurements in few-mode fibers with phase- sensitive OTDR

K. Markiewicz; J. Kaczorowski; Z. Yang; L. Szostkiewicz; A. Dominguez-Lopez et al. 

Optical Fiber Sensors Conference 2020, Washington, DC United States, June 8-12, 2020.

2019

Journal Articles

Fiber Bragg grating-based thermometer for drill bit temperature monitoring

M. Llera; S. Bergerat; Y. Meyer; S. Monnerat; O. Gloriod et al. 

Applied Optics. 2019. Vol. 58, num. 22, p. 5924 – 5930. DOI : 10.1364/AO.58.005924.

High-resolution distributed shape sensing using phase-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometry and multicore fibers

Ł. Szostkiewicz; M. A. Soto; Z. Yang; A. Dominguez-Lopez; I. Parola et al. 

Optics Express. 2019. Vol. 27, num. 15, p. 20763 – 20773. DOI : 10.1364/OE.27.020763.

Analysis and Reduction of Large Errors in Rayleigh-based Distributed Sensor

L. Zhang; L. Costa; Z. Yang; M. A. Soto Hernandez; M. Gonzalez-Herráez et al. 

Journal of Lightwave Technology. 2019. Vol. 37, num. 18, p. 4710 – 4719. DOI : 10.1109/JLT.2019.2917746.

Mid infrared gas spectroscopy using efficient fiber laser driven photonic chip-based supercontinuum

D. Grassani; E. Tagkoudi; H. Guo; C. Herkommer; F. Yang et al. 

Nature Communications. 2019. Vol. 10, p. 1553. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-019-09590-3.

Distributed hydrostatic pressure measurement using phase OTDR in a highly birefringent photonic crystal fiber

S. Mikhailov; L. Zhang; T. Geernaert; F. Berghmans; L. Thevenaz 

Journal of Lightwave Technology. 2019. Vol. 37, num. 18, p. 4496 – 4500. DOI : 10.1109/JLT.2019.2904756.

Conference Papers

Large Brillouin Interaction in Hollow Core Fibers

L. Thévenaz; F. Yang; F. Gyger 

2019. 2019 Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), Chengdu, China, Novembre 2-5, 2019.

Nanophotonic Supercontinuum-Based Mid-Infrared Dual-Comb Spectroscopy

W. Hänsel; H. Guo; W. Weng; J. Liu; F. Yang et al. 

2019. 2019 Joint Conference of the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium and European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF/IFC), Orlando, FL, USA, 14-18 April 2019. p. 1 – 2. DOI : 10.1109/FCS.2019.8856141.

Performance analysis of the differential pulse-width pair Brillouin optical time domain analysis using the log normalized and linearly normalized gain

H. Bhatta; S. A. Zaslawski; Z. Yang; M. Tur; L. Thévenaz 

2019. Seventh European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors, Limassol, Cyprus, October 1-4, 2019. DOI : 10.1117/12.2541352.

Large stimulated Brillouin scattering amplification in gases

F. Yang; F. Gyger; L. Thévenaz 

2019. Seventh European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors, Limassol, Cyprus, October 1-4, 2019. DOI : 10.1117/12.2540660.

High spatial resolution and intrinsically strain-insensitive distributed temperature sensing based on stimulated Brillouin scattering in gas

F. Gyger; F. Yang; L. Thévenaz 

2019. Seventh European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors, Limassol, Cyprus, October 1-4, 2019. DOI : 10.1117/12.2540683.

Distributed forward stimulated Brillouin scattering measurement using broadband BOTDR

S. Zaslawski; Z. Yang; S. Wang; L. Thévenaz 

2019. Seventh European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors, Limassol, Cyprus, October 1-4, 2019. DOI : 10.1117/12.2540011.

A kilometre-range distributed relative humidity sensor

T. F. P. Neves; L. Zhang; F. Yang; K. H. Tow; P. Petagna et al. 

2019. Seventh European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors, Limassol, Cyprus, October 1-4, 2019. DOI : 10.1117/12.2540007.

Optimizing the signal-to-noise ratio for direct-detection BOTDA

S. Wang; Z. Yang; M. Soto; L. Thévenaz 

2019. Seventh European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors, Limassol, Cyprus, October 1-4, 2019. DOI : 10.1117/12.2540930.

Short spatial resolutions retrieval from a long pulse BOTDA trace

S. Wang; Z. Yang; S. Zaslawski; L. Thévenaz 

2019. Seventh European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors, Limassol, Cyprus, October 1-4, 2019. DOI : 10.1117/12.2540927.

Opto-acoustics in optical fibres for sensing applications

L. Thévenaz; Z. Yang; D. Chow 

2019. PIERS PhotonIcs & Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Rome, Italy, June 17-20, 2019.

Gas spectroscopy using low threshold mid-infrared radiation generated in Si3N4 waveguides

E. Tagkoudi; D. Grassani; F. Yang; H. Guo; T. Kippenberg et al. 

2019. CLEO (Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics), San Jose, California, United States, May 5-10, 2019. DOI : 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2019.STh1F.4.

Nanophotonic supercontinuum based mid-infrared dual-comb spectroscopy

H. Guo; W. Weng; J. Liu; F. Yang; W. Hänsel et al. 

2019. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, California, USA, May 5-10, 2019. DOI : 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2019.STh1G.7.

Reviews

Guest Editorial JLT Special Issue on OFS-26

L. Thevenaz; M. Tur; M. Gonzalez-Herraez; A. Zadok; M. A. Soto 

Journal of Lightwave Technology. 2019. Vol. 37, num. 18, p. 4455 – 4455. DOI : 10.1109/JLT.2019.2939770.

Conference Proceedings

Phase Sensitive OTDR Strain Measurement Using Single Mode Operation in Multimode OM4 Fiber

2019. 45th European Conference on Optical Communication ECOC2019.

Massive nonlinear optical amplification in gas

2019. Light Conference 2019.

Talks

Large nonlinear optical amplification in gases: from sensing to lasing

F. Yang 

The 11th International Conference on Information Optics and Photonics, Xi’an, China, August 6-9, 2019.

2018

Journal Articles

Distributed modular temperature-strain sensor based on optical fiber embedded in laminated composites

P. Zhu; X. Xie; X. Sun; M. A. Soto 

Composites Part B: Engineering. 2018. Vol. 168, p. 267 – 273. DOI : 10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.12.078.

Conference Papers

Boosting the performance of distributed optical fiber sensors based on adaptive decoder

X. Sun; Z. Yang; X. Hong; S. Zaslawski; S. Wang et al. 

2018. 26th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, Lausanne, Switzerland, 24–28 September 2018. DOI : 10.1364/OFS.2018.ThE102.

Distributed Acoustic Impedance Measurement Based On Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering

D. M. Chow; Z. Yang; M. A. Soto; L. Thévenaz 

2018. 26th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 24–28, 2018. DOI : 10.1364/OFS.2018.TuC4.

Fully distributed pressure sensing with ultra-high-sensitivity using side-hole fibers

L. Zhang; Z. Yang; Ł. Szostkiewicz; K. Markiewicz; T. Nasilowski et al. 

2018. 26th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, Lausanne, Switzerland, 24–28 September 2018. DOI : 10.1364/OFS.2018.WF13.

Impact of Fitting and Digital Filtering on Signal-to-Noise Ratio and Brillouin Frequency Shift Uncertainty of BOTDA Measurements

S. Zaslawski; Z. Yang; M. A. Soto; L. Thévenaz 

2018. 26th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, SwissTech Convention Center, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 24-28, 2018. DOI : 10.1364/OFS.2018.ThE27.

High-Resolution Distributed Differential Curvature Measurement Based on Phase-Sensitive Optical Time Domain Reflectometry and Multi-Core Fiber

L. Szostkiewicz; Z. Yang; M. A. Soto; A. Dominguez-Lopez; A. Pytel et al. 

2018. 26th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, Lausanne, Switzerland, 24–28 September 2018. DOI : 10.1364/OFS.2018.WC4.

High Signal-to-Noise Ratio Stimulated Brillouin Scattering Gain Spectrum Measurement

F. Gyger; Z. Yang; M. A. Soto; F. Yang; K. Hey Tow et al. 

2018. 26th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, Lausanne, Switzerland, 24–28 September 2018. DOI : 10.1364/OFS.2018.ThE69.

Hybrid Coding Scheme for Brillouin Optical Time-domain Analysis Based on Golay and Differential Pulses

Z. Li; Z. Yang; L. Yan; M. A. Soto; L. Thévenaz 

2018. 26th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, Lausanne, Switzerland, 24–28 September 2018. DOI : 10.1364/OFS.2018.WF27.

Distributed hydrostatic pressure measurement using phase-OTDR in a highly birefringent photonic crystal fibre

S. Mikhailov; L. Zhang; T. Geernaert; F. Berghmans; K. H. Tow et al. 

2018. 26th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, Lausanne, Switzerland, 24–28 September 2018. DOI : 10.1364/OFS.2018.ThE23.

Distributed hydrogen monitoring with phase-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometry

L. Zhang; M. Fisser; F. Yang; L. Thévenaz 

2018. 26th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, Lausanne, Switzerland, 24–28 September 2018. DOI : 10.1364/OFS.2018.ThE17.

Design rules for Unipolar Unicolor Coded Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis

Z. Yang; Z. Li; S. Zaslawski; L. Thévenaz; M. A. Soto 

2018. 26th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, Lausanne, Switzerland, 24–28 September 2018. DOI : 10.1364/OFS.2018.ThE18.