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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Optical Interferometry submission deadline 10 Aug 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5259 | 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 4761 | 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 734 | 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 134 | 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 2437 | 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 837 | 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 102 | 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 82 | 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 68 | Submission Open
Keywords: organic semiconductor; photodetectors; light-emitting diodes; upconverters
Ultrafast Optics and Applications submission deadline 20 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4606 | 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)
Novel Laser Technologies and Their Applications
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2830 | Submission Open
Keywords: light– matter interaction; light field manipulation and applications; solid state; fiber; and other laser sources; optical materials; optical imaging; optical measurement; optical sensors and systems; infrared and terahertz technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Optical Fiber Devices: Technologies and Applications
edited by Sergi García
submission deadline 20 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 967 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical fiber communications; signal processing; microwave photonics; optical fiber devices; fiber sensing; specialty optical fibers; optical coherence tomography; fiber Bragg gratings
Design and Applications of Optical Microscopes
edited by , Qian Zhao and
submission deadline 20 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 626 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical imaging; microscopy; confocal; adaptive optics; fiber optics; metasurfaces; PSF engineering
Advances in Perovskite Solar Cells
edited by Tanghao Liu
submission deadline 20 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open
Keywords: perovskite; device structure; composition; tandem; flexible; stability; mass production
New Perspectives in Microwave Photonics
edited by , Huaqing Qiu and Yiwei Xie
submission deadline 20 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open
Keywords: integrated microwave photonic technology; microwave photonic radar; intelligent microwave photonics; microwave photonic measurement and sensing; programmable microwave photonic filter; microwave photonic processing technology; microwave photonic devices
Photon-Photon Collision Using Extreme Lasers
edited by
submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 535 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultraintense lasers; photon-photon collisions; extreme vacuum; single photon counting; Breit-Wheeler process; radiation reaction; petawatt and exawatt lasers; vacuum birefringence; QED Lagrangian; born-infeld lagrangian; dark matter searches with laser light; extreme laser technology; relativistically driven electrons; thomson scattering from laser driven electrons
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)
Emerging Trends in Photonics Nanostructures
edited by and Ramsey Selim
submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open
Keywords: nano-optics; photonics; plasmonics; optical devices
Novel Two-Dimensional Materials Based on Nonlinear Photonics
edited by Jia Guo
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1850 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Science and Applications of Optical Fiber Sensors: Recent Advances and Future Trends
edited by Alex Dante and Quandong Huang
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1143 | Submission Open
High-Power Fiber Lasers
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1131 | Submission Open
Keywords: ytterbium-doped fiber laser; fiber laser oscillator; fiber laser amplifier; multi cladding fiber; transverse mode instability; nonlinear effect; single-frequency fiber laser; narrow-linewidth fiber laser; pulsed fiber laser; quasi-continuous-wave fiber laser
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
The State of the Art of Photonics in Europe
edited by Grégory Barbillon and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1051 | Submission Open
Keywords: photonic crystals; nano-photonics; plasmonics; nano-plasmonics; photonic devices; plasmonic devices; biophotonics
Photonics: 10th Anniversary submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 992 | Submission Open
Keywords: optics; photonics; biophotonics; optoelectronics; optical communication; lasers; light sources; optical sensors; quantum photonics
Optical Vortex Laser
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 839 | Submission Open
Keywords: scalar vortex laser; vector vortex laser; vortex arrays laser; vortex lattices laser; raman vortex laser; intra-cavity frequency-doubled/sum-frequency generation vortex laser; intra-cavity optical parametric vortex laser; cascaded-pumped vortex laser; vortex random fiber laser; kaleidoscope vortex laser
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Recent Advances and Future Perspectives in LED Technology
edited by Faiz Rahman
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 787 | Submission Open
Keywords: LED; compound semiconductor light emitter; luminescence; phosphor; solid-state lighting
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Metamaterials for Terahertz Photonics: Enabling Novel Techniques
edited by and Hui Li
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 406 | Submission Open
Keywords: terahertz; metamaterials; polarization
The Integration of Quantum Communication and Quantum Sensors
edited by , Miguel Ángel Vázquez and Joan Bas
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 391 | Submission Open
Keywords: free-space quantum communication; satellite-based quantum communication; fiber-based quantum communication; two-dimensional-materials-based quantum sensor; OAM-mode-based quantum communication in fibers and free space; quantum-sensor-based devices; quantum photodetectors; quantum bio- and chemical sensors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Photonics and Technologies)
New Prospectives in Quantum Control of Atomic and Molecular Systems
edited by Teodora Kirova and Ennio Arimondo
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 385 | Submission Open
Keywords: quantum control; Autler– Townes (AT) effect; Landau– Zener– Stü ckelberg driving; electromagnetically induced transparency; Rydberg atoms; cold atoms and molecules; chemical reactions; cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED); optical nanofibers; natural or artificial atoms and molecules
(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Photonics and Technologies)
Advancements in Optical Sensing and Communication Technologies
edited by Can Zhao
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical sensing; optical communication; optical fiber
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
From Theory to Reality: Progress and Challenges in Free-Electron Laser Development
edited by Najmeh Mirian
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open
Keywords: free-electron laser; ultrashort pulse; hard X-ray FEL; soft X-ray; seeded FEL; seeding FEL; EEHG; HGHG; ESASE; SASE
The Emerging Science in Microstructured Optical Fibers
edited by Binbin Hong and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open
Keywords: microstructured optical fibers; fiber lasers; nonlinear optics; high-power fiber optics; fiber-to-chip integration; fiber sensors; lab-on-fiber; optical neural networks; terahertz waveguide; mid-infrared fibers; wearable fiber sensors; brain– machine interface fiber networks
Advances in Structured Light: Propagation, Scattering, and Applications
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open
Keywords: structured light; propagation; scattering; optical turbulence; light– matter interactions; imaging techniques; optical communications; optical trapping; laser material processing; quantum information science
Recent Advancements in Tunable Laser Technology
edited by Dário Machado Garcia
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open
Keywords: tunable lasers; optical communication; coupled resonator; spectral control; optical tuning; laser spectroscopy; laser devices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Advanced Solid-State and Fiber Mid-IR Lasers: Novel Materils, Components, Systems and Applications
edited by and
submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7527 | Submission Open
Keywords: mid infrared (mid-IR); solid-state lasers; fibers; nonlinear crystals; laser crystals and ceramics; single crystals and polycrystalline materials; optical components; ultrafast mid-IR lasers and amplifiers; optical parametric oscillators and generators; supercontinuum sources; mid-IR surgery and medical diagnostics; environmental monitoring; mid-IR lidars; manufacturing process control; harmonics generation under mid-IR pumping
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Group IV Photonics: Advances and Applications submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1402 | Submission Open
Keywords: group IV photonics; optoelectronics; integration; photonic devices; silicon photonics; germanium photonics; carbon photonics; renewable energy; biomedicine; data storage; programmable photonics; silicon photonics; foundry and manufacturing; integrated quantum photonics; artificial intelligence chip
Challenges and Future Directions in Adaptive Optics Technology
edited by Ping Yang and
submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 840 | Submission Open
Keywords: adaptive optics; wavefront sensing; wavefront correction; wavefront shaping; optical metrology; optical communication; machine learning; atmospheric; oceanic or biomedical optics
Recent Advances in Hollow-Core Fiber Optics: Design, Fabrication, and Applications
edited by Meng Ding and Shoulin Jiang
submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open
Keywords: hollow-core fiber optics; HCFs for high-power delivery systems; applications in HCFs
High-Power Diode Lasers: Advances and Challenges
edited by
submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open
Keywords: diode lasers; high power; beam quality; power conversion efficiency 
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Technologies and Applications of Biophotonics submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8817 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital holography; light-sheet microscopy; structured illumination microscopy; two/multi-photon microscopy; fluorescence microscopy; computational imaging; spatial light modulation; polarization imaging; photoacoustic tomography
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics)
Enabling Technologies for Optical Communications and Networking
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6113 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical transmission; optical access; optical networking; signal processing and impairment mitigation; artificial intelligence for optical communication and networking
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
Advanced Photonics Metamaterials and Metasurfaces: Science and Applications
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4059 | Submission Open
Keywords: metamaterials; metasurfaces; topological photonics; non-Hermitian photonics; Moiré photonics; metalenses; metalenses; metadevices; inverse design; bound states in the continuum
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Hybrid Quantum Magnonics
edited by , and
submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3381 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Photonics and Technologies)
Optical Devices/Components/Coatings for Ultra-Precision Equipment
edited by Heyan Wang and Liang Yu
submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3098 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical devices/components/coatings; functional micro-nano structures; EM metamaterials/metasurfaces; optical measurement/metrology methods; ultra-precision measurement and equipment; sensors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Silicon Photonics Devices and Integrated Circuits
edited by Duan Huang and Wei Li
submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2597 | Submission Open
Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing: Techniques and Applications
edited by Kun Zhu, Huan Wu and Bin Zhou
submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 412 | Submission Open
Keywords: fiber optic sensors; distributed optical fiber sensing; Rayleigh; Raman; and Brillouin scattering; sensing signal processing; machine learning; artificial intelligence; infrastructure monitoring; applications in geoscience
Advances in Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Optics and Optical Systems for Synchrotrons, Free Electron Lasers, Highly Harmonic Generations and Telescopes
edited by Lorenzo Raimondi, and Cristian Svetina
submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open
Keywords: extreme ultraviolet and X-ray optics and optical systems; mirrors; gratings; diffractive lenses; spectrometers; monochromators; beamlines and instrumentation; simulation codes and theory
Quantum Simulation and Sensing with Photonic Platforms
edited by
submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Photonics and Technologies)
Laser Beam Propagation and Control
edited by
submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5094 | Submission Open
Keywords: beam propagation; optical diffraction; advanced optical imaging; precision optical measurement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Technologies and Applications of Spectroscopy
edited by , Chuanliang Li, Jie Shao, Christa Fittschen and Barbara A Paldus
submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4327 | Submission Open
Keywords: spectroscopy; laser techniques; optical fiber sensing (DTS; FBG; OTDR; etc.); photoelectric measurement; optical sensors; laser sensing; laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS); laser devices and materials; laser communication; measurement and sensor systems; non-intrusive detection; molecular spectroscopy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Progress and Prospects in Optical Fiber Sensing
edited by
submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2060 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical fiber sensing; sensing technology; distributed sensing; sensor structure; applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Applications of Single-Photon Detector
edited by Yi-Shan Lee and Jau-Yang Wu
submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1435 | Submission Open
Keywords: solid-state; single-photon detector; superconductor; optical quantum information and communication; laser ranging; astrophysics; high-energy physics; dark matter searches; molecular dynamic; spatial multiplexing; photon number resolving
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
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