Photoacoustic Imaging and Sensing: New Developments and Horizons
A special issue of Optics (ISSN 2673-3269). This special issue belongs to the section "Engineering Optics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2026 | Viewed by 40
Special Issue Editors
Interests: photoacoustic spectroscopy; laser spectroscopy; optical communication
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Interests: photoacoustic spectroscopy; optical communication; mid-IR sensing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, Photoacoustic Imaging and Sensing: New Developments and Horizons have undergone significant advances in both instrumentation and methodology. The availability of powerful, low-noise laser sources and highly sensitive acoustic detectors has increased the performance of photoacoustic-based setups in terms of limit of detection, imaging depth, spectral flexibility, and detection bandwidth. Progress in reconstruction algorithms and quantitative analysis has strengthened the ability to extract functional and molecular information. Photoacoustic-based techniques are now applied—including high-resolution imaging, gas detection, and materials characterization, to name a few—in diverse areas.
This Special Issue, “Photoacoustic Imaging and Sensing: New Developments and Horizons”, aims to bring together contributions that highlight both fundamental progress and emerging applications across the fields, providing an up-to-date overview of the current state of the field and identifying opportunities for future research.
Researchers are welcome to contribute to this Special Issue within all fields related to photoacoustic imaging and sensing, including but not limited to the following:
- Photoacoustic spectroscopy;
- Quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy;
- Cantilever-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy;
- Novel materials for photoacoustic imaging and spectroscopy;
- Optical fibre-based photoacoustic imaging and sensing;
- Applications of photoacoustic imaging in medicine.
Dr. Mario Siciliani de Cumis
Dr. Stefano Dello Russo
Guest Editors
Dr. Jacopo Pelini
Guest Editor Assistant
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- photoacoustic spectroscopy
- photoacoustic imaging
- gas sensing
- quartz tuning fork
- micro electro mechanical systems
- microphone
- biomedicine
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