Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors
A section of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).
Section Information
The recent evolution of the optical technology global scenario, such as the progress in optical modeling and numerical techniques, have allowed extraordinary advances, mainly over the past decade, in the field of Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors. The development of novel optical sources has paved the way for promising experimental and theoretical results, with direct applications in the field of material processing, industrial applications, biological material imaging, medical therapy, etc. This favorable technological background originated from the design/development of novel materials, components, devices, and systems based on different solutions in bulk, fiber, and integrated optics. As an example, several host materials have been synthesized and activated for the fabrication of novel optical sources, in both conventional and novel wavelength ranges such as medium infrared and terahertz. Rare-earth ions such as neodymium, praseodymium, holmium, ytterbium, thulium, and erbium have been included for doping/codoping different host materials such as glass oxides, germanate, fluorides, fluoroindate, chalcogenide, tellurite, glass ceramics, crystalline, organics, etc. or in molecular complexes. Moreover, low-cost, available on the market broadband/tunable optical sources such as quantum cascade lasers and microstructured/multicore fibers have enabled novel applications in the field of high power, high beam quality/high brilliance light sources, and high-performance amplifiers. The development of resonant optical microresonators (such as microrings, microdisks, microspheres, microbubbles) promises miniaturized optical sources and novel sensing systems, exploiting microstructured optical fibers, ad hoc fluorescent probes, luminescent labels, and optical detectors to perform medical diagnosis, environment and earth atmosphere monitoring, and optical remote sensing.
The aim of the Section "Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors" is to promote publications of the most promising experimental and theoretical results from the worldwide research community including but not limited to topics pertaining to rare-earth-doped-fiber lasers, continuous wave and pulsed lasers, laser amplifiers, ultrafast pulse lasers, nonlinear optics for optical pulse forming, continuous-wave generation, laser micro/nanofabrication, optical fiber and integrated optical sensors, laser production methodologies and applications, laser processing, laser ablation, fiber sensors, optical sensing, optical fiber grating sensing, microfluidic circuits for sensing, novel materials and technologies for optical sources, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), and so on.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- High Power Fiber Laser and Amplifiers (Deadline: 10 December 2023)
- A Recent Progress in Single Frequency Lasers: Development and Applications (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Recent Breakthroughs in Semiconductor Lasers (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Photonics Sensors (Deadline: 10 January 2024)
- Ultrafast Laser Systems (Deadline: 15 January 2024)
- High-Power Solid-State Laser Technology and Its Applications (Deadline: 20 January 2024)
- Advancements in Optical Beam Design and Applications (Deadline: 25 January 2024)
- Optical Sensors: Science and Applications (Deadline: 30 January 2024)
- Advanced Lasers and Their Applications (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Surface Plasmon Resonance in Optical Sensing (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Optical Fibre Sensing: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Recent Advances in Free Electron Laser Accelerators (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Advanced Solid-State and Fiber Mid-IR Lasers: Novel Materils, Components, Systems and Applications (Deadline: 10 March 2024)
- Advancements in Fiber Lasers: Ytterbium-Doped, Raman-Based and Hybrid Systems (Deadline: 15 March 2024)
- Photonics-Based Integrated Sensing and Communication (Deadline: 18 March 2024)
- Laser Beam Propagation and Control (Deadline: 30 March 2024)
- Emerging Topics in Structured Light (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Next-Generation Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Fiber Optic Sensors: Science and Applications (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Ultrafast Pulse Shaping Techniques: From Temporal to Spatiotemporal Control (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Advanced Photonic Sensing and Measurement II (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Emerging Trends in Optical Fiber Sensors and Sensing Techniques (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Ultrafast Laser Science and Advanced Technologies (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Optics and Laser: Light Field Manipulation (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Novel Ultraviolet Laser: Generation, Properties and Applications (Deadline: 1 June 2024)
- Advances in Ultrafast Laser Science and Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Fundamentals and Applications of Vortex Beams (Deadline: 31 July 2024)