Prof. Dr. Bernhard Schmauss

2025

• Castro Ayala, P.R., Sandmann, A., Eiselt, M., & Schmauß, B. (2025). Dither-free bias control algorithm for electro-optic modulators operating at low frequencies. Applied Optics, 64(15), 4358-4365. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.559904
• Freitag, J., Köppel, M., Sahil, M., Joly, N., & Schmauß, B. (2025). Fluorescence Lifetime Measurements of a Trapped Microparticle in a Hollow-Core Fiber for Remote Temperature Sensing with High Spatial Resolution. In Proceedings of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2025. San Francisco.

2024

• Alnairat, S., Schmauß, B., Wohlfeil, B., Djordjevic, S.S., & Elbers, J.P. (2024). Polarization-insensitive Tunable Silicon Photonic Optical Filters for Data Center Transceivers. In IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics GFP. Tokyo, JP: IEEE Computer Society.
• Beck, B., Kromm, M., & Schmauß, B. (2024). Picosecond spaced pulse burst generation using a low repetition rate ultrafast fiber laser and spectral filtering. Procedia CIRP, 124, 594-597. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2024.08.181
• Kefer, S., Limbach, T., Pape, N., Klamt, K., Schmauß, B., & Hellmann, R. (2024). Birefringence in Injection-Molded Cyclic Olefin Copolymer Substrates and Its Impact on Integrated Photonic Structures. Polymers, 16(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16020168
• Kefer, S., Pape, N., Bischoff, K., Schmauß, B., & Hellmann, R. (2024). Lattice-Like Waveguides With Integrated Bragg Gratings in Planar Cyclic Olefin Copolymers. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 42(18), 6302-6311. https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2023.3328323
• Renner, E., Härteis, L.-S., Kaiser, J., Villnow, M., Richter, M., Thiel, T.,... Schmauß, B. (2024). Digitalized Optical Sensor Network for Intelligent Facility Monitoring. Photonics, 12, 18. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics12010018
• Renner, E., Mampilli, J.S., Amer, N., & Schmauß, B. (2024). Single-channel distributed Raman temperature sensing based on a 1-dimensional convolutional neural network. Optical Fiber Technology, 88, 104000. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yofte.2024.104000
• Renner, E., Römpke, S.-M., Mull, S., Braun, K., Weiß, L., Wensing, M., & Schmauß, B. (2024). Fiber Bragg Grating Temperature Sensing in Fuel Cells. In 2024 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC) (pp. 1-2). Rom, IT: New York City: IEEE.
• Schmidt, M., Sadeghi, M., Rahimi, F., Eskofier, B., Buglagil, A., Schmauß, B., & Carlowitz, C. (2024). Realtime Laser Beam Steering and Calibration Method for Coherent Biomedical Distance and Motion Sensing. In CLEO: Science and Innovations, CLEO: S and I 2024 in Proceedings CLEO 2024, Part of Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. Charlotte, NC, USA: Optical Society of America.

2023

• Beck, B., Yildiz, B., Rapp, L., Schmauß, B., & Walbaum, T. (2023). Intercore–gain–crosstalk in multicore fiber amplifiers for telecommunication applications. In VDE (Eds.), Photonic Networks; 24th ITG-Symposium. Leipzig, DE.
• Dengler, S.A., Engelbrecht, R., & Schmauß, B. (2023). Optimum Wavelength for Maximum Range of an OTDR for Strain Measurement with POF. In Optical Sensors: Proceedings Optica Sensing Congress 2023, AIS, FTS, HISE, Sensors, ES 2023. Munich, DEU: Optical Society of America.
• Dengler, S.A., Luber, M., Neff, L., Hangen, H., Schmauß, B., Ziemann, O., & Engelbrecht, R. (2023). OTDR Strain and Force Sensing by POF on Geotextiles in a Geotechnical Application Test. In Proceedings - 28th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, OFS 2023. Naka-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, JPN: Optical Society of America.
• Freitag, J., Köppel, M., Romodina, M.N., Joly, N., & Schmauß, B. (2023). Flying Particle Thermosensor in Hollow-Core Fiber Based on Fluorescence Lifetime Measurements. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2023.3325374
• Kefer, S., Pape, N., Gries, N., Roth, G.L., Schmauß, B., & Hellmann, R. (2023). Towards Pressure Sensors Based on Polymer Planar Bragg Gratings. In William M. Shensky, Ileana Rau, Okihiro Sugihara (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. San Francisco, CA, USA: SPIE.
• Kefer, S., Pape, N., Schmauß, B., & Hellmann, R. (2023). Fabrication of Lattice-Like Waveguides in Planar Cyclic Olefin Copolymers. In Proceedings - 28th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, OFS 2023. Naka-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, JPN: Optical Society of America.
• Kefer, S., Schmauß, B., & Hellmann, R. (2023). Sapphire-Based Planar Bragg Grating Devices. In Proceedings - 28th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, OFS 2023. Naka-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, JPN: Optical Society of America.
• Kefer, S., Zettl, J., Schmauß, B., Esen, C., & Hellmann, R. (2023). High-Precision Micromachining of Sapphire Towards Optical Waveguiding Structures using Femtosecond Lasers. In Rainer Kling, Akira Watanabe, Wilhelm Pfleging (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. San Francisco, CA, USA: SPIE.
• Medaer, S., Bradley, T.D., Francesca, D.D., Fu, Q., Jasion, G., Kuhnhenn, J.,... Ricci, D. (2023). Near-infrared radiation induced attenuation in nested anti-resonant nodeless fibers. Optics Letters, 48(23), 6224-6227. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.504167
• Mueller, S., Puppe, T., Mayzlin, Y., Wilk, R., Schmauß, B., & Vogt, D.W. (2023). Comb-Locked Terahertz Spectroscopy of Critically Coupled Ultrahigh-Q Whispering-Gallery Mode Resonators. In 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023. Munich, DEU: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
• Shanin, N., Ajam, H., Papanikolaou, V., Schmauß, B., Cottatellucci, L., & Schober, R. (2023). EH Modelling and Achievable Rate for FSO SWIPT Systems with Non-linear Photovoltaic Receivers. In Proceedings - IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM (pp. 5561-5567). Kuala Lumpur, MYS: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
• Shanin, N., Ajam, H., Papanikolaou, V.K., Schmauß, B., Cottatellucci, L., & Schober, R. (2023). EH Modelling and Achievable Rate for FSO SWIPT Systems with Non-Linear Photovoltaic Receivers. In Proceedings - IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM (pp. 5561-5567). Kuala Lumpur, MY: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..

2022

• Ajam, H., Najafi, M., Jamali Kooshkghazi, V., Schmauß, B., & Schober, R. (2022). Modeling and Design of IRS-Assisted Multi-Link FSO Systems. IEEE Transactions on Communications. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCOMM.2022.3163767
• Alnairat, S., Wohlfeil, B., Djordjevic, S., & Schmauß, B. (2022). Silicon Photonics Wavelength-Independent C-Band Tunable Optical Filter With Feasible Thermal Tuning Requirements. In 2022 EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON OPTICAL COMMUNICATION (ECOC). Online: NEW YORK: IEEE.
• Azendorf, F., Sandmann, A., Eiselt, M., & Schmauß, B. (2022). Distributed Sensing of Single Mode Fibers with Correlation Techniques. In Photonische Netze - 23. ITG-Fachtagung (pp. 92-95). Berlin, DE: VDE VERLAG GMBH.
• Azendorf, F., Voigtländer, C., Lindner, E., Schmauß, B., & Eiselt, M. (2022). Interrogation of 2000 Draw Tower Gratings for Quasi Distributed Sensing with Coherent-Correlation-OTDR. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. Vancouver, BC, CA: Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA).
• Dengler, S.A., Gonzalez, R.V., Luber, M., Ziemann, O., Engelbrecht, R., & Schmauß, B. (2022). Performance Evaluation of Reference Reflections in Polymer Optical Fibers for Strain Sensing. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. Alexandria, VA, USA: Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA).
• Härteis, L.-S., Renner, E., & Schmauß, B. (2022). Exceeding Hardware Confined Bandwidth in Incoherent Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry. In 2022 IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2022 - Proceedings. Vancouver, BC, CAN: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
• Kefer, S., Roth, G.L., Zettl, J., Schmauß, B., & Hellmann, R. (2022). Sapphire Photonic Crystal Waveguides with Integrated Bragg Grating Structure. Photonics, 9(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics9040234
• Köppel, M., Podschus, J., Joly, N.Y., Russell, P.S.J., & Schmauß, B. (2022). Kalman Filter assisted Tracking of Microparticles in Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fibers for Sensor Applications. In Proceedings of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference (pp. W4D.2). San Diego, California, United States.
• Renner, E., Härteis, L.-S., Scheffter, K., & Schmauß, B. (2022). Concept for Raman Distributed Temperature Sensing in Optical Fibers based on Standard C-Band Spectrometer. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. Alexandria, VA, US: Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA).

2021

• Azendorf, F., Schmauß, B., Shi, B., Fokoua, E.N., Slavik, R., & Eiselt, M. (2021). Hollow-core fiber Characterization with Correlation-Optical Time Domain Reflectometry. In 2021 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2021 - Proceedings. San Francisco, CA, USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
• Dengler, S.A., Engelbrecht, R., & Schmauß, B. (2021). Absolute spectral backscatter measurements of large-core multimode PMMA polymer optical fibers. Optics Express, 29(21), 34629-34640. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.437903
• Freitag, S., Bär, M., Buntzoll, L., Ramer, G., Schwaighofer, A., Schmauß, B., & Lendl, B. (2021). Polarimetric balanced detection: Background-Free Mid-IR Evanescent Field Laser Spectroscopy for Low-Noise, Long-term Stable Chemical Sensing. ACS Sensors. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.0c01342
• Hessler, S., Rüth, M., Lemke, H.D., Schmauß, B., & Hellmann, R. (2021). Deep UV Formation of Long-Term Stable Optical Bragg Gratings in Epoxy Waveguides and Their Biomedical Sensing Potentials. Sensors, 21(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/s21113868
• Härteis, L.-S., Renner, E., Scheffter, K., & Schmauß, B. (2021). Quasi-distributed temperature sensing with large-scale draw tower gratings. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. Virtual, US: The Optical Society.
• Jamali, V., Ajam, H., Najafi, M., Schmauß, B., Schober, R., & Poor, H.V. (2021). Intelligent Reflecting Surface Assisted Free-Space Optical Communications. IEEE Communications Magazine, 59(10), 57-63. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.001.2100406
• Kefer, S., Bischoff, K., Roth, G.L., Haubner, J., Schmauß, B., & Hellmann, R. (2021). Tunable Bulk Polymer Planar Bragg Gratings Electrified via Femtosecond Laser Reductive Sintering of CuO Nanoparticles. Advanced Optical Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202002203
• Kefer, S., Pape, D., Roth, G.-L., Hessler, S., Schmauß, B., & Hellmann, R. (2021). Micromilling-assisted fabrication of monolithic polymer ridge-type waveguides with integrated photonic sensing structures. Optical Materials Express, 11(8), 2389-2400. https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.425778
• Köppel, M., Sharma, A., Podschus, J., Sundaramahalingam, S., Joly, N.Y., Xie, S.,... Schmauß, B. (2021). Doppler optical frequency domain reflectometry for remote fiber sensing. Optics Express, 29(10), 14615-14629. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.421842
• Köppel, M., Sharma, A., Podschus, J., Sundaramahalingam, S., Joly, N.Y., Xie, S.,... Schmauß, B. (2021). Erratum: Doppler optical frequency domain reflectometry for remote fiber sensing (Opt. Express (2021) 29: 10 (14615-14629) DOI: 10.1364/OE.421842). Optics Express, 29(15), 24193-24193. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.435712
• Najafi, M., Schmauß, B., & Schober, R. (2021). Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces for Free Space Optical Communication Systems. IEEE Transactions on Communications. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCOMM.2021.3084637
• Renner, E., Härteis, L.-S., Rittler, A., & Schmauß, B. (2021). Implementation of a Digital Shadow for Fiber Bragg Gratings. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, NUSOD (pp. 103-104). Turin, IT: IEEE Computer Society.
• Renner, E., Härteis, L.-S., Weiss, N., & Schmauß, B. (2021). A Novel Approach in Raman Temperature Sensing in Optical Fiber based on Broadband Incident Light. In OSA Technical Digest. San Jose, US: OPTICA Publishing Group.
• Renner, E., Köppel, M., & Schmauß, B. (2021). Detection of Moving Targets using Coherent Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry. In paper W4.82. Washington, DC, US.

2020

• Azendorf, F., Dochhan, A., Schmauß, B., & Eiselt, M. (2020). Latency measurement of 100 km fiber using correlation-OTDR. In Photonische Netze - 20. ITG-Fachtagung (pp. 73-75). Leipzig, DE: VDE Verlag GmbH.
• Azendorf, F., Dochhan, A., Spinty, F., Lawin, M., Schmauß, B., & Eiselt, M. (2020). Group delay measurements of multicore fibers with correlation optical time domain reflectometry. In International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks. Bari, IT: IEEE Computer Society.
• Azendorf, F., Lawin, M., Dochhan, A., Schmauß, B., Spinty, F., & Eiselt, M. (2020). Fiber as a temperature sensor with portable Correlation-OTDR as interrogator. In Photonische Netze - 21. ITG-Fachtagung (pp. 50-52). VDE Verlag GmbH.
• Azendorfm, F., Dochhan, A., Wilczynski, K., Szostkiewicz, L., Urban, P., Schmauß, B.,... Eiselt, M. (2020). Characterization of Multi-Core Fiber Group Delay with Correlation OTDR and Modulation Phase Shift Methods. In 2020 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2020 - Proceedings. San Diego, CA, US: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
• Djurhuus, M., Schmauß, B., Clausen, A.T., & Zibar, D. (2020). Simultaneous Temperature Estimation of Multiple Gratings Using a Multi-Layer Neural Network. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 32(19), 1257-1260. https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2020.3019102
• Djurhuus, M.S., Schmauß, B., Clausen, A.T., & Zibar, D. (2020). Transfer learning for temperature predictions in sensors employing fibre Bragg grating arrays. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. Washington, DC, USA: Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA).
• Hessler, S., Knopf, S., Rommel, M., Girschikofsky, M., Schmauß, B., & Hellmann, R. (2020). Advancing the sensitivity of integrated epoxy-based Bragg grating refractometry by high-index nanolayers. Optics Letters, 45(19), 5510-5513. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.402768
• Härteis, L.-S., Renner, E., & Schmauß, B. (2020). Time and Wavelength Division Multiplexing of Branched Fiber Bragg Grating Arrays.
• Härteis, L.-S., & Schmauß, B. (2020). Interrogation von FBG Arrays in komplexen Sensornetzwerken mittels IOFDR. In ITG-Workshop KT31 (Modellierung und Simulation photonischer Komponenten und Systeme).
• Kefer, S., Dai, J., Yang, M., Schmauß, B., & Hellmann, R. (2020). Erratum: Hypersensitive H2 sensor based on polymer planar Bragg gratings coated with Pt-loaded WO3–SiO2 (Optics Letters (2020) 45 (3601) DOI: 10.1364/OL.395341). Optics Letters, 45(16), 4498-. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.401819
• Kefer, S., Dai, J., Yang, M., Schmauß, B., & Hellmann, R. (2020). Hypersensitive H2 sensor based on polymer planar Bragg gratings coated with Pt-loaded WO3-SiO2. Optics Letters, 45(13), 3601-3604. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.395341
• Kefer, S., Sauer, T., Hessler, S., Kaloudis, M., Schmauß, B., & Hellmann, R. (2020). Robust polymer planar bragg grating sensors embedded in commercial-grade composites. Polymers, 12(3), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12030715
• Köppel, M., Sharma, A., Renner, E., Xie, S., Schmauß, B., & Russell, P.S.J. (2020). High-Precision Localization of Trapped Microparticles inside Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fibers using Coherent Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry. In Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE SENSORS. Montreal, QC.
• Lin, C.-Y., Asif, R., Holtmannspötter, M., & Schmauß, B. (2020). Compensation of linear and nonlinear signal distortion by optimized digital backward propagation. In Photonische Netze - 13. ITG-Fachtagung (pp. 90-95). Leipzig, DE: VDE Verlag GmbH.
• Mehrpoor, G.R., Wohlfeil, B., Eiselt, M., Zimmermann, L., Rito, P., Eibers, J.P., & Schmauß, B. (2020). Modelling and performance study of monolithically integrated depletion type Silicon IQ modulators. In Photonische Netze - 19. ITG-Fachtagung (pp. 103-106). Leipzig, DE: VDE Verlag GmbH.
• Podschus, J., Köppel, M., Schmauß, B., Sharma, A., Sundaramahalingam, S., Xie, S., & Russell, P.S.J. (2020). Position Measurement of Multiple Microparticles in Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber by Coherent Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry. In G. Cranch, A. Wang, M. Digonnet, and P. Dragic (Eds.), Optical Fiber Sensors Conference 2020 Special Edition (pp. W1.2). Washington, DC, US: Optical Society of America.
• Yahyapour, M., Jahn, A., Dutzi, K., Puppe, T., Leisching, P., Schmauß, B.,... Deninger, A. (2020). Fast thickness gauging with an ECOPS-based terahertz time-domain system. In Laurence P. Sadwick, Tianxin Yang (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. San Francisco, CA, US: SPIE.