Semiconductor Lasers: Science and Applications
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2022) | Viewed by 12182
Special Issue Editors
2. School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Interests: semiconductor lasers; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; nonlinear dynamics; microwave photonics; optical communication; optical chaos; chaotic secure communication; random number generation; photonic neural networks; neuromorphic computing
Interests: optical chaos; nonlinear dynamics of semiconductor lasers; microwave photonics
Interests: high-speed optical information processing; high-speed optical communication; chaotic radar ranging
Interests: laser dynamics; neuromorphic computing; chaos-based applications; and microwave photonics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute your work to this Special Issue. In the past few years, researchers have witnessed the improvement of semiconductor lasers in power, spatial brightness, spectral brightness, and wavelength ranges from UV to mid-IR. They have also been exploring the dynamics of semiconductor lasers and revealing the underlying mechanisms. These advances have led to better performance and reduced costs, as well as having opened the door for new and direct laser-based applications, including optical communications, random number generation, radar/lidar, sensor, microwave photonics, neuromorphic computing, etc.
This Special Issue aims to collect both theoretical and experimental research publications, which will cover the current status, prospects, and challenges of the field in the designing and manufacturing of semiconductor lasers, as well as using semiconductor lasers for cutting-edge technologies.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Lasers based on novel semiconductor materials.
- Laser modeling and experimental characterization of dynamics.
- Laser networks and their synchronization properties.
- Quantum cascade lasers, vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, nanolasers, etc.
- Optical communications and information encryption.
- Lidar/radar/sensor, including imaging and ranging.
- Microwave photonics.
- Neuromorphic computing.
- Random number generation and secure key distribution.
- Spiking dynamics and its applications.
- Other related applications of semiconductor lasers.
I/We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Tao Deng
Prof. Dr. Shuiying Xiang
Prof. Dr. Dong-Zhou Zhong
Prof. Dr. Nianqiang Li
Dr. Tao Wang
Guest Editors
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