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

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.

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.

Conference Papers

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.

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.

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

Investigating Novel Optical Fibres for More Advanced Distributed Optical Fibre Sensing

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

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

A Kilometre-range Distributed Relative Humidity Fibre Sensor

T. F. Pimentel Das Neves / 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

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

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.

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.

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.

Media

Optics in 2021 & Beyond

L. Thévenaz; Kirkland Alessia; J. Zavada 

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.

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

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

2019. 45th European Conference on Optical Communication ECOC2019, Dublin, Ireland, September 22-26, 2019. DOI : 10.1049/cp.2019.1048.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Massive nonlinear optical amplification in gas

F. Yang; F. Gyger; L. Thévenaz 

2019. Light Conference 2019, Changchun, China, July 16-18, 2019.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Polyimide Coated Fiber as Optomechanical Sensor

D. M. Chow; L. Thévenaz 

2018. 26th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 24–28, 2018. DOI : 10.1364/OFS.2018.ThE44.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.