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Advanced Solid-State and Fiber Mid-IR Lasers: Novel Materils, Components, Systems and Applications

edited by

Oleg Antipov

and

Arkady Kim

submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 11562 | Submission Open

Keywords: mid infrared (mid-IR); solid-state lasers; fibers; nonlinear crystals; laser crystals and ceramics; single crystals and polycrystalline materials; optical components; ultrafast mid-IR lasers and amplifiers; optical parametric oscillators and generators; supercontinuum sources; mid-IR surgery and medical diagnostics; environmental monitoring; mid-IR lidars; manufacturing process control; harmonics generation under mid-IR pumping

(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)

Challenges and Future Directions in Adaptive Optics Technology

edited by Ping Yang and

Zeyu Gao

submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4172 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptive optics; wavefront sensing; wavefront correction; wavefront shaping; optical metrology; optical communication; machine learning; atmospheric; oceanic or biomedical optics

Group IV Photonics: Advances and Applications

edited by

and Yan Cai

submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3994 | Submission Open

Keywords: group IV photonics; optoelectronics; integration; photonic devices; silicon photonics; germanium photonics; carbon photonics; renewable energy; biomedicine; data storage; programmable photonics; silicon photonics; foundry and manufacturing; integrated quantum photonics; artificial intelligence chip

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

High-Power Diode Lasers: Advances and Challenges

edited by

Lin Zhu

submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 479 | Submission Open

Keywords: diode lasers; high power; beam quality; power conversion efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

Recent Advances in Hollow-Core Fiber Optics: Design, Fabrication, and Applications

edited by Meng Ding and Shoulin Jiang

submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 275 | Submission Open

Keywords: hollow-core fiber optics; HCFs for high-power delivery systems; applications in HCFs

Technologies and Applications of Biophotonics

edited by

and

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 12686 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital holography; light-sheet microscopy; structured illumination microscopy; two/multi-photon microscopy; fluorescence microscopy; computational imaging; spatial light modulation; polarization imaging; photoacoustic tomography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics)

Advanced Photonics Metamaterials and Metasurfaces: Science and Applications

edited by

Zhaojian Zhang

and

Junbo Yang

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 8991 | Submission Open

Keywords: metamaterials; metasurfaces; topological photonics; non-Hermitian photonics; Moiré photonics; metalenses; metalenses; metadevices; inverse design; bound states in the continuum

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

Enabling Technologies for Optical Communications and Networking

edited by

Xian Zhou

and

Xue Chen

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8041 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical transmission; optical access; optical networking; signal processing and impairment mitigation; artificial intelligence for optical communication and networking

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)

Optical Devices/Components/Coatings for Ultra-Precision Equipment

edited by Heyan Wang and Liang Yu

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5145 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical devices/components/coatings; functional micro-nano structures; EM metamaterials/metasurfaces; optical measurement/metrology methods; ultra-precision measurement and equipment; sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

Silicon Photonics Devices and Integrated Circuits

edited by Duan Huang and Wei Li

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5016 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

Hybrid Quantum Magnonics

edited by

Jie Li

Huatang Tan

and

Hao Xiong

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4313 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Photonics and Technologies)

Advances in Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Optics and Optical Systems for Synchrotrons, Free Electron Lasers, Highly Harmonic Generations and Telescopes

edited by Lorenzo Raimondi,

Maurizio Vannoni

and Cristian Svetina

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 768 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme ultraviolet and X-ray optics and optical systems; mirrors; gratings; diffractive lenses; spectrometers; monochromators; beamlines and instrumentation; simulation codes and theory

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

Quantum Simulation and Sensing with Photonic Platforms

edited by

Lior Cohen

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Photonics and Technologies)

Single Frequency Fiber Lasers and Their Applications

edited by

and

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12346 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber optics; fiber lasers; single-frequency operation; narrow-linewidth; optical filters; multi-wavelength operation; single-frequency amplifiers; applications of single-frequency fiber laser

(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)

Technologies and Applications of Spectroscopy

edited by

Zhirong Zhang

, Chuanliang Li, Jie Shao, Christa Fittschen and Barbara A Paldus

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6269 | Submission Open

Keywords: spectroscopy; laser techniques; optical fiber sensing (DTS; FBG; OTDR; etc.); photoelectric measurement; optical sensors; laser sensing; laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS); laser devices and materials; laser communication; measurement and sensor systems; non-intrusive detection; molecular spectroscopy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)

Photon-Photon Collision Using Extreme Lasers

edited by

Luis Roso

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5073 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultraintense lasers; photon-photon collisions; extreme vacuum; single photon counting; Breit-Wheeler process; radiation reaction; petawatt and exawatt lasers; vacuum birefringence; QED Lagrangian; born-infeld lagrangian; dark matter searches with laser light; extreme laser technology; relativistically driven electrons; thomson scattering from laser driven electrons

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)

Progress and Prospects in Optical Fiber Sensing

edited by

Xiangge He

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2808 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fiber sensing; sensing technology; distributed sensing; sensor structure; applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)

Applications of Single-Photon Detector

edited by Yi-Shan Lee and Jau-Yang Wu

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2476 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid-state; single-photon detector; superconductor; optical quantum information and communication; laser ranging; astrophysics; high-energy physics; dark matter searches; molecular dynamic; spatial multiplexing; photon number resolving

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

Emerging Trends in Photonic Crystals

edited by

Zhongyu Cai

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2081 | Submission Open

Keywords: photonic crystals; self-assembly; sensing; display; biomedical engineering; energy harvesting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

The Emerging Science and Future Directions in Optical Microscopy

edited by Firehun Tsige Dullo

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 513 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical microscopy; fluorescence microscopy; super-resolution microscopy; on-chip imaging; photonics chip; optical waveguides; imaging techniques; optical sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

Laser Beam Propagation and Control

edited by

Dongmei Deng

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8235 | Submission Open

Keywords: beam propagation; optical diffraction; advanced optical imaging; precision optical measurement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)

New Perspectives in Optical Design

edited by

Ci Song

, Shuo Qiao and

Xing Peng

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5286 | Submission Open

Keywords: illumination design; optical design; image fusion; defect inspection; machine learning; hyperspectral imaging algorithms; image super-resolution; machine vision; image synthesis methods; precision measurements and metrology; freeform design; manufacturing technology; opto-mechanical design; thermal/structural/optical integrated analysis; structural optimization design; optical imaging-based measurement and detection; design and optimization of optical meta-surface; novel applications of meta-surface; metalenes

(This special issue belongs to the Section New Applications Enabled by Photonics Technologies and Systems)

Polarization Optics

edited by Qiang Fu and

Jingping Zhu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3838 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical transmission characteristics; optical imaging; laser communication; target polarization characteristics; polarization detection; polarization characteristics; polarization imaging; polarization characteristics model

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)

Photonics in Single Molecule Detection and Analysis Techniques

edited by

Luca Nardo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1984 | Submission Open

Keywords: light sources and detectors for single-molecules photonics applications; single-molecule FRET; optical tweezers; atomic force microscopy; magnetic tweezers; fluorescence fluctuation spectroscopy; super-resolution microscopy

Recent Advances in Optical Wireless Communication Systems and Networks

edited by

Yang Hong

, Jin Shi and

Zhouyi Hu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1748 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical wireless communications; visible light communications; optical wireless networks; underwater optical wireless transmission; optical camera communications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)

Plasmon-Enhanced Photon Emission in Nanostructures

edited by Yinhui Kan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1417 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface plasmons; nanostructures; photon emitter; metasurfaces; 2D materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

Progress in OAM Beams: Recent Innovations and Future Perspectives

edited by Miranda Van Iersel and Eric G. Johnson

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1276 | Submission Open

Keywords: orbital angular momentum; structured light; imaging; sensing; optical communication; optical micromanipulation

Advances in Holography and Its Applications

edited by Julia Marín-Sáez and

Jesús Atencia

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1136 | Submission Open

Keywords: holographic optical element; volume hologram; computer generated hologram; transmission hologram; reflection hologram; full color holography; multiplexing holography; holographic storage; hybrid refractive holographic systems

Quantum Fiber Transmission: Securing Next-Generation Optical Networks

edited by

Mario Zitelli

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 930 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Photonics and Technologies)

New Prospectives in Quantum Control of Atomic and Molecular Systems

edited by Teodora Kirova and Ennio Arimondo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 505 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum control; Autler– Townes (AT) effect; Landau– Zener– Stü ckelberg driving; electromagnetically induced transparency; Rydberg atoms; cold atoms and molecules; chemical reactions; cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED); optical nanofibers; natural or artificial atoms and molecules

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Photonics and Technologies)

Optical Metrology with Deep Learning

edited by Yao Hu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 315 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical metrology; physics-informed deep learning; metrology system design; deep neural network training; generalization ability of deep learning; interpretation of deep learning; uncertainty estimation

High-Power Ultrafast Lasers: Development and Applications

edited by Razvan Dabu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open

Keywords: chirped pulse amplification; ultra-broadband optical parametric chirped pulse amplification; advanced front-ends of multi-PW lasers; hybrid amplification femtosecond laser systems; PW-class femtosecond lasers; ultrahigh intensity lasers; ultrafast laser systems modeling; high temporal intensity contrast; high energy nanosecond pump lasers; large aperture laser crystals; large aperture nonlinear crystals; high efficiency diffraction gratings; nonlinear optics; nonlinear pulse compression; coherent beam combination of femtosecond pulses; femtosecond laser pulses characterization; interaction of ultra-high intensity laser field with matter; laser plasma electrons acceleration; laser plasma ions acceleration; attosecond laser pulses; laser fusion; nano-technologies based on high-repetition rate femtosecond lasers; femtosecond lasers material processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)

Primary Exploration and Applications of Deep Machine Learning in Photonics

edited by Naixing Feng and Zhixiang Huang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open

Keywords: photonics; machine learning; two-dimensional materials; metamaterials; metasurface; advanced AI-based CEM methods for modeling photonics structures; structural design of the photonic crystal with/without AI technique

Quantum Optics: From Fundamental Research to Technological Applications

edited by

Georgi Gary Rozenman

and

Satyendra Mishra

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum optics; light– matter interactions; quantum information processing; quantum technology; quantum communication; quantum sensing; quantum computing

Recent Advances in Liquid Photonic Devices

edited by

Yang Cheng

Lihui Wang

and

Chao Liu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open

Keywords: liquid photonic devices; liquid lens; liquid crystal lens; liquid light switch; microfluidics; dielectric elastomer; electrowetting effect; dielectrophoretic effect

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

GHz Ultrafast Lasers and Optical Frequency Combs

edited by Huihui Cheng

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 220 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrafast lasers; optical frequency combs; GHz; high repetition rate

(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)

Optical Wireless Communications (OWC) for Internet-of-Things (IoT)

edited by Simeng Feng and Baolong Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical wireless communication (OWC); internet of things (IoT); visible light communication (VLC); UAV communications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)

Photonic Integrated Circuits, Sensors, and Instrumentation

edited by

Sergey Y. Yurish

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 339 | Submission Open

Keywords: photonics; photonic sensors; photonic integrated circuits (PICs); biophotonics; silicon photonics; photonic crystals; photonic instrumentation

Optoelectronic Detection Technologies and Applications

edited by

Bincheng Li

and

Dawei Zhang

submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2097 | Submission Open

Keywords: UV/VIS/IR detection; terahertz detection; single-photon detection; laser detection; quantum detection; multi-spectral/high-spectral/hyper-spectral detection; high dynamic imaging; 3D imaging; optoelectronic devices; intelligent optoelectronic detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

Optical Communication Networks: Advancements and Future Directions

edited by

Shu-Hao Chang

and

Chin-Yuan Fan

submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1551 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical communication; technology foresight; communication network; optical switching; optical network

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)

Advances in Integrated Photonics

edited by Zhefeng Hu, Weike Zhao and Mengruo Zhang

submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1405 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated optical passive devices and active devices; integrated optical nonlinear devices; heterogeneous integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

Advances in Polymer Optical Fiber Sensors: Materials, Designs and Applications

edited by

Xuehao Hu

submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open

Keywords: polymer; polymer optical fibers; fiber sensors; surface Plasmon resonance; gratings; optical time-domain reflectometry

Visual Optics

edited by

Laura Remón

and

Pablo Pérez-Merino

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 12 articles | Viewed by 14559 | Submission Open

Keywords: vision science; optics of the eye and vision correction; ophthalmic imaging techniques; ocular aberrations and adaptive optics; ocular biomechanics; ocular biometry; eye movements

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics)

Nonlinear Optics and Hyperspectral Polarization Imaging

edited by

Rui-Pin Chen

, Yuhua Li and

Xu Yang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 13838 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonlinear optics; integrated optics; optical vortex; structured light; laser measurement; hyperspectral imaging; polarization imaging; laser imaging; deep learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)

Advanced Technologies in Optical Wireless Communications

edited by

Cuiwei He

and

Chen Chen

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 7924 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical wireless communications; visible light communication; indoor localization and positioning; LiFi; modulation/demodulation; machine learning; photon counting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)

Recent Advances in 3D Optical Measurement

edited by Zeren Gao and

Jinlong Yuan

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4138 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D optical measurement; advanced imaging technologies; structured light techniques; multi-camera systems; advanced algorithms; calibration methods; extreme measurement; holographic measurement; 3D imaging laser radar; weather laser radar

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)

Fabrication of Optical Fiber and Fiber Amplifiers: From Design to Applications

edited by Shiying Xiao, Beilei Wu and

Yudong Lian

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2933 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fibers; specialty optical fibers; optical fiber amplifiers; EDFAs; rare-earth-doped fiber amplifiers; fiber Raman amplifiers; fiber Brillouin amplifiers; optical fiber sensors; optical fiber lasers

Underwater Optical Communications Channel Models: Trends and Challenges

edited by Xiang Yi and

Yuhan Dong

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1221 | Submission Open

Keywords: underwater optical communications; oceanic turbulence; IOPs in seawater; radiance transfer equation solution; monte-carlo photon tracing; scintillation and PDF modelling; MIMO and OAM multi-channel modelling; hareware-in-the-loop simulations of channels

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)

Polarization-Enabled Optics

edited by Evripidis Michail

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 580 | Submission Open

Keywords: polarization-dependent spectroscopy; polarization-dependent optical properties of materials; polarization microscopy; optical imaging and microscopy; optical polarization devices; polarization optics

Development of Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors for Measurements in Extreme Environments

edited by Xiyong Huang and Joseph J. Schuyt

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: Fiber Bragg grating; fiber optic sensor; extreme environmental sensing; signal processing; machine learning; interrogator

(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)

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