Recent Advances in Optical Waveguides and Related Devices

Dear Colleagues,

Recent advances in integrated photonics, nano-photonics, nonlinear optics, and emerging materials have opened new opportunities for developing compact, high-performance, and multifunctional waveguide-based devices. This Special Issue aims to provide a platform for researchers to present recent theoretical, numerical, experimental, and technological developments in optical waveguides and their applications. Researchers are encouraged to submit their latest findings and conclusions and share emerging ideas with the broader photonics community. We look forward to receiving high-quality contributions that will provide new insights into the design, analysis, fabrication, characterization, and applications of optical waveguides and related devices. Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:

1. Photonic-crystal waveguides and cavities;
2. Plasmonic and hybrid plasmonic waveguides;
3. Optical fibers and specialty fibers;
4. Waveguides based on graphene and other 2D materials;
5. Metamaterial and metasurface-assisted waveguides;
6. Nonlinear optical waveguides and nonlinear photonic devices;
7. Electro-optic and all-optical waveguide devices;
8. Machine learning- and AI-assisted photonic device design.

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Soroosh
Guest Editor

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