High Sensitivity Sensing is the design of systems capable of detecting extremely small changes in environmental or physical conditions. At NEC Labs America, high sensitivity sensing is applied in distributed acoustic sensing, structural health monitoring, and biomedical diagnostics. Advances in optical fiber systems and AI-driven noise reduction allow researchers to detect subtle vibrations, temperature shifts, or biological signals, improving reliability in critical applications.

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High-Sensitivity Forward-Transmission Vibration Sensing for Real-World Event Detection in Urban Fiber Networks

Publication Date: 4/3/2025 Event: OFC 2025 Reference: Th4C.2: 1-3, 2025 Authors: Jian Fang, NEC Laboratories America, Inc.; Ming-Fang Huang, NEC Laboratories America, Inc.; Scott Kotrla, Verizon; Tiejun J. Xia, Verizon; Glenn A. Wellbrock, Verizon; Jeffrey A Mundt, Verizon; Ting Wang, NEC Laboratories America, Inc.; Yoshiaki Aono, NEC Corporation Abstract: We demonstrated a high-sensitivity forwarding-transmission vibration […]