| DOAJ | Directory of open access journals |
| SNR | Signal-to-Noise-Ratio |
| OFS | Optical Fiber Sensor |
| DOFS | Distributed Optical Fiber Sensor |
| OTDR | Optical Time Domain Reflectometry |
| OFDR | Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry |
| CW | Continuous Wave |
| CMT | Coupled-mode Theory |
| PDL | Polarization Dependent Loss |
| PMD | Polarization Mode Dispersion |
| DAS | Distributed Acoustic Sensing |
| DVS | Distributed Vibration Sensing |
| FBG | Fiber Bragg Grating |