**Meet the editors**

Moh. Yasin received his BSc in 1990 from Airlangga University. He went on to receive MSc dan PhD from Gadjah Mada University in 1999 and 2010. His research interests are mainly on fiber optic sensor devices. Currently, he is an associate professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Airlangga Univesity, Indonesia. This book is a compilation of works presenting recent

developments and practical applications in optical fiber technology. It contains 13 chapters from various institutions that represent global research in various topics such as scattering, dispersion, polarization interference, fuse phenomena and optical manipulation, optical fiber laser and sensor applications, passive optical network (PON) and plastic optical fiber (POF) technology. It provides the reader with a broad overview and sampling of the innovative research on optical fiber technologies.

Sulaiman Wadi Harun received the B.E degree in Electrical and Electronics System Engineering from Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan in 1996, and M.Sc. and Ph.D degrees in Photonic Technology from University of Malaya in 2001 and 2004, respectively. He is actively working on optical amplifiers, fiber lasers and fiber-optic sensors with more than 450 publications in

ISI journals and citations of more than 2600. He is currently working as a full Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Hamzah Arof received his B.Sc from Michigan State University, and Ph.D from the University of Wales all in Electrical engineering. His current research interests include signal processing and photonics. Currently he is affiliated with the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Malaya, Malaysia. He can be contacted at ahamzah@um.edu.my.
