Special Issues

Photonics publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Technologies and Applications of Spectroscopy
edited by , Chuanliang Li, Jie Shao, Christa Fittschen and Barbara A Paldus
submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4310 | Submission Open
Keywords: spectroscopy; laser techniques; optical fiber sensing (DTS; FBG; OTDR; etc.); photoelectric measurement; optical sensors; laser sensing; laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS); laser devices and materials; laser communication; measurement and sensor systems; non-intrusive detection; molecular spectroscopy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Progress and Prospects in Optical Fiber Sensing
edited by
submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2052 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical fiber sensing; sensing technology; distributed sensing; sensor structure; applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Applications of Single-Photon Detector
edited by Yi-Shan Lee and Jau-Yang Wu
submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1434 | Submission Open
Keywords: solid-state; single-photon detector; superconductor; optical quantum information and communication; laser ranging; astrophysics; high-energy physics; dark matter searches; molecular dynamic; spatial multiplexing; photon number resolving
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Emerging Trends in Photonic Crystals
edited by
submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 716 | Submission Open
Keywords: photonic crystals; self-assembly; sensing; display; biomedical engineering; energy harvesting
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
The Emerging Science and Future Directions in Optical Microscopy
edited by Firehun Tsige Dullo
submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 440 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical microscopy; fluorescence microscopy; super-resolution microscopy; on-chip imaging; photonics chip; optical waveguides; imaging techniques; optical sensors
Photonics in Single Molecule Detection and Analysis Techniques
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1643 | Submission Open
Keywords: light sources and detectors for single-molecules photonics applications; single-molecule FRET; optical tweezers; atomic force microscopy; magnetic tweezers; fluorescence fluctuation spectroscopy; super-resolution microscopy
Polarization Optics
edited by Qiang Fu and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1185 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical transmission characteristics; optical imaging; laser communication; target polarization characteristics; polarization detection; polarization characteristics; polarization imaging; polarization characteristics model
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)
New Perspectives in Optical Design
edited by , Shuo Qiao and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1084 | Submission Open
Keywords: illumination design; optical design; image fusion; defect inspection; machine learning; hyperspectral imaging algorithms; image super-resolution; machine vision; image synthesis methods; precision measurements and metrology; freeform design; manufacturing technology; opto-mechanical design; thermal/structural/optical integrated analysis; structural optimization design; optical imaging-based measurement and detection; design and optimization of optical meta-surface; novel applications of meta-surface; metalenes
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Applications Enabled by Photonics Technologies and Systems)
Progress in OAM Beams: Recent Innovations and Future Perspectives
edited by Miranda Van Iersel and Eric G. Johnson
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 747 | Submission Open
Keywords: orbital angular momentum; structured light; imaging; sensing; optical communication; optical micromanipulation
Advances in Holography and Its Applications
edited by Julia Marín-Sáez and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 224 | Submission Open
Keywords: holographic optical element; volume hologram; computer generated hologram; transmission hologram; reflection hologram; full color holography; multiplexing holography; holographic storage; hybrid refractive holographic systems
Primary Exploration and Applications of Deep Machine Learning in Photonics
edited by Naixing Feng and Zhixiang Huang
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open
Keywords: photonics; machine learning; two-dimensional materials; metamaterials; metasurface; advanced AI-based CEM methods for modeling photonics structures; structural design of the photonic crystal with/without AI technique
Optical Metrology with Deep Learning
edited by Yao Hu
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical metrology; physics-informed deep learning; metrology system design; deep neural network training; generalization ability of deep learning; interpretation of deep learning; uncertainty estimation
Plasmon-Enhanced Photon Emission in Nanostructures
edited by Yinhui Kan
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open
Keywords: surface plasmons; nanostructures; photon emitter; metasurfaces; 2D materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Quantum Fiber Transmission: Securing Next-Generation Optical Networks
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Photonics and Technologies)
Recent Advances in Optical Wireless Communication Systems and Networks
edited by , Jin Shi and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical wireless communications; visible light communications; optical wireless networks; underwater optical wireless transmission; optical camera communications
High-Power Ultrafast Lasers: Development and Applications
edited by Razvan Dabu
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open
Keywords: chirped pulse amplification; ultra-broadband optical parametric chirped pulse amplification; advanced front-ends of multi-PW lasers; hybrid amplification femtosecond laser systems; PW-class femtosecond lasers; ultrahigh intensity lasers; ultrafast laser systems modeling; high temporal intensity contrast; high energy nanosecond pump lasers; large aperture laser crystals; large aperture nonlinear crystals; high efficiency diffraction gratings; nonlinear optics; nonlinear pulse compression; coherent beam combination of femtosecond pulses; femtosecond laser pulses characterization; interaction of ultra-high intensity laser field with matter; laser plasma electrons acceleration; laser plasma ions acceleration; attosecond laser pulses; laser fusion; nano-technologies based on high-repetition rate femtosecond lasers; femtosecond lasers material processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Recent Advances in Liquid Photonic Devices
edited by , and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open
Keywords: liquid photonic devices; liquid lens; liquid crystal lens; liquid light switch; microfluidics; dielectric elastomer; electrowetting effect; dielectrophoretic effect
Quantum Optics: From Fundamental Research to Technological Applications submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open
Keywords: quantum optics; light– matter interactions; quantum information processing; quantum technology; quantum communication; quantum sensing; quantum computing
GHz Ultrafast Lasers and Optical Frequency Combs
edited by Huihui Cheng
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultrafast lasers; optical frequency combs; GHz; high repetition rate
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Optical Wireless Communications (OWC) for Internet-of-Things (IoT)
edited by Simeng Feng and Baolong Li
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical wireless communication (OWC); internet of things (IoT); visible light communication (VLC); UAV communications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
Photonic Integrated Circuits, Sensors, and Instrumentation
edited by
submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open
Keywords: photonics; photonic sensors; photonic integrated circuits (PICs); biophotonics; silicon photonics; photonic crystals; photonic instrumentation
Optical Communication Networks: Advancements and Future Directions submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 997 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical communication; technology foresight; communication network; optical switching; optical network
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
Optoelectronic Detection Technologies and Applications
edited by and
submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 715 | Submission Open
Keywords: UV/VIS/IR detection; terahertz detection; single-photon detection; laser detection; quantum detection; multi-spectral/high-spectral/hyper-spectral detection; high dynamic imaging; 3D imaging; optoelectronic devices; intelligent optoelectronic detection
Advances in Polymer Optical Fiber Sensors: Materials, Designs and Applications
edited by
submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open
Keywords: polymer; polymer optical fibers; fiber sensors; surface Plasmon resonance; gratings; optical time-domain reflectometry
Visual Optics submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9355 | Submission Open
Keywords: vision science; optics of the eye and vision correction; ophthalmic imaging techniques; ocular aberrations and adaptive optics; ocular biomechanics; ocular biometry; eye movements
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics)
Recent Advances in 3D Optical Measurement
edited by Zeren Gao and
submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 819 | Submission Open
Keywords: 3D optical measurement; advanced imaging technologies; structured light techniques; multi-camera systems; advanced algorithms; calibration methods; extreme measurement; holographic measurement; 3D imaging laser radar; weather laser radar
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)
Fabrication of Optical Fiber and Fiber Amplifiers: From Design to Applications
edited by Shiying Xiao, Beilei Wu and
submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 659 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical fibers; specialty optical fibers; optical fiber amplifiers; EDFAs; rare-earth-doped fiber amplifiers; fiber Raman amplifiers; fiber Brillouin amplifiers; optical fiber sensors; optical fiber lasers
Underwater Optical Communications Channel Models: Trends and Challenges
edited by Xiang Yi and
submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 549 | Submission Open
Keywords: underwater optical communications; oceanic turbulence; IOPs in seawater; radiance transfer equation solution; monte-carlo photon tracing; scintillation and PDF modelling; MIMO and OAM multi-channel modelling; hareware-in-the-loop simulations of channels
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
Polarization-Enabled Optics
edited by Evripidis Michail
submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 455 | Submission Open
Keywords: polarization-dependent spectroscopy; polarization-dependent optical properties of materials; polarization microscopy; optical imaging and microscopy; optical polarization devices; polarization optics
Development of Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors for Measurements in Extreme Environments
edited by Xiyong Huang and Joseph J. Schuyt
submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open
Keywords: Fiber Bragg grating; fiber optic sensor; extreme environmental sensing; signal processing; machine learning; interrogator
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
OCT Technology Advances and Their Applications in Disease Studies
edited by and Conrad Merkle
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1161 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics)
Recent Advances in Optical Parametric Amplifiers
edited by
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 203 | Submission Open
Keywords: parametric amplifiers; ultrashort lasers; opcpa; parametric oscillators; mid-IR lasers; tunable lasers
High Power Lasers: Technology and Applications
edited by
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-power laser systems; high-power radiation interaction with matter; laser beam characterization and measurement; optic design
Fibre and Integrated Photonics Optical Parametric Amplifiers
edited by Vitor Ribeiro, Sonia Boscolo and
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open
Keywords: fibre optical parametric amplifiers; nonlinear optics; integrated photonics; quantum technologies; quantum computing; lasers; amplifiers; optical parametric chirped pulse amplification; optical parametric oscillators.
Terahertz Advancements in Fibers, Waveguides and Devices
edited by
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open
Keywords: terahertz (THz) waveguides; THz devices; THz communications
Advances in Epsilon-Near-Zero Photonics
edited by Aleksei Anopchenko and
submission deadline 21 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open
Keywords: zero-index materials; epsilon-near-zero; nanophotonics; plasmonics; nonlinear optics; optical metasurfaces; metamaterials; light– matter interaction; electromagnetics
Advances in Optical Wireless Communication: Overcoming Scattering and Turbulence Challenges
edited by
submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open
Keywords: fiber-wireless communication systems; hybrid underwater OWC; adaptive optics techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
Recent Advances in Optical Turbulence
edited by and Deyue Zou
submission deadline 30 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1068 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical turbulence; atmospheric turbulence; underwater turbulence; adaptive optics; turbulence mitigation; turbulence simulation; refractive index structure parameter; greenwood frequency; Taylor frequency; seeing
Advancements in Optomechanics: from Fundamental Physics to Quantum Sensors
edited by Paolo Piergentili and Nicola Malossi
submission deadline 30 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open
Keywords: cavity optomechanics; levitated optomechanical systems; electro-optomechanical systems; quantum sensors
New Perspectives in Biomedical Optics and Optical Imaging
edited by , Xiong Wang and Shuangli Liu
submission deadline 30 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical imaging; terahertz imaging; photoacoustic imaging; photobiomodulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics)
Holographic Information Processing
edited by , Hongbo Zhang, Wen-Jing Zhou and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4673 | Submission Open
The Emerging Science and Applications of Microwave Photonics
edited by Juanjuan Yan and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 990 | Submission Open
Keywords: integrated microwave photonics; microwave photonic filters; microwave photonic oscillators; microwave photonics for sensing and communication applications; microwave photonic signal processing; microwave photonics for radio frequency and microwave systems; novel devices and systems for microwave photonics; novel applications of microwave photonics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)
New Perspectives in Semiconductor Optics
edited by , Shantanu Saha and Yanhua Hong
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 927 | Submission Open
Keywords: semiconductors optics; optical properties; semiconductor plasmonics; ultrafast optics; non-linear optics; integrated optics; plasmonic interconnects; photodiodes; optoelectronics
Advanced Lasers and Their Applications II
edited by , Lujun Hong and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open
Keywords: fiber laser; all-solid-state laser; semiconductor laser; micro/nano-structure fabrication; optical sensor
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Photonics for Emerging Applications in Communication and Sensing II
edited by , Zhenzhou Cheng and Ting-Hui Xiao
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 181 | Submission Open
Keywords: silicon photonics; optical fiber subsystems; photonic integrated circuits; optical network technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
Recent Advances in Optical Manufacturing and Processing
edited by Hongyu Li
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultra-precision surface; optical manufacturing; polishing; aspherics; freeforms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)
Relevant Research Progress of Metamaterial and Metasurface
edited by Chenxia Li and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open
Keywords: metamaterial; metasurface; photonics; intelligent; reconfigurable
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Terahertz Photonics: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives
edited by Ziqi Li
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open
Keywords: THz sources; THz-TDS; optical pump THz probe; THz pump; THz spintronics; THz detectors; THz devices; THz sensors; THz imaging
Fiber Lasers: Recent Advances and Applications
edited by and Jiancheng Zheng
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open
Keywords: fiber lasers; optical fibers; laser resonators; advances of fiber laser; fiber laser applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Recent Industrial Approaches of Optical Metasurfaces: Applications and Trends submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open
Keywords: achromatic metalenses; phase-tuning metasurfaces; optoelectronic co-designs in metadevices; metasurface holography; diffractive– refractive optics; wide-angle metalens designs; off-axis metalens imaging; optical metasurfaces in AR/VR; broadband infrared metalenses; metasurface-based computing imaging; metasurfaces as vortex beam generators
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