Emerging Trends in Integrated Photonics and Quantum Technology
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Quantum Photonics and Technologies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: lasers; quantum dots; single-photon sources; silicon photonics; III–V/Si heterogeneous integration; quantum photonics and foundations
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Integrated photonics is rapidly reshaping how we generate, route, modulate, detect, and process light—from datacenter interconnects to precision sensing and emerging quantum technologies. This Special Issue, “Emerging Trends in Integrated Photonics and Quantum Technology,” invites contributions that push the frontiers of materials, devices, circuits, and systems across established and rising platforms.
Topics of interest include:
- Materials and platforms: Si/SiN, III–V, thin-film LiNbO3; heterogeneous and hybrid integration;
- Passive devices: ultra-low-loss waveguides, dispersion engineering, filters, and resonators;
- Active devices: lasers, amplifiers, high-efficiency/linear modulators, photodetectors
- Integrated frequency combs and on-chip time–frequency control;
- Packaging, test, reliability, and co-design for manufacturability/foundry readiness;
- Design methods: inverse design, compact modeling, PDKs, photonic design automation, ML-assisted optimization;
- Quantum photonics: single-photon sources (e.g., quantum dots), entangled-photon generation, qubits/processors, memories;
- Error mitigation/correction, control/readout, and cryo/CMOS co-integration;
- Applications in secure communications, precision metrology, and scalable information processing;
- System-level demonstrations and benchmarking;
- Perspectives and Reviews outlining roadmaps and open challenges.
Submissions may be theoretical, numerical, or experimental. We also welcome Perspectives and Reviews that synthesize progress and define near-term milestones toward deployable photonic and quantum systems.
Dr. Konstantinos Papatryfonos
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- integrated photonics
- silicon/SiN photonics
- thin-film LiNbO3
- heterogeneous integration
- direct III-V-on-silicon heteroepitaxy
- frequency combs
- quantum photonics
- photonic design automation
- packaging and testing
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