Photodetectors for Next-Generation Imaging and Sensing Systems
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 243
Special Issue Editor
Interests: optics; laser technology (photoelectric detection; target recognition; coherent optical communication; high-power laser; photoelectric imaging and artificial intelligence image processing)
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Photodetectors are critical components in many areas, with applications that range from imaging and sensing to communications and environmental monitoring. This Special Issue covers the methodologies used to synthesize these cutting-edge materials; their potential to enhance photodetection performance; the design and fabrication of photodetectors with novel structures and physics, emphasizing devices that achieve high figure-of-merit parameters, such as enhanced sensitivity, fast response times, and broad spectral detection; and the demonstration of the new applications enabled by these advanced photodetectors, including flexible and wearable devices, next-generation imaging systems, and environmental sensing technologies. Through this Special Issue, we aim to provide insights into current trends and future directions in the field of photodetection, guiding further research and development in this rapidly evolving area.
This Special Issue invites manuscripts that introduce the recent advances in Photodetectors for Next-Generation Imaging and Sensing Systems. All theoretical, numerical and experimental papers are accepted. Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
Novel photodetectors;
Advanced imaging techniques;
New sensing systems;
New laser technologies.
Dr. Changqing Cao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- photodetectors
- two-dimensional materil
- imaging technique
- sensing system
- laser technology
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