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D-Index
65
Citations
18601
World Ranking
1199
National Ranking
61

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - SPIE Fellow
  • 2011 - OSA Fellows For outstanding contributions to fiber technology and fiber sensors and their many applications.
  • 2009 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Xiaoyi Bao is affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, with a strong focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. The scientist's work emphasizes advanced fiber optic sensor technologies, fiber laser technologies, and photonic devices.

Their recent publications illustrate their focus on fiber optics and sensing technologies. Notable papers include:

  • Recent Advancements in Rayleigh Scattering-Based Distributed Fiber Sensors, 2021, Advanced Devices & Instrumentation
  • Review: distributed time-domain sensors based on Brillouin scattering and FWM enhanced SBS for temperature, strain and acoustic wave detection, 2021, PhotoniX

Other influential publications related to their field, though authored by frequent collaborators, are:

  • Optical Fiber Sensors for High-Temperature Monitoring: A Review, 2022, Sensors
  • Opto-mechanical time-domain analysis based on coherent forward stimulated Brillouin scattering probing, 2020, Optica
  • Ultrafast Laser Processing of Optical Fibers for Sensing Applications, 2021, Sensors

Their main topics of work include:

  • Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Random lasers and scattering media
  • Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
  • Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
  • Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing

Throughout their career, Xiaoyi Bao has collaborated frequently with several researchers. These include Liang Chen, Yuan Wang, Chams Baker, Ping Lü, and Haiyang Wang.

The scientist has contributed extensively to publications in venues such as:

  • Optics Express
  • Optics Letters
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Sensors

Awards received by Xiaoyi Bao include recognition as SPIE Fellow in 2012, OSA Fellow in 2011 for contributions to fiber technology and fiber sensors, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2009 for achievements in science.

Best Publications

  • Recent progress in distributed fiber optic sensors.

    Xiaoyi Bao;Liang Chen

  • Distributed Vibration Sensor Based on Coherent Detection of Phase-OTDR

    Yuelan Lu;Tao Zhu;Liang Chen;Xiaoyi Bao

  • Recent progress in Brillouin scattering based fiber sensors.

    Xiaoyi Bao;Liang Chen

  • Differential pulse-width pair BOTDA for high spatial resolution sensing

    Wenhai Li;Xiaoyi Bao;Yun Li;Liang Chen

  • Experimental and theoretical studies on a distributed temperature sensor based on Brillouin scattering

    X. Bao;J. Dhliwayo;N. Heron;D.J. Webb

  • Review: optical fiber sensors for civil engineering applications

    Christopher Kin Ying Leung;Kai Tai Wan;Daniele Inaudi;Xiaoyi Bao

  • Wavelet Denoising Method for Improving Detection Performance of Distributed Vibration Sensor

    Zengguang Qin;Liang Chen;Xiaoyi Bao

  • 32-km distributed temperature sensor based on Brillouin loss in an optical fiber

    Xiaoyi Bao;David J. Webb;David A. Jackson

  • Tensile and compressive strain measurement in the lab and field with the distributed Brillouin scattering sensor

    Xiaoyi Bao;M. DeMerchant;A. Brown;T. Bremner

  • Distributed optical fiber vibration sensor based on spectrum analysis of Polarization-OTDR system

    Ziyi Zhang;Xiaoyi Bao

  • High Sensitivity Distributed Vibration Sensor Based on Polarization-Maintaining Configurations of Phase-OTDR

    Zengguang Qin;Tao Zhu;Liang Chen;Xiaoyi Bao

  • Characterization of the Brillouin-loss spectrum of single-mode fibers by use of very short (<10-ns) pulses.

    X Bao;A Brown;M Demerchant;J Smith

  • Single-shot BOTDA based on an optical chirp chain probe wave for distributed ultrafast measurement.

    Dengwang Zhou;Yongkang Dong;Benzhang Wang;Chao Pang

  • Combined distributed temperature and strain sensor based on Brillouin loss in an optical fiber

    Xiaoyi Bao;David J. Webb;David A. Jackson

  • 22-km distributed temperature sensor using Brillouin gain in an optical fiber

    Xiaoyi Bao;David J. Webb;David A. Jackson

  • 2 cm spatial-resolution and 2 km range Brillouin optical fiber sensor using a transient differential pulse pair.

    Yongkang Dong;Hongying Zhang;Liang Chen;Xiaoyi Bao

  • Modulated pulses based distributed vibration sensing with high frequency response and spatial resolution.

    Tao Zhu;Qian He;Xianghui Xiao;Xiaoyi Bao

  • Dependence of the Brillouin frequency shift on strain and temperature in a photonic crystal fiber

    Lufan Zou;Xiaoyi Bao;V Shahraam Afshar;Liang Chen

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

    Jia Song;Wenhai Li;Ping Lu;Yanping Xu

  • Time-division multiplexing-based BOTDA over 100km sensing length

    Yongkang Dong;Liang Chen;Xiaoyi Bao

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. Mihailov
Stephen J. Mihailov National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Tao Zhu
Tao Zhu Chongqing University
Brian Culshaw
Brian Culshaw University of Strathclyde
Wojtek J. Bock
Wojtek J. Bock Université du Québec en Outaouais
Togay Ozbakkaloglu
Togay Ozbakkaloglu Texas State University
Sophie LaRochelle
Sophie LaRochelle Université Laval
Bai-Ou Guan
Bai-Ou Guan Jinan University
Jacques Albert
Jacques Albert Carleton University
Younes Messaddeq
Younes Messaddeq Université Laval
Christopher K.Y. Leung
Christopher K.Y. Leung Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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