Our Fiber Sensing Laboratory at LHFT provides an environment for the development and investigation of fiber-based sensing systems across the C- and L-band wavelength range.
The lab brings together a range of optical and photonic hardware: narrowband and broadband laser sources, fiber-coupled components like couplers, circulators, and polarizers, as well as electro-optic devices such as Mach-Zehnder Modulators. A versatile range of detectors— from simple photodiodes to high-resolution spectrometers — supports measurements across a wide range of applications.
Alongside our optical instrumentation, the lab houses a set of telecommunications equipment, including hundreds of kilometers of spooled optical fiber.
Using this infrastructure, we design and build demonstrators and experimental setups for FBG-based and backscattering-based sensing for temperature, strain and other parameters.
Interested in working with optical fiber sensors? We look forward to hearing from you!