Optical Materials in Laser Cleaning
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 92
Special Issue Editors
Interests: laser intelligent manufacturing; laser cleaning; light–matter interaction
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Laser cleaning is a green and non-destructive surface cleaning method based on the interactions between lasers and materials, which is hailed as the "most promising green cleaning technology of the 21st century." It is gradually replacing traditional mechanical and chemical cleaning methods and has become a disruptive technology in the field of industrial cleaning. It has significant application demands in the aerospace, marine, rail transit, and 3C electronics sectors.
High-efficiency and high-quality cleaning is the main development direction of laser cleaning and the key to achieving large-scale industrial applications. Cleaning efficiency is one of the main factors currently constraining the widespread application of laser cleaning, directly related to the energy output of the cleaning laser source. Multimodal online monitoring techniques based on optical images, thermal radiation signals, and spectral characteristics are important guarantees for achieving high-quality laser cleaning results.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to enrich the research on laser cleaning in terms of core light sources, coupling mechanisms, quality regulation, and applications, especially for optical component materials of laser cleaning equipment and monitoring systems. Researchers are invited to submit their contributions to this Special Issue. Topics include, but are not limited to the following:
- Optical materials;
- High-power laser;
- Ultrafast laser;
- Optical path design;
- Machine vision;
- Cleaning theoretical model;
- New cleaning process;
- Multi online monitoring;
- Engineering application.
Dr. Guodong Zhu
Dr. Yuan Ren
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- optical materials
- high-power laser
- ultrafast laser
- optical path design
- machine vision
- theoretical model
- new cleaning process
- multi online monitoring
- engineering application
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