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Overview

Ping Lu is affiliated with Leidos in the United States and has an extensive publication record in the fields of engineering and physics and astronomy. Their research focuses on areas such as advanced fiber optic sensors, advanced fiber laser technologies, and photonic and optical devices.

The scientist has contributed to a variety of subfields, including electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, materials chemistry, acoustics and ultrasonics, and biomedical engineering.

Some of the main research topics covered in their work are:

  • Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Random lasers and scattering media
  • Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Magnetic properties of thin films

They have collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Stephen J. Mihailov
  • Xiaoyi Bao
  • Huimin Ding
  • Yanping Xu
  • Cyril Hnatovsky

Ping Lu has published in a number of recognized scientific venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Optics Letters
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Sensors
  • IEEE Sensors Journal
  • Optics Express

Recent publications by Ping Lu include:

  • Optical Fiber Sensors for High-Temperature Monitoring: A Review, 2022, Sensors
  • Preparation and Properties of Biocomposite Films Based on Poly(vinyl alcohol) Incorporated with Eggshell Powder as a Biological Filler, 2020, Journal of Polymers and the Environment
  • Ultrafast Laser Processing of Optical Fibers for Sensing Applications, 2021, Sensors
  • High-Efficiency Random Fiber Laser Based on Strong Random Fiber Grating for MHz Ultrasonic Sensing, 2020, IEEE Sensors Journal
  • Compact single-end pumped Brillouin random fiber laser with enhanced distributed feedback, 2020, Optics Letters

Best Publications

  • Distributed optical fiber sensing: Review and perspective

    Ping Lu;Nageswara Lalam;Mudabbir Badar;Bo Liu;Bo Liu

  • Tapered fiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer for simultaneous measurement of refractive index and temperature

    Ping Lu;Liqiu Men;Kevin Sooley;Quiying Chen

  • Fiber bragg gratings made with a phase mask and 800-nm femtosecond radiation.

    Stephen J. Mihailov;Christopher W. Smelser;Ping Lu;Robert B. Walker

  • Bragg gratings written in all-SiO/sub 2/ and Ge-doped core fibers with 800-nm femtosecond radiation and a phase mask

    S.J. Mihailov;C.W. Smelser;D. Grobnic;R.B. Walker

  • Recent Advances in Machine Learning for Fiber Optic Sensor Applications

    Abhishek Venketeswaran;Nageswara Lalam;Jeffrey Wuenschell;P. R. Ohodnicki

  • Metal–Organic Framework Thin Film Coated Optical Fiber Sensors: A Novel Waveguide-Based Chemical Sensing Platform

    Ki-Joong Kim;Ping Lu;Jeffrey T. Culp;Paul R. Ohodnicki

  • Gold-patched graphene nano-stripes for high-responsivity and ultrafast photodetection from the visible to infrared regime

    Semih Cakmakyapan;Ping Keng Lu;Aryan Navabi;Mona Jarrahi

  • Long-Range High Spatial Resolution Distributed Temperature and Strain Sensing Based on Optical Frequency-Domain Reflectometry

    Jia Song;Wenhai Li;Ping Lu;Yanping Xu

  • A multiplexed fiber Bragg grating sensor for simultaneous salinity and temperature measurement

    Liqiu Men;Ping Lu;Qiying Chen

  • Optical Fiber Sensors for High-Temperature Monitoring: A Review

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  • Extreme Environment Sensing Using Femtosecond Laser-Inscribed Fiber Bragg Gratings

    Stephen J Mihailov;Dan Grobnic;Cyril Hnatovsky;Robert B Walker

  • Corrosion Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring of Oil and Natural Gas Infrastructure: A Review

    Ruishu F. Wright;Ping Lu;Jagannath Devkota;Fei Lu

  • Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of $\Phi $ -OTDR Based on Polarization Diversity Detection

    Meiqi Ren;Ping Lu;Liang Chen;Xiaoyi Bao

  • Bragg grating inscription in various optical fibers with femtosecond infrared lasers and a phase mask

    Stephen J. Mihailov;Dan Grobnic;Christopher W. Smelser;Ping Lu

  • Ultrathin graphene diaphragm-based extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometer for ultra-wideband fiber optic acoustic sensing.

    Wenjun Ni;Ping Lu;Xin Fu;Wei Zhang

  • Fiber Bragg gratings with suppressed cladding modes made in SMF-28 with a femtosecond IR laser and a phase mask

    D. Grobnic;C.W. Smelser;S.J. Mihailov;R.B. Walker

  • Fast state of polarization changes in aerial fiber under different climatic conditions

    D.S. Waddy;Ping Lu;Liang Chen;Xiaoyi Bao

  • Highly sensitive fiber random-grating-based random laser sensor for ultrasound detection.

    Yanping Xu;Liang Zhang;Song Gao;Ping Lu

  • Highly sensitive curvature sensor based on single-mode fiber using core-offset splicing

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  • Frequency stabilized coherent Brillouin random fiber laser: theory and experiments

    Meng Pang;Xiaoyi Bao;Liang Chen;Zengguang Qin

  • Multiple-beam interference patterns in optical fiber generated with ultrafast pulses and a phase mask

    Christopher W. Smelser;Stephen J. Mihailov;Dan Grobnic;Ping Lu

  • Asymmetrical Fiber Mach–Zehnder Interferometer for Simultaneous Measurement of Axial Strain and Temperature

    Ping Lu;Qiying Chen

  • Plane-by-Plane Inscription of Grating Structures in Optical Fibers

    Ping Lu;Stephen J. Mihailov;Huimin Ding;Dan Grobnic

  • Characterization of the Birefringence in Fiber Bragg Gratings Fabricated With an Ultrafast-Infrared Laser

    Ping Lu;D. Grobnic;S.J. Mihailov

  • Multi-Wavelength Brillouin Random Fiber Laser via Distributed Feedback From a Random Fiber Grating

    Liang Zhang;Yanping Xu;Ping Lu;Stephen Mihailov

  • Vibration sensing using a tapered bend-insensitive fiber based Mach-Zehnder interferometer.

    Yanping Xu;Ping Lu;Zengguang Qin;Jeremie Harris

  • Highly sensitive in-fiber interferometric refractometer with temperature and axial strain compensation.

    Jeremie Harris;Ping Lu;Hugo Larocque;Yanping Xu

  • Fiber Bragg grating sensor for simultaneous measurement of flow rate and direction

    Ping Lu;Qiying Chen

  • In-fiber Mach–Zehnder interferometric refractive index sensors with guided and leaky modes

    Jeremie Harris;Ping Lu;Hugo Larocque;Liang Chen

  • Recent Developments in Micro-Structured Fiber Optic Sensors

    Yanping Xu;Ping Lu;Liang Chen;Xiaoyi Bao

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. Mihailov
Stephen J. Mihailov National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Xiaoyi Bao
Xiaoyi Bao University of Ottawa
Liang Chen
Liang Chen University of Ottawa
Paul R. Ohodnicki
Paul R. Ohodnicki University of Pittsburgh
Kevin P. Chen
Kevin P. Chen University of Pittsburgh
Gang-Ding Peng
Gang-Ding Peng University of New South Wales
Libo Yuan
Libo Yuan Harbin Engineering University
Jianping Yao
Jianping Yao University of Ottawa
Eric Udd
Eric Udd Philips (Finland)
Benoit Simard
Benoit Simard National Research Council Canada

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