Special Issues

Photonics publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Emerging Technologies for 6G Space Optical Communication Networks
edited by and Qifu Sun
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 948 | Submission Open
Keywords: 6G; space-based networks; non-territorial networks; optical communications; optical transceivers; wireless networks; space optical communication networks; coding theory and applications; quantum communication and quantum key distribution (QKD); system design; case studies; testbeds; prototypes; model validation; applications; implementation and experimental evaluations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
State-of-the-Art in Optical Materials
edited by Robert Chapman and Viola V. Vogler-Neuling
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 575 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical materials; crystals; nonlinear optics; nanofabrication; lithography; photonic crystals; photonics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Ultrafast Pulsed Fiber Laser and Applications
edited by , and Bo Guo
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 459 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Enhanced Sensing Performance in Optical Fibers
edited by and Zhenshi Sun
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 362 | Submission Open
Keywords: fiber-optical sensor; distributed sensing system; AI-driven fiber sensors; novel fiber structure; FBGs; optic– electronic detection techniques; smart city fiber networks
Advances in Scattering Imaging and Single-Pixel/Ghost Imaging
edited by Dong Wang
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open
Keywords: imaging through scattering media; tracking through scattering media; scattering lens; single-pixel imaging; ghost imaging; phase imaging; wavefront; single-pixel holography
Advancements in Signal Processing for High-Speed Optical Fiber Transmission Networks submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open
Keywords: signal processing; optical fiber transmission; high-speed networks; advance modulation techniques; signal processing algorithms; data throughput; adaptive signal processing; optical network systems; dispersion mitigation; noise reduction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
Emerging Trends in Laser-Matter Interaction
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultrashort pulses; efficient ablation; burst; subtractive fabrication; biomimetic engineering; laser structuring; laser polishing; rapid material removal
Coherent Transmission Systems in Optical Wireless Communication
edited by , , Hui Chen and Jiao Zhang
submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2332 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical wireless communication; coherent transmission; frees space optics; visible light communication
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
Fiber Optic Sensors in Biomedical Applications submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 649 | Submission Open
Keywords: fiber optic sensors; wearable biomedical sensors; fiber optic biosensors; healthcare monitoring; fiber optic clinical applications; minimally invasive therapies; embedding strategies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics)
Advances in Integrated Photonics: From Materials to Devices and Systems
edited by and Xiao-Hui Tian
submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 311 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical microstructures; photonic integrated circuits; microwave photonics; optical computation; optical communication; quantum computation; quantum communication; light detection and ranging
Advances in High-Efficiency Lasers: From Laser Diode Pumping to Ultra-Short Pulse Generation
edited by
submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultrashort pulse lasers; high peak power lasers; mid-infrared ultrashort pulse lasers
Optical Imaging and Measurements
edited by Zixin Zhao, and
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 10448 | Submission Open
Space Division Multiplexing Techniques
edited by , Jing Zhang and Ning Wang
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2228 | Submission Open
Keywords: space division multiplexing; few-mode fiber; multimode fiber; multi-core fiber; fiber-based device; amplifiers; nonlinearity
Optical Satellite Communications for Quantum Networking submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1713 | Submission Open
Keywords: satellite QKD; space-to-ground entanglement distribution; DV- and CV-QKD protocols; channel modeling; turbulent medium; FSO; adaptive optics; optical ground station
(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Photonics and Technologies)
Photophysical Processes in Non-fullerene Organic Solar Cells
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1157 | Submission Open
Keywords: polymer solar cell; organics solar cell; charge photogeneration; carrier recombination; exciton diffusion; non-fullerene acceptors; all polymer solar cells
Advances in Near-Field Optics: Fundamentals and Applications
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open
Keywords: near-field optics; nanophotonics; scanning near-field optical microscopy; biophotonics; plasmonics; optoelectronics; surface-enhanced spectroscopy
Advancements in Fiber Lasers: Ytterbium-Doped, Raman-Based and Hybrid Systems
edited by Efrain Mejia Beltran
submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2132 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Emerging Trends in Laser Processing Techniques
edited by Jinghua Han, Jing Xiao and
submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1203 | Submission Open
Keywords: laser effects; laser plasma; laser-induced damage; nonlinear ionization; laser manufacturing; laser detection; laser countermeasure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Recent Advances in Free Electron Laser Accelerators
edited by Anna Giribono, , Francesco Filippi, and Michele Opromolla
submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 690 | Submission Open
Keywords: free electron laser (FEL); accelerator technology; beam dynamics; beam control; acceleration techniques; beam diagnostics; coherent light source; electron beam; wavelength tunability; ultrafast pulses; X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL); laser-driven plasma acceleration; energy recovery linac (ERL); superconducting radiofrequency (RF) cavities; plasma-based accelerator
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Silicon-Based Integrated Optics: From Design to Applications
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open
Keywords: silicon photonics; photonic integration; integrated  circuits; CMOS
New Perspectives in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science and Technology
edited by and Yujie Peng
submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultrafast laser; nonlinear optics; intense laser; laser processing; light-matter interactions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Advances in Quantum Technologies Based on Trapped Charged Particles
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open
Keywords: ion traps; mass spectrometry; precision spectroscopy; quantum control; quantum information processing; optical clocks; hybrid systems; time and frequency transfer (TFT); cold molecules
(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Photonics and Technologies)
Recent Advances in Diffractive Optics
edited by and
submission deadline 24 Jul 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7184 | Submission Open
Keywords: diffractive optics; singular optics; optical image processing; digital image processing; neural networks in optics; sensors; FDTD methods
Optical Fibre Sensing: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5553 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical fibre sensors; optical fibre sensing; characterisation; optical fibre design; fibre fabrication; power delivery; fibre laser; optoelectronics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Multifunctional Metasurfaces: Design Strategies and Applications
edited by Yijia Huang and Jianing Yang
submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4161 | Submission Open
Keywords: flat optics; metasurfaces; multifunctional devices; tunable devices; wavefront manipulation; electromagnetic absorption; polarization conversion; meta-antenna; optimization algorithm; deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)
Advances in Nonlinear Optics: From Fundamentals to Applications
edited by and Yuanlin Zheng
submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 729 | Submission Open
Keywords: nonlinear photonics; integrated photonics; photonic devices and applications; integrated quantum optics; synthetic dimensions; non-hermitian optics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)
Advances in Waveguide Optics: Nonlinearity and Inverse Problems
edited by Eugene Smolkin
submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open
Keywords: nonlinearity; graphene; Kerr’ s law; inverse probleme; invisibility cloaks; metamaterials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)
Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Nonlinear Photonics submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10927 | Submission Open
Keywords: nonlinear optics; nonlinear photonics; nonlinear optical materials; optical harmonics generation; stimulated scattering; optical solitons; controlling light with light; nonlinear guided-wave photonics; nonlinear spectroscopy and microscopymicroring nonlinear resonators; nonlinear fiber resonator; single-mode fiber laser; soliton
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)
Fiber Optic Sensors: Science and Applications submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 6792 | Submission Open
Keywords: fiber optic sensors; sensor applications; optical fiber device; principles of fiber optic sensors; precision measurement; distributed fiber sensors; optical signal detection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Machine Learning Applied to Optical Communication Systems
edited by and Zhaopeng Xu
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5019 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; neural network; deep learning; optical communications; digital signal processing; optical performance monitoring; modulation format identification; device imperfection estimation; channel modelling; linear and nonlinear equalization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
Photonic Integrated Circuits for Information, Computing and Sensing
edited by Andrea Salamon, Liam O’Faolain and Simone Iadanza
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4391 | Submission Open
Keywords: silicon photonics; nanophotonics; integrated photon detectors and sensors; quantum information; integrated quantum photonics; polymer waveguides; 1D and 2D materials; optical sensing
Optical Communication and Networks Facilitating Emerging Applications and Services submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2010 | Submission Open
Keywords: application awareness; emerging network applications; optical network design and optimization; quality of experience; network softwarization; virtualization; dynamic resource provisioning; proof of concept; optical network monitoring.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
Visible Light Positioning and Communication Systems: From Theory to Practical Applications
edited by Juan Carlos Torres Zafra
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1278 | Submission Open
Keywords: VLC; indoor positioning; channel modeling; signal processing; photodetection; IoT; smart buildings; vehicular networks; LED technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
Advances in Optical Fiber Sensing Technology
edited by Tao Geng, Vladimir Tuz, and Yiwei Ma
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 491 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical fiber sensors; fiber sensing; signal processing; special fibers; microstructure fibers; micro/nanofibers; functional materials; photorefractive materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Optical Vortex: Fundamentals and Applications
edited by Yuhao Wu
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open
Keywords: spin-orbit coupling and optical angular momentum (OAM); Laguerre– Gaussian (LG) modes and fractional-order OAM; geometric phases and topological photonics; OV multiplexity and multicasting; integrated on-chip OAM lasing; optical trapping and rotating; quantum communication and information; optical microscopy and metrology
Optical Wireless Communication: Science and Applications
edited by , Xinke Tang and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical wireless; Li-Fi; free-space optics; optical transmission; optical network
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
Recent Advances in Infrared Photodetection and Imaging
edited by Kun Ba
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open
Keywords: infrared photodetection; infrared imaging system and mechanism; infrared photoelectricity technology; novel infrared materials and system; dual-/multi-color infrared photodetection; future development of infrared photodetection; application of infrared photodetection
Organic Light-Emitting Diodes: Recent Breakthroughs and Future Directions
edited by Bo-Yen Lin and Yi-Ting Lee
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open
Keywords: organic light-emitting diodes; designing and synthesis of efficient organic materials; OLED display and lighting; light extraction techniques; lifespan of OLED
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Fundamentals and Applications of Vortex Beams
edited by Carmelo Rosales-Guzmán
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical vortices; laser beam shaping; optical tweezers; optical communications; quantum optics; orbital angular momentum
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Advancements in Semiconductor Photonic Devices
edited by Zhigang Song
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open
Keywords: semiconductor photonic; photonic devices; integration photonics
Optical Interferometry submission deadline 10 Aug 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5900 | Submission Open
Keywords: interferometry; interferogram; optical testing; optical metrology; optical sensing; optical  imaging
Narrow Linewidth Laser Sources and Their Applications
edited by and
submission deadline 10 Aug 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5295 | Submission Open
Keywords: laser; narrow-linewidth laser; laser application
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Recent Advances and Future Perspectives in Solid-State Lasers submission deadline 10 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 934 | Submission Open
Keywords: solid-state lasers; complex systems; optical engineering; Q-switching
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Advancements in Nanofabrication: Innovations in Advanced Semiconductor Materials and Processes for Next-Generation Lithography submission deadline 10 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 165 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanofabrication; next-generation lithography; advanced photoresists; extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV); directed self-assembly; process optimization; photonics; nanotechnology applications; nanomaterial characterization
Optical Computing and Optical Neural Networks
edited by , Apostolos Tsakyridis and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2586 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical computing; neuromorphic computing; opto-electric neural networks; optical/photonic spiking neural networks; optical/photonic deep neural networks; optical/photonic convolutional neural networks; optical reservoir computing; opto-electric ising machine; optical training algorithms; optical systems for neural networks
Optical Precision Manufacturing and Testing: Technologies and Trends
edited by
submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 916 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical high-precision manufacturing and testing; optical instruments; optical system; surface defect detection and evaluation; subsurface defect detection
The Three-Decade Journey of Quantum Cascade Lasers
edited by , Li Wang, and Hideki Hirayama
submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open
Keywords: intersubband transition; quantum transport models; quantum cascade lasers; mid-infrared/terahertz; nonlinearities; frequency comb; spectroscopy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Photonics and Technologies)
Advancements in Computational Imaging and Optical Computing
edited by Yunzhe Li
submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open
Keywords: computational imaging; optical system design lens-less imaging; optical neural networks; AI-augmented imaging; optical computing; quantitative phase imaging; computational microscopy; imaging modality translation; digital staining
Organic Photodetectors, Displays, and Upconverters
edited by and Kangkang Weng
submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open
Keywords: organic semiconductor; photodetectors; light-emitting diodes; upconverters
Ultrafast Optics and Applications submission deadline 20 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4768 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultrashort pulses; mode-locked lasers; high harmonic generation; nonlinear effects; time-resolved spectroscopy; pump– probe measurements; optical parametric oscillator; nonlinear crystal; optical parametric amplification; ultraviolet optics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
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