Special Issue "Polymers for Optical Applications"

Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. William H. Steier
Department of Electrical Engineering - Electrophysics, University of Southern California, 920 W. 37th Pl., Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
Website: http://ee.usc.edu/faculty_staff/faculty_directory/steier.htm
E-Mail: steier@usc.edu
Phone: +1 213 740 4415
Fax: +1 213 740 8684
Interests: electro-optic polymers; high bandwidth polymer optical modulators; polymer waveguides; resonant polymer and lithium niobate photonic devices; optical sensors; non-linear optical effects and devices in polymers

Dear Colleagues,

This special issue will focus on the current state-of-the-art in the applications of polymers in optics and photonics. Polymers have now become widespread in their applications in optics, electro-optics, and photonics and this issue will serve to summarize the field and describe the latest research results. Papers are sought which discuss the latest research in this area and/or review the state of the research in selected areas. Special emphasis will be give to applications in integrated and fiber optics. Papers are sought on research results in conventional optical components, polymer lasers, integrated optics including waveguide fabrication and measurements, single or multimode plastic optical fiber, electro-optic and nonlinear optical polymers including polymer synthesis, modulators and switches and NLO devices, thermo-optical devices, optically based sensors, and the long term stability of polymer photonic devices and components. The hybrid applications of polymers in optics which show the combination of polymer integrated optics with high speed electronics and/or other optical materials such as semi-conductors and crystalline materials are also sought. Low cost fabrication of large area polymer integrated circuits by molding or embossing show great promise and papers which discuss these approaches and give current research results and show of the possibilities for low cost manufacture will be considered.

Prof. Dr. William H. Steier
Guest Editor

Submission

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. Papers will be published continuously (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are refereed through a peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Polymers is an international peer-reviewed Open Access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 500 CHF (Swiss Francs). English correction and/or formatting fees of 250 CHF (Swiss Francs) will be charged in certain cases for those articles accepted for publication that require extensive additional formatting and/or English corrections.

• electro-optic polymer materials and devices
• polymer waveguides
• polymer integrated optics
• plastic optical fiber
• polymer thermo-optics
• polymer optical components
• polymer optical sensors
• polymer lasers