Special Issues

Photonics publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Optical Systems for Astronomy
edited by and Gennady G. Valyavin
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 14 articles | Viewed by 17030 | Submission Open
Advanced Photonic Sensing and Measurement II
edited by , and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 19 articles | Viewed by 16125 | Submission Open
Keywords: photonics; sensing; measurement; optical fiber sensors; biophotonics; quantum optics; nanosensors; remote sensing; terahertz; optical instrumentation; photonic devices; interferometers; microwave photonic sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Terahertz Transmission and Imaging submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4762 | Submission Open
Keywords: terahertz transmission; terahertz imaging; THz devices; THz materials
Structured Light Beams: Science and Applications submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4315 | Submission Open
Keywords: structured light beams; singular optics; nonlinear optics of structured light; bio-imaging; optical communications; structured light-matter interaction; laser beam shaping; holography; incoherent imaging; material manipulation with structured light
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)
Emerging Trends in Optical Fiber Sensors and Sensing Techniques
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2291 | Submission Open
Keywords: distributed acoustic/vibration sensing; distributed temperature/strain sensing; hybrid distributed fiber-optic sensing; applications of distributed fiber-optic sensing; application of AI to distributed fiber-optic sensing; resonant fiber-optic biochemical sensors; fiber-optic displacement sensors; fiber-optic gas sensors; lossy fiber-optic sensors; fiber-optic point sensor applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
The Emerging Science and Applications of Fiber Laser Technology
edited by and Youchao Jiang
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1187 | Submission Open
Keywords: fiber laser; application of fiber laser; laser imaging; laser medical; laser material processing; optical fiber laser sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Nanoscale Optical Manipulation: Fundamentals, Current Advancements and Future Prospects
edited by Chuchuan Hong and Sen Yang
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1004 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical tweezers; optical force; nanotweezers; optofluidics; photophoretic effects; radiation pressure; dual-beam trapping; nanoparticles; nanomanipulations; photo-induced heating
Optical Technologies for Biomedical Science
edited by Geer Teng
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 898 | Submission Open
Keywords: optics and spectroscopy in biomedical analysis; optical diagnosis (cancer; other diseases; clinical samples; etc.); multimodal imaging; molecular imaging and therapies; optical biophysics; nanophotonic biosensing; pharmaceutical analysis; non-destructive detection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics)
Ultrafast Laser Science and Advanced Technologies
edited by Marcus Seidel
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 718 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultrafast lasers; ultrashort pulses; femtosecond; pump-probe; frequency combs; nonlinear optics; solitons; secondary sources; time-resolved; high-power
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Optical Fiber Communication Systems and Networks
edited by Wei Ji
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 254 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
Recent Progress in Biophotonics
edited by Jaeyul Lee and Kibeom Park
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 245 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical coherence tomography; optical coherence microscopy; photoacoustic tomography; photoacoustic microscopy; fluorescence microscopy; biomedical imaging; multimodal imaging; organoids; clearings; pulmonary applications; cardiology applications; clinical applications; machine learning for image processing; machine learning in biomedicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics)
Ultrafast Pulse Shaping Techniques: From Temporal to Spatiotemporal Control
edited by , Jintao Fan and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 238 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultrafast pulse shaping; structured light; liquid crystals; spatiotemporal optical fields; super-resolution imaging; nanofabrication; quantum information processing; nonlinear optics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Advances in Integrated Photonics
edited by Zhefeng Hu, Weike Zhao and Mengruo Zhang
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open
Keywords: integrated optical passive devices and active devices; integrated optical nonlinear devices; heterogeneous integration
Optical Resonators for Precision Metrological Devices
edited by Zifan Zhou
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical resonators; nonlinear optics; light– atom interaction; laser gyroscopes; interferometers; white light cavity; dispersive medium
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)
Research, Development and Application of Raman Scattering Technology
edited by Haisheng Su and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open
Keywords: surface-enhanced and tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy; coherent Raman spectroscopy; resonance Raman spectroscopy; biological applications of Raman spectroscopy; theoretical and computational advances in Raman spectroscopy; Raman sensing; Raman optical activity
Recent Advances in Optical Quantum Information Processing
edited by Daniel Soh
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Photonics and Technologies)
Innovations and Challenges in Polarization Imaging Detection Technology
edited by , Su Zhang and Haodong Shi
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open
Advanced Technologies in Optical Wireless Communications
edited by and
submission deadline 1 May 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2986 | 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)
Optoelectronic Devices Technologies and Applications
edited by Tao Tang and Miao Zhang
submission deadline 1 May 2024 | Viewed by 390 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Photonics-Based Photoelectric Detection and Sensing Techniques
edited by
submission deadline 1 May 2024 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open
Keywords: photodetectors and photodiodes for sensing applications; photonic sensors for environmental monitoring; imaging techniques using photonics; fiber-optic sensors and their applications; plasmonic and metamaterial-based sensing; quantum sensing and quantum photonics; optoelectronic devices for medical diagnostics; non-invasive sensing methods; X-ray detectors for imaging; photonics for industrial and agricultural sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Clinical Translation of Novel Photonics Technologies: From Fundamental Research to Clinical Practice submission deadline 10 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1212 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics)
Emerging Trends in Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Research
edited by and Tiago A. Morgado
submission deadline 10 May 2024 | Viewed by 266 | Submission Open
Keywords: nonlinear metamaterials and metasurfaces; reconfigurable and programmable (smart) metamaterials and metasurfaces; space-time modulated structures; metamaterials and metasurfaces for enhanced imaging capabilities; active metamaterials and metasurfaces; metamaterials and metasurfaces for biomedical applications; metamaterials and metasurfaces for wavefront control; topological metamaterials and metasurfaces; extreme wave phenomena in metamaterials and metasurfaces; metamaterial antennas and sensors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Quantum Enhanced Devices and Instruments for Sensing Applications
edited by and Kai Wei
submission deadline 10 May 2024 | Viewed by 197 | Submission Open
Keywords: light– matter interactions; precision measurement; quantum optomechanics; optical devices and instruments; magnetic field and inertial sensing; optimization methods
Recent Advances in Nonlinear Optics: From Fundamentals to Applications
edited by Anderson Stevens Leônidas Gomes
submission deadline 10 May 2024 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open
Keywords: nonlinear optics; nonlinear quantum optics; nonlinear optical effects
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)
Optical Quantum System
edited by , Yanting Zhao and
submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5955 | Submission Open
Keywords: precise measurement; quantum coherence; photon interference; quantum cryptography; quantum manipulation of atoms and molecules; ultracold atoms and molecules; quantum simulation; integrated photonics; nonlinear optics; quantum communication
(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Photonics and Technologies)
Laser Processing and Modification of Materials
edited by Liyang Yue and Wei Guo
submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1439 | Submission Open
Keywords: laser; laser material processing; laser applications; laser cutting; laser welding; laser cleaning; laser surface patterning; laser drilling; laser cladding; laser machining
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)
Design and Applications of Novel Nanophotonics Devices
edited by Haejun Chung
submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 797 | Submission Open
Keywords: metamaterials; plasmonics; solar energy harvesting and conversion; waveguides and devices; nanoparticles; photonic crystals; integrated silicon photonics; quantum optics; light-matter interaction; nano-biophotonics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
High-Power Infrared Laser Systems: Design, Characterization, and Applications
edited by Bo Wu
submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 310 | Submission Open
Keywords: infrared laser; nonlinear optics; infrared sensing; infrared imaging; ultra-fast infrared laser
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Advances in Adaptive Optics: Techniques and Applications
edited by and Yongfeng Zhang
submission deadline 15 May 2024 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open
Keywords: adaptive optics; wavefront sensor; wavefront sensorless methods; wavefront reconstruction algorithms; wavefront control algorithms; wavefront correctors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)
New Advances in Freeform Optics Design
edited by and
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6229 | Submission Open
Keywords: freeform surface; freeform imaging; freeform illumination
Progress in Integrated Photonics and Future Prospects
edited by Kaiyi Wu and Mengyue Xu
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 957 | Submission Open
Keywords: integrated photonics; photonics integrated circuits (PICs); thin-film photonics; monolithic photonics integration; hybrid/heterogenous photonics integration; integrated quantum photonics; integrated nonlinear photonics; nanofabrication; inverse design for integrated photonics
Advances in Infrared Spectroscopy and Raman Spectroscopy
edited by and Yujie Shen
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 317 | Submission Open
Keywords: label-free imaging; light– matter interaction; absorption; scattering; IR spectroscopy; spontaneous Raman; coherent Raman; nonlinear spectroscopy/microscopy; time-resolved techniques; vibrational mode; chemical bond
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Applications Enabled by Photonics Technologies and Systems)
Recent Advances for Next-Generation High-Speed Optical Networks: Technologies, Components, Systems and Architectures submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 244 | Submission Open
Keywords: metro networks; data center interconnects; access networks; coherent PON; high-speed transceivers; switches; network architectures; PICs; optical technologies; optical components; co-packaged optics; neuromorphic circuits; photonic sensors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
Progress in Neurophotonics and Its Future Perspectives submission deadline 30 May 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6598 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics)
Optical Vortex Laser
edited by
submission deadline 30 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 795 | Submission Open
Keywords: scalar vortex laser; vector vortex laser; vortex arrays laser; vortex lattices laser; raman vortex laser; intra-cavity frequency-doubled/sum-frequency generation vortex laser; intra-cavity optical parametric vortex laser; cascaded-pumped vortex laser; vortex random fiber laser; kaleidoscope vortex laser
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Resonant Nanophotonics and Nanodevices
edited by Chaobiao Zhou and Sha Xiong
submission deadline 30 May 2024 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open
Keywords: bound states in the continuum; optical microcavity; metasurfaces; toroidal dipole resoance; anapole modes; optical devices; phase change materials; nonlinear optics; strong coupling
Optical Technologies Supporting 5G/6G Mobile Networks submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8134 | Submission Open
Keywords: xhaul; optical backhaul; optical fronthaul; midhaul; digitized radio-over-fiber; analogue radio-over-fiber; optical 5G/6G core; radio-fiber technique; optical O-RAN; photonics antenna; fiber-optic beamforming; microwave photonics; optical slicing; TSON; Li-Fi connection; VLC; all-optical radio transport network; optical RRH/RU; radio-over-ethernet-over-fiber; multicore fibers for O-RAN; radio-over-PON
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Applications Enabled by Photonics Technologies and Systems)
THz Imaging and Spectroscopy
edited by and
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8060 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)
Integrated Waveguide-Based Photonic Devices
edited by and
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7343 | Submission Open
Keywords: integrated photonics; photonic integrated devices; planar lightwave circuits; ultra-low-loss waveguides; microresonators; silicon photonics; silicon nitride integrated photonics; lithium niobate integrated photonics; nonlinear integrated photonics; mid-infrared integrated photonics
Novel Advances in Optical Communications
edited by Xiaolong Pan, Li Zhipei and
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7198 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
Photonic Devices Based on Plasmonic or Dielectric Nanostructures
edited by and Braulio García-Cámara
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5482 | Submission Open
Keywords: plasmonic; dielectric; nanostructures; phase-change materials; liquid crystals; switchers; filters; solar cells; detectors; holograms; sensors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Brain Photobiomodulation: Searching for Predictive Target Engagement submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4753 | Submission Open
Keywords: transcranial photobiomodulation; low-level light therapy; major depressive disorder; anxiety disorders; Alzheimer’ s disease; Down syndrome; bipolar disorder; brain injury; sexual dysfunction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics)
Advances and Applications of Solid State Lasers
edited by Ivan I. Kuznetsov and Ivan Buchvarov
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2951 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-average-power lasers; high-peak power lasers; ultrafast lasers; laser amplifiers; ytterbium lasers; neodymium lasers; diode-pumped lasers; crystalline waveguides; mid-IR lasers; UV lasers; thermal effects; faraday isolators; laser applications
Advanced Semiconductor Laser Diodes and Detectors
edited by and
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1932 | Submission Open
Keywords: semiconductor laser diode; interband cascade laser; quantum cascade laser; type II superlattice; MCT; semiconductor detector
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Advances in X-ray Optics for High-Resolution Imaging
edited by Yang Du and Yaohu Lei
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 975 | Submission Open
Keywords: X-ray imaging; X-ray optics; high resolution; detectors; microscopy; fluoroscopy; spectroscopy; ultrafast; X-ray astronomy; EUV/neutron imaging
Advances in Structured Light Generation and Manipulation
edited by , Bretsko Mikhail Vladimirovich and
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 789 | Submission Open
Keywords: structured light; tailored light; shaped light; structured illumination; orbital angular momentum; vortices; structured polarization
Next-Generation Free-Space Optical Communication Technologies
edited by Renzhi Yuan and Haifeng Yao
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 540 | Submission Open
Keywords: free-space optical communication; atmospheric turbulence; underwater turbulence; optical scattering and absorption; optical detection techniques; optical modulation and coding techniques; satellite optical communications; underwater optical communications; ultraviolet communications; optical networking
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
Optics and Laser: Light Field Manipulation
edited by and
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 208 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Next-Generation Free-Space Optical Communication Technology
edited by Siyuan Yu, and Xiaonan Yu
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open
Keywords: free-space optical communication; space optical communication systems; optical wireless communication; space optical modulation techniques; space optical detection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
Latest Advancements in Science, Engineering and Applications of Hyperspectral Imaging
edited by Costas Balas
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open
Keywords: scanning; snapshot; compact; video-rate (hyper-) spectral imagers; supervised and unsupervised spectral cube data classifiers; dimensionality reduction/expansion of spectral cube data; (hyper-) spectral imaging-based monitoring/inspection; artificial vision; medical diagnosis; material identification; nondestructive analysis
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