Trends and Challenges in Integrated Photonics
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Optoelectronics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 March 2026 | Viewed by 189
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Integrated photonics is at the forefront of revolutionizing modern information and communication technologies, enabling unprecedented advances in data transmission, signal processing, and sensing. As the demand for higher bandwidth, lower power consumption, and greater integration continues to grow, integrated photonic technologies are becoming essential for applications ranging from telecommunications and data centers to biomedical diagnostics and quantum computing.
This Special Issue, “Trends and Challenges in Integrated Photonics”, aims to bring together cutting-edge research and innovative developments in the field of integrated photonics. We invite original research articles, reviews, and case studies that address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the design, fabrication, and application of integrated photonic devices and systems. We are particularly interested in contributions that explore novel materials, device architectures, integration techniques, and emerging applications that push the boundaries of what is possible with photonic integration.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:
- Silicon photonics and heterogeneous integration;
- Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for communications and computing;
- Advanced materials for integrated photonics (e.g., III-V, lithium niobate, polymers, and 2D materials);
- On-chip lasers, modulators, detectors, and passive devices;
- Integrated quantum photonics and quantum information processing;
- Photonic sensors and lab-on-chip systems;
- Nonlinear and ultrafast photonics in integrated platforms;
- The packaging, testing, and reliability of photonic integrated devices;
- Applications in data centers, telecommunications, biosensing, and LiDAR;
- Emerging trends: neuromorphic photonics, microwave photonics, and photonic AI accelerators.
We look forward to your valuable contributions that will shape the future of integrated photonics.
Dr. Islam Md Rajibul
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- photonic integrated circuits (PICs)
- on-chip optical communication
- photonic devices
- optical modulators
- photodetectors
- nonlinear photonics
- quantum photonics
- CMOS-compatible photonics
- micro- and nano-fabrication
- optical sensors
- biosensing with integrated photonics
- plasmonics
- optoelectronic integration
- applications of integrated photonics (e.g., data centers, telecommunications, quantum computing, and sensing)
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