Demodulated All-Fiber Curvature Sensor Based on Convolutional Neural Network (Invited)

Haoran Zhuang; Feijie Chen; Xiaojun Zhu; Jicong Zhao

doi:10.3788/LOP251143

Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 17, 1739020(2025)

Demodulated All-Fiber Curvature Sensor Based on Convolutional Neural Network (Invited)

Haoran Zhuang^1,2, Feijie Chen^1,2, Xiaojun Zhu^1,2、*, and Jicong Zhao^1,2、**

¹Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Semi. Dev. & IC Design, Package and Test, School of Microelectronics and School of Integrated Circuits, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, Jiangsu , China

²School of Information Science and Technology, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, Jiangsu , China

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Paper Information

Category: AI for Optics

Received: May. 4, 2025

Accepted: Jun. 19, 2025

Published Online: Sep. 8, 2025

The Author Email: Xiaojun Zhu (zhuxj0122@ntu.edu.cn), Jicong Zhao (jczhao@ntu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/LOP251143

CSTR:32186.14.LOP251143

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