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  • 2016 - OSA Fellows Hwa-yaw Tam The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong For the development of diagnostic and prognostic systems based on fiber Bragg grating–based sensing networks, to herald a safer railway industry with reduced maintenance cost, optimized performance and capacity.

Overview

Hwa-Yaw Tam is affiliated with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in the field of Engineering, with a significant focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's research encompasses several specialized subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, and Surgery. The main topics of research feature:

  • Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
  • Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

Hwa-Yaw Tam has published extensively in multiple scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Optics Express
  • Optics Letters
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
  • Photonics Research

Collaborations feature recurring co-authors with significant joint publication counts, including Xin Cheng, Dinusha Serandi Gunawardena, Jingxian Cui, Zhengyong Liu, and Lin Htein.

Notable recent papers authored by or involving Hwa-Yaw Tam include:

  • Operando decoding of chemical and thermal events in commercial Na(Li)-ion cells via optical sensors, 2020, Nature Energy
  • Operando monitoring of thermal runaway in commercial lithium-ion cells via advanced lab-on-fiber technologies, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Microstructured optical fiber based Fabry-Pérot interferometer as a humidity sensor utilizing chitosan polymeric matrix for breath monitoring, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Pattern recognition in distributed fiber-optic acoustic sensor using an intensity and phase stacked convolutional neural network with data augmentation, 2021, Optics Express
  • Ultracompact optical fiber acoustic sensors based on a fiber-top spirally-suspended optomechanical microresonator, 2020, Optics Letters

In recognition of contributions to the field, Hwa-Yaw Tam was named an OSA Fellow in 2016 for work related to diagnostic and prognostic systems based on fiber Bragg grating-based sensing networks, particularly in applications to railway industry safety and performance optimization.

Best Publications

  • Fiber Bragg grating sensors for structural health monitoring of Tsing Ma bridge: Background and experimental observation

    T. H.T. Chan;L. Yu;Hwa Yaw Tam;Yiqing Ni

  • Temperature-insensitive strain sensor with polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber based Sagnac interferometer

    Xinyong Dong;Hwa-yaw Tam;Ping Shum

  • Simultaneous strain and temperature measurement using a superstructure fiber Bragg grating

    Bai-Ou Guan;Hwa-Yaw Tam;Xiao-Ming Tao;Xiao-Yi Dong

  • Observation of bound states of solitons in a passively mode-locked fiber laser

    D. Y. Tang;W. S. Man;Hwa Yaw Tam;P. D. Drummond

  • Pressure sensor realized with polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber-based Sagnac interferometer.

    H. Y. Fu;Hwa-yaw Tam;Liyang Shao;Xinyong Dong

  • Mode-division multiplexed transmission with inline few-mode fiber amplifier.

    Neng Bai;Ezra Ip;Yue-Kai Huang;Eduardo Mateo

  • Stable and uniform multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser using nonlinear polarization rotation

    Xinhuan Feng;Hwa Yaw Tam;Ping Kong Alexander Wai

  • Soliton interaction in a fiber ring laser

    D. Y. Tang;B. Zhao;L. M. Zhao;Hwa Yaw Tam

  • Operando decoding of chemical and thermal events in commercial Na(Li)-ion cells via optical sensors

    Jiaqiang Huang;Jiaqiang Huang;Laura Albero Blanquer;Laura Albero Blanquer;Laura Albero Blanquer;Julien Bonefacino;E. R. Logan

  • Operando monitoring of thermal runaway in commercial lithium-ion cells via advanced lab-on-fiber technologies

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  • Fiber Bragg grating cavity sensor for simultaneous measurement of strain and temperature

    Wei-Chong Du;Xiao-Ming Tao;Hwa-Yaw Tam

  • High-pressure and high-temperature characteristics of a Fabry―Perot interferometer based on photonic crystal fiber

    Chuang Wu;H. Y. Fu;Khurram Karim Qureshi;Bai Ou Guan

  • Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors: Recent Advancements, Industrial Applications and Market Exploitation

    Andrea Cusano;Antonello Cutolo;Jacques Albert;Francisco M. Araújo

  • Mechanism of intrinsic wavelength tuning and sideband asymmetry in a passively mode-locked soliton fiber ring laser

    W. S. Man;Hwa Yaw Tam;M. S. Demokan;Ping Kong Alexander Wai

  • Rapid 3D Patterning of Poly(acrylic acid) Ionic Hydrogel for Miniature pH Sensors

    Ming-Jie Yin;Mian Yao;Shaorui Gao;A. Ping Zhang

  • Reflective tilted fiber Bragg grating refractometer based on strong cladding to core recoupling

    Tuan Guo;Hwa-Yaw Tam;Peter A Krug;Jacques Albert

  • Signal processing using artificial neural network for BOTDA sensor system.

    Abul Kalam Azad;Liang Wang;Nan Guo;Hwa Yaw Tam

  • Dissipative vector solitons in a dispersionmanaged cavity fiber laser with net positive cavity dispersion.

    H. Zhang;D. Y. Tang;L. M. Zhao;X. Wu

  • Ultrasonic hydrophone based on distributed Bragg reflector fiber laser

    Bai-Ou Guan;Hwa-Yaw Tam;Sien-Ting Lau;H.L.W. Chan

  • Simultaneous strain and temperature measurement using a single fibre Bragg grating

    Bai Ou Guan;Hwa Yaw Tam;Siu Lau Ho;Weng Heng Chung

  • All-optical fiber anemometer based on laser heated fiber Bragg gratings

    Shaorui Gao;A Ping Zhang;Hwa-Yaw Tam;L H Cho

  • 88×3×112-Gb/s WDM transmission over 50 km of three-mode fiber with inline few-mode fiber amplifier

    Ezra Ip;Neng Bai;Yue-Kai Huang;Eduardo Mateo

Frequent Co-Authors

Chao Lu
Chao Lu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Ping-kong Alexander Wai
Ping-kong Alexander Wai Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Bai-Ou Guan
Bai-Ou Guan Jinan University
Xinyong Dong
Xinyong Dong Guangdong University of Technology
Li-Yang Shao
Li-Yang Shao Southern University of Science and Technology
Xiaoming Tao
Xiaoming Tao Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Xiaoyi Dong
Xiaoyi Dong Nankai University
Alan Pak Tao Lau
Alan Pak Tao Lau Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Tuan Guo
Tuan Guo Jinan University
Chongxiu Yu
Chongxiu Yu Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

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