Application of Laser-Assisted Surface Technology in Optics
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2027 | Viewed by 67
Special Issue Editors
Interests: laser processing; multi film; photonic logic gates
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Surface coatings serve the primary dual purpose of providing environmental protection and reducing manufacturing costs by enabling the use of high-performance materials only where functionally necessary. Laser-assisted manufacturing has emerged as a critical suite of technologies for this purpose, utilizing concentrated heat sources to deposit protective layers that improve a substrate's resistance to wear, corrosion, and thermal stress. Despite their advantages, contemporary laser processes face specific technical limitations. This Special Issue is dedicated to publishing original research and high-quality review articles that convey the latest progress in laser-assisted coating and surface engineering in optical components.
The potential topics of this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
- Applications of laser coating technology in optics manufacturing.
- High-performance alloy development by laser-assisted coating.
- Laser nanofabrication multidimensional photonic integrated circuit related applications.
- Nanosecond laser monolayer coating.
- Nanosecond laser fabrication metal surfaces.
- Femtosecond laser surface texturing.
- Laser evaporation antibacterial polymeric coatings.
- Ultra-short pulse laser for microfabrication of antireflection coating from visible to mid-infrared.
- Additive manufacturing of high-reflective-index 3D dielectric photonic crystal.
- Improving photonic crystal nanoimprint through laser additive manufacturing and topology optimization.
- Research on frontier in new laser deposition technology for manufacturing and engineering.
Dr. Muhammad Sufi Roslan
Guest Editor
Dr. Siti Noraiza Binti Ab Razak
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- nanofabrication
- femtosecond
- 3D photonic crystal
- additive manufacturing
- laser
- waveguides
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