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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Photonics-Based Integrated Sensing and Communication
edited by Haijun He
submission deadline 18 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open
Keywords: photonics-based integrated sensing and communication; fiber-based integrated sensing and communication; distributed acoustic sensors based on submarine cables
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Optical Fiber Devices for Communications and Signal Processing
edited by Sergi García
submission deadline 20 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 838 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical fiber communications; signal processing; microwave photonics; optical fiber devices; fiber sensing; specialty optical fibers; optical coherence tomography; fiber Bragg gratings
Emerging Trends in Optical Phased Arrays
edited by , Liu Weiwei and Binghui Li
submission deadline 20 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 807 | Submission Open
Keywords: silicon photonics; optical phased arrays (OPA); light detection and ranging (LiDAR); optical wireless communications (OWC); phase shifter; optical antenna; grating coupler
Technologies and Applications of Digital Holography
edited by Lei Liu
submission deadline 20 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital holography; two-wavelength digital holography; digital holographic microscopy; quantitative phase imaging; phase retrieval algorithm; image processing; 3D imaging
Quantum Simulation and Sensing with Photonic Platforms
edited by
submission deadline 25 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Photonics and Technologies)
Fiber Lasers and Fiber Sensors submission deadline 30 Mar 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4835 | Submission Open
Keywords: fiber lasers; fiber sensors; photonic crystal fiber; swept lasers; ultrafast fiber lasers; nonlinear optics; distributed fiber sensors; gas sensors; bio-sensors; microwave photonic sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Laser Beam Propagation and Control
edited by
submission deadline 30 Mar 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3202 | 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)
Emerging Topics in Structured Light
edited by Yongjia Xu, Jianfeng Zhong and Zhenqi Niu
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 7484 | Submission Open
Keywords: structured light technique; optical metrology; optical imaging; optical sensing; non-destructive testing; computing optics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Free-Space Optical Communication: Physics and Applications
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 6948 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical communication; beam propagation; atmospheric turbulence; vortex beams; optical angular momentum; division multiplexing; channel models; photonic devices; communication networks; satellite communication systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
Fiber Optic Sensors: Science and Applications submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3192 | Submission Open
Keywords: fiber optic sensors; sensor applications; optical fiber device; principles of fiber optic sensors; precision measurement; distributed fiber sensors; optical signal detection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Photonic Integrated Circuits for Information, Computing and Sensing
edited by Andrea Salamon, Liam O’Faolain and Simone Iadanza
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1899 | Submission Open
Keywords: silicon photonics; nanophotonics; integrated photon detectors and sensors; quantum information; integrated quantum photonics; polymer waveguides; 1D and 2D materials; optical sensing
Terahertz Photonics: Science and Application
edited by Mikhal K. Khodzitsky and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1580 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)
Advances in Fiber-Optics
edited by , and Dexing Yang
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1168 | Submission Open
Keywords: fiber optics; nonlinear fiber optics; functional fibers; micro-structured fibers; hollow-core fibers; photonic crystal fibers; fiber tips; fiber gratings; optical fiber sensing; nano-fiber devices; surface functionality; fiberscopes
New Insights into Optical Materials submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1157 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Optical Communication and Networks Facilitating Emerging Applications and Services submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1090 | Submission Open
Keywords: application awareness; emerging network applications; optical network design and optimization; quality of experience; network softwarization; virtualization; dynamic resource provisioning; proof of concept; optical network monitoring.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
Advanced Optical Microscopy and Imaging Technology
edited by Yang Li and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1082 | Submission Open
Keywords: super-resolution microscopy; expansion microscopy; exchangeable fluorescent labeling; light-sheet microscopy; computational imaging; structural illumination microscopy; nonlinear optical microscopy; deep learning
Advances in Ultrafast Optics: From Fundamental Science to Applications
edited by Luca Poletto and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 519 | Submission Open
Innovative Approaches in Photon Counting Lidar Systems: Techniques, Algorithms and Performance Optimization
edited by Bo Liu
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open
Keywords: photon counting lidar; remote sensing; 3D mapping; environmental monitoring; signal processing; photon detection; autonomous navigation; performance optimization; data fusion; machine learning
Fabrication of Optical Fiber and Fiber Amplifiers: From Design to Applications
edited by Shiying Xiao, Beilei Wu and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 189 | 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
Optical Fiber Sensors: Future and Challenge
edited by Zhihong Li
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open
Keywords: fiber-optic sensors; fiber-optic sensing technology; fiber-optic biological sensors; fiber-optic chemical sensors; fiber-optic medical sensors; surface plasmon resonance; lossy mode resonance; refractive index sensors; photonic crystal fiber sensors; distributed acoustic sensing; sensing interrogation techniques; artificial intelligence for fiber-optic sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Next-Generation Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers
edited by Yun Sun and Qiang Kan
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open
Keywords: VCSELs; laser array; optical modes; communication; sensing; dynamics; photonics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Design and Applications of Optical Amplifiers
edited by Vladimir A. Kamynin
submission deadline 1 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1796 | Submission Open
Keywords: fiber amplifiers; solid-state amplifiers; nonlinear effects in optical amplifiers; new optical materials; supercontinuum generation; stimulated Brillouin scattering; stimulated Raman scattering
Photodetector Materials and Optoelectronic Devices
edited by and Weixin Ouyang
submission deadline 10 Apr 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 6926 | Submission Open
Keywords: photodetector; X-ray detector; LED; solar cell; nanostucture; low-dimensional
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Metrology at High-Power Laser Facilities: Primary and Secondary Laser-Driven Sources
edited by , Zsolt Divéki, Uddhab Chaulagain, Gabriele Maria Grittani and Michael Ehret
submission deadline 10 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1491 | Submission Open
Keywords: extreme light facilities; ultra-intense laser pulses; ultrafast metrology; laser-driven radiation sources (electron; ion and proton; etc.) metrology; diagnostic devices; procedures; and protocols for metrology; electromagnetic; terahertz; infrared; visible; ultraviolet; X-ray and gamma radiation metrology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Super Resolution Optical Microscopy: Sensing and Imaging
edited by and Mingwei Tang
submission deadline 10 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open
Keywords: super-resolution microscopy; computational approaches; nanomaterials; metamaterials
Design and Applications of Optical Microscopes
edited by , Qian Zhao and
submission deadline 10 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical imaging; microscopy; confocal; adaptive optics; fiber optics; metasurfaces; PSF engineering
Plasmon-Enhanced Photon Emission in Nanostructures
edited by Yinhui Kan
submission deadline 10 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open
Keywords: surface plasmons; nanostructures; photon emitter; metasurfaces; 2D materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Optical Imaging and Measurements
edited by Zixin Zhao, and
submission deadline 15 Apr 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 7854 | Submission Open
Technologies and Applications of Biophotonics submission deadline 15 Apr 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7286 | 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)
Adaptive Optics: Methods and Applications
edited by Sicong He
submission deadline 15 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 868 | Submission Open
Keywords: adaptive optics in astronomical instrumentation; adaptive optics for microscopy; adaptive optics applications; existing and future adaptive optics systems; artificial beacons for wavefront sensing; machine learning in adaptive optics; control algorithms; adaptive optics systems modeling and simulations; wavefront sensing and sensors; wavefront correction and correctors; real-time control systems; characterization and forecasting of wavefront disturbances; post-processing for AO-corrected instrument data
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)
Recent Advances in 3D Optical Measurement
edited by Zeren Gao and
submission deadline 15 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 203 | 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)
Optically Pumped Magnetometer and Its Application
edited by and Yao Chen
submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8509 | Submission Open
Keywords: optically pumped magnetometer; atomic devices; optical magnetometry; optical pumping; magnetic field detection; low-noise magnetic field
Organic and Hybrid Optoelectronic Materials and Devices
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6149 | Submission Open
Keywords: organic solar cell; organic photodetector; OLED; perovskite solar cell; perovskite laser; perovskite photodetector; perovskite LED
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
On-Chip Photonics
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3285 | Submission Open
Challenges and Opportunities in Underwater Wireless Optical Communications
edited by , and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 896 | Submission Open
Keywords: underwater optical wireless communication; underwater visible light communication; optical communication; optical communication network
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
Photonics for Emerging Applications in Communication and Sensing II
edited by , Zhenzhou Cheng and Ting-Hui Xiao
submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open
Keywords: silicon photonics; optical fiber subsystems; photonic integrated circuits; optical network technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
Optical Systems for Astronomy
edited by and Gennady G. Valyavin
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 13 articles | Viewed by 14796 | Submission Open
Advanced Photonic Sensing and Measurement II
edited by , and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 15 articles | Viewed by 11829 | 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 4296 | Submission Open
Keywords: terahertz transmission; terahertz imaging; THz devices; THz materials
Coherence Properties of Light: From Theory to Applications
edited by , and Yahong Chen
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3946 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical coherence theory; spatial and temporal coherence; coherence structures; structured light; partially coherent beam; beam propagation; applications for partially coherent light
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)
Structured Light Beams: Science and Applications submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2932 | 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 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1715 | 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 1066 | 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 880 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical tweezers; optical force; nanotweezers; optofluidics; photophoretic effects; radiation pressure; dual-beam trapping; nanoparticles; nanomanipulations; photo-induced heating
OCT Technology Advances and Their Applications in Disease Studies
edited by and Conrad Merkle
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 703 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics)
Optical Technologies for Biomedical Science
edited by Geer Teng
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 539 | 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)
Photon-Photon Collision Using Extreme Lasers
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 451 | 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)
Polarization-Enabled Optics
edited by Evripidis Michail
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 397 | Submission Open
Keywords: polarization-dependent spectroscopy; polarization-dependent optical properties of materials; polarization microscopy; optical imaging and microscopy; optical polarization devices; polarization optics
Metamaterials for Terahertz Photonics: Enabling Novel Techniques
edited by and Hui Li
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 357 | Submission Open
Keywords: terahertz; metamaterials; polarization
Optical Fiber Communication Systems and Networks
edited by Wei Ji
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
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