Deadline for Submission: 1 February 2027
The rapidly evolving field of optical seismology has added a range of seismic sensing techniques and technologies to improve and complement distributed acoustic sensing (DAS). These include but are not limited to optical frequency combs; optical interferometry used in integrated fiber-optic sensing; fiber Bragg grating; optical polarimeters for rotational sensing and trends in miniaturization of components as well as improvements in DAS instrumentation and analysis.
SRL invites Focus Section submissions that highlight operational and monitoring applications for DAS, microcomb and other advanced sensing techniques in optical seismology, including monitoring of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis; monitoring of bridges, mining and construction sites, and urban infrastructure; seismic network application and integration on the seafloor; hydrodynamics and precipitation, hydrocarbon, geothermal and CO2 monitoring; meteorological observation; permafrost and glacial characterization and monitoring; DAS integration with earthquake early warning systems; and new DAS datasets and optical sensing software available to the seismological community.
Articles accepted to this SRL Focus Section will be published online soon after acceptance and collectively in print. Papers will be reviewed as they are received and published online prior to the print issue.
