Advanced Spectral Technology and Imaging
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 1
Special Issue Editors
Interests: spectral technology and imaging
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Spectral technology and imaging have emerged as powerful tools for material characterization, environmental monitoring, biomedical diagnostics, and industrial inspection.
In recent years, advanced spectral technology and imaging have demonstrated tremendous potential across scientific research, environmental monitoring, industrial inspection, optical communication, and medical diagnostics. By capturing and analyzing light–matter interactions across different wavelengths, these techniques provide rich chemical and physical information with high precision. Spectral imaging enables the simultaneous acquisition of spatial and spectral information from a target. High-resolution, high-sensitivity spectroscopic imaging techniques have not only driven groundbreaking advancements in materials science, environmental monitoring, and biomedical research but have also opened new avenues for AI-driven data analysis and multimodal imaging fusion. Recent advancements have significantly enhanced the speed, accuracy, and practical applicability of spectral instrumentation and spectroscopic imaging.
This Special Issue invites manuscripts that introduce the recent advances in spectral technology and imaging. All theoretical, numerical, and experimental papers are accepted. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Novel spectroscopic instrument design and development;
- Advances in high-resolution spectroscopy;
- Portable and handheld systems for field applications;
- Innovations in core component technologies for spectrometers;
- Super-resolution and hyperspectral imaging;
- AI-assisted spectral data analysis;
- Applications of spectral technology;
- Innovative approaches in medical spectroscopic imaging;
- Real-time imaging capabilities for dynamic analysis;
- Raman spectroscopy.
Dr. Yinxin Zhang
Dr. Huaidong Yang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- spectrometer
- hyperspectral imaging
- spectroscopic imaging
- deep learning
- Raman spectroscopy
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