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.
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Progress in Fiber Optic Sensors: Design and Applications (Deadline: 15 May 2025)
- Development and Optimization of High-Power Semiconductor Laser Diodes and Photodetectors (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Optical Sensing Technologies, Devices and Their Data Applications (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Advancements in Fiber Lasers and Their Applications (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Fundamentals and Applications of Vortex Beams (Deadline: 1 June 2025)
- Laser Technology and Applications (Deadline: 10 June 2025)
- Development of Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors for Measurements in Extreme Environments (Deadline: 10 June 2025)
- Current Research, Trends, and Prospects in Laser-Assisted Additive Printing Technology (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- Advances in Ultrafast Laser Science and Applications (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Advances in Dual-Comb Spectroscopy (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Advancements in Optical Fiber Sensing (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Ultrafast Pulse Shaping Techniques: From Temporal to Spatiotemporal Control (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- Cutting-Edge Developments in Fiber Laser (Deadline: 15 August 2025)
- Optoelectronic Oscillators (OEO): Principles and Applications (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Recent Progress in Ultrafast Fiber Lasers (Deadline: 22 August 2025)
- Emerging Trends in Spectral Analysis with Optical Sensors: Modern Approaches and Applications (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Optical Fiber Sensors: Design and Application (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Optical Sensors and Devices (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Nonlinear Optics and Optical Parametric Oscillators: From Fundamentals to Cutting-Edge Research (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Advancements in Mode-Locked Lasers (Deadline: 15 September 2025)
- Emerging Trends in Optical Fiber Sensors and Sensing Techniques (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- High-Power Fiber Lasers (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Advances and Applications of Laser Measurements (Deadline: 28 September 2025)
- Research on Rare-Earth-Doped Fiber Lasers (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Advances in Solid-State Laser Technology and Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Recent Advances in Fiber Laser Technology (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Optical Fiber Sensors: Shedding More Light with Machine Learning (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Microstructured Optical Sensors: Design, Fabrication and Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- High-Power Ultrafast Lasers: Development and Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Advances in Optical Fiber Sensing Technology (Deadline: 15 December 2025)
- Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser Technology: Innovations and Future Trends (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Specialty Optical Fibers: Advances in Design, Fabrication, Performance and Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Mid-IR Active Optical Fiber: Technology and Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Optical Fiber Lasers and Laser Technology (Deadline: 15 January 2026)