Metamaterials and Nanophotonics: Fundamentals and Applications
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Optoelectronics and Optical Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2026 | Viewed by 435
Special Issue Editors
Interests: metamaterial and metasurface; THz functional devices; optical device
Interests: micro-nano grating; metasurface; micro-opto-electro-mechanical systems(MOEMS); gyroscope; accelerometer; micro-displacement; vibration; optical device
Interests: THz metamaterial; THz functional devices; THz NDT
Interests: micro-nano optoelectronic materials and devices; metamaterial and metasurface; THz functional devices
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the past two decades, metamaterials and nanophotonics have attracted significant attention from academia and industry. Metamaterials (the two-dimensional counterparts of which are also known as metasurfaces), artificially engineered structures designed to manipulate electromagnetic waves beyond the limits of natural materials, have revolutionized optics and photonics by enabling unprecedented control over light–matter interactions at the subwavelength scale. Nanophotonics refers to an interdisciplinary field that combines nanotechnology and photonics, mainly focusing on the interaction between light and matter at the nanoscale.
Meta-optics (optics based on metamaterials) and nanophotonics involve research topics dealing with light modulation, sensing, wavefront control, polarization conversion, and imaging, among others. Novel materials, such as graphene, phase change materials, and quantum materials, and interdisciplinary theory (topology and quantum optics) are also included in metamaterials research.
This Special Issue aims to collect and showcase original research papers, including theoretical, simulation, and measurement findings. All manuscripts related to metamaterials and nanophotonics are welcome. Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Sensing based on metamaterials;
- Active metamaterials;
- Polarization devices based on metamaterials;
- Integrated photonic devices;
- Topological photonics;
- Metamaterial absorber and energy management;
- Metamaterial modulators and antennas.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Wei Wang
Dr. Li Jin
Dr. Zijie Dai
Dr. Tengteng Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metamaterials
- metasurface
- nanophotonics
- plasmonics
- optical device
- photonics integrated system
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