Analysis and prospects of the field of optical fiber materials and devices in China from the perspective of National Natural Science Foundation of China
Acting as one of the key technologies to paving the way to the information era,optical fiber,since its birth,has led the rapid development of many relevant fields such as information and physics.With the in-depth and diversified research and development in optical fiber materials and devices,its application fields have been widely expanded to fundamental scientific research and state-of-the-art applications and have played an indispensable role in all walks of life.In this paper,statistics study on the funding status in terms of hot word analysis on the titles and keywords for Talent Programs,Key Program,Major Research Plan,Fund for Research on National Major Research Instrument,General Program,and Fund for Less Developed Regions in National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)from 2018 to 2020 has been conducted.Relying on the statistical results,the state-of-the-art research status,major developments,and challenges in the field of optical fiber materials and devices in China have been summarized from the viewpoint of NSFC.On this basis,issues and topics that need further research and discussion have been discussed.
optical fiber materials and devicesNational Natural Science Foundation of Chinahot word analysisfrontier hot spotsresearch prospect