Specialty Optical Fibers: Advances in Design, Fabrication, Performance and Applications
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 5350
Editors
Interests: fiber laser; fiber amplifiers; millimeter-wave antennas; substrate integrated waveguide antennas
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: optical fiber sensor; mid-infrared fiber; fiber bragg grating; long period grating; fiber interferometer; fluoride glass; mid-infrared; electromagnetic simulation
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The growing demand for specialty optical fibers is driven by the increasing need for more precise, efficient, and robust solutions in different fields, including high-tech industries, healthcare, aerospace, and environmental monitoring.
Specialty optical fibers are designed for a wide range of peculiar applications and are engineered to address unique challenges across various fields, e.g., covering long wavelength regions (mid-infrared optical fibers) for spectroscopy, overcoming issues related to radiation in spatial applications, broadening the supercontinuum spectrum, and enhancing the performance of sensors in terms of sensitivity and selectivity, introducing complex section patterns via air holes, plasmons, tapers, and functionalization. Moreover, specialty fibers and design approaches allow for exotic lasing and amplification to be obtained via rare-earth doping, stabilizing light in communication systems by means of stress rods, etc.
This Special Issue aims to collate recent works regarding the design and fabrication of optical fibers with enhanced performance and versatility, playing a critical role in advanced technologies that demand more than just data transmission capabilities. We encourage researchers to submit original research articles and in-depth reviews that highlight the benefits of specialty optical fibers and address existing research gaps in this field.
Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Soft glasses-based optical fibers;
- Radiation-resistant optical fibers;
- Photonic crystal fibers;
- Hollow core fibers;
- Multicore and hollow core fibers;
- Biocompatible and biodegradable optical fibers for medical applications;
- Nonlinear optical processes in specialty fibers;
- Advanced fiber fabrication and functionalization techniques for specialty optical fibers.
Dr. Antonella Maria Loconsole
Dr. Francesco Anelli
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Photonics is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- soft glasses-based optical fibers
- plastic optical fibers
- photonic crystal optical fibers
- hollow core optical fibers
- etched/tapered/functionalized optical fibers
- radiation-resistant optical fibers
- active optical fibers
- polarization-maintaining optical fibers
Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue
- Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
- Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
- Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
- External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
- Reprint: MDPI Books provides the opportunity to republish successful Special Issues in book format, both online and in print.
Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies can be found here.
