{"id":1410,"date":"2026-03-19T14:39:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/leoss\/?p=1410"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:39:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:39:34","slug":"fiber-optic-sensors-for-measurements-of-torsion-twist-and-rotation-a-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/leoss\/en\/fiber-optic-sensors-for-measurements-of-torsion-twist-and-rotation-a-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiber-Optic Sensors for Measurements of Torsion, Twist and Rotation: A Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Optical measurement of mechanical parameters is gaining significant commercial interest in different industry sectors. Torsion, twist and rotation are among the very frequently measured mechanical parameters. Recently, twist\/torsion\/rotation sensors have become a topic of intense fiber-optic sensor research. Various sensing concepts have been reported. Many of those have different properties and performances, and many of them still need to be proven in out-of-the laboratory use. This paper provides an overview of basic approaches and a review of current state-of-the-art in fiber optic sensors for measurements of torsion, twist and\/or rotation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/sensors\">Sensors<\/a><strong>2017<\/strong>, <em>17<\/em>(3), 443;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/s17030443\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/s17030443<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"773\" data-id=\"1411\"  src=\"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/leoss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/sensors-17-00443-g003-1024x773.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/leoss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/sensors-17-00443-g003-1024x773.png 1024w, https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/leoss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/sensors-17-00443-g003-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/leoss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/sensors-17-00443-g003-768x580.png 768w, https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/leoss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/sensors-17-00443-g003-1536x1160.png 1536w, https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/leoss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/sensors-17-00443-g003-2048x1547.png 2048w, https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/leoss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/sensors-17-00443-g003-16x12.png 16w, https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/leoss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/sensors-17-00443-g003-358x270.png 358w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Optical measurement of mechanical parameters is gaining significant commercial interest in different industry sectors. Torsion, twist and rotation are among the very frequently measured mechanical parameters. Recently, twist\/torsion\/rotation sensors have become a topic of intense fiber-optic sensor research. Various sensing <a href=\"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/leoss\/en\/fiber-optic-sensors-for-measurements-of-torsion-twist-and-rotation-a-review\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,11,25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/leoss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/leoss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/leoss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/leoss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/leoss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/leoss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1412,"href":"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/leoss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410\/revisions\/1412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/leoss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/leoss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/leoss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/leoss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}