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Photonics for Emerging Applications in Communication and Sensing, 2nd Edition
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Photonics play a vital role as a key enabler in emerging and promising applications in communication and sensing. These applications encompass datacenters, automotive driving, 5G wireless networks, cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT), and virtual reality. This Special Issue aims to focus on the recent advancements and future challenges in photonic technologies that enable and support these emerging applications. It covers topics such as optical fibers, photonic devices and systems, and signal processing techniques.
This Special Issue constitutes the second volume of our previous Special Issue, titled "Photonics for Emerging Applications in Communication and Sensing". We invite papers on a wide range of topics, which include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Silicon passive and active devices for data communication, 5G, sensing, or imaging.
- Optical fiber subsystems for communication, detection, and sensing.
- Photonic signal processing leveraging nonlinear optics for optical networks.
- Digital signal processing techniques for optical transmission systems.
- Photonic integrated circuits for communication, sensing, and computing.
- Integrated communication and sensing systems.
- Optical biochemical sensing systems.
- Cutting-edge developments in optical network technology.
- Machine learning in optical systems and networks.
Dr. Guo-Wei Lu
Prof. Dr. Zhenzhou Cheng
Prof. Dr. Ting-Hui Xiao
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 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
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-blind 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
- silicon photonics
- optical fiber subsystems
- photonic integrated circuits
- optical network technology
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