Photonics

The Principle and Application of Photonic Metasurfaces

edited by

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5430 | Submission Open

Keywords: photonic metasurfaces; principle; application; light manipulation; imaging; sensing; communication; design; fabrication; photonics medicine; optical/photonics devices and system; AI technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)

Advancements in Terahertz Metamaterial Optics, Devices, and Applications

edited by

Longhai Liu

, Zhang Zhang and

Chenglong Zheng

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5416 | Submission Open

Keywords: plasmonics; THz metasurfaces; biosensing and biosensors; optofluidics; THz photodetectors; dynamic modulators; terahertz non-destructive test

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)

Long-Wave Infrared Lasers and Applications

edited by Zhiyong Li and

Qing Ye

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1002 | Submission Open

Keywords: long-wave infrared; nonlinear optical frequency conversion; quantum cascade laser; laser annealing; single frequency; wavelength stability; transmission; high peak power

Photonic Crystals: Physics and Devices, 2nd Edition

edited by

Feng Wu

and

Shuyuan Xiao

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12911 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanophotonics; topological photonics; photonic crystals; photonic band gaps; metamaterials; metasurfaces; subwavelength gratings; resonances; bound states in the continuum; Goos– Hä nchen shift; photonic spin Hall effect; polaritons; devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

Advances in Interferometric Optics and Applications

edited by Shanzhi Tang and

Ruiying Liao

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7977 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel method for optical interferometer; laser heterodyne/homodyne interferometer; grating interferometer; picometer/nanometer-level dimensional metrology; interferometric optical component; optomechanical design; optic– electronic detection techniques; data processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)

Advances in Raman Spectroscopy

edited by Jeewan C. Ranasinghe

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1015 | Submission Open

Keywords: Raman spectroscopy; surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS); tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS); coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS); graphene-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (GERS); nanomaterials in spectroscopy; machine learning for spectral analysis; multimodal spectroscopy; biomedical and environmental applications

Photonic Metasurfaces: Advances and Applications

edited by

Yongze Ren

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 944 | Submission Open

Keywords: multidimensional optical modulation; structural color; polarimetry and polarization imaging; biosensing metasurface; metalens; multispectral/hyperspectral imaging; augmented/virtual reality optics via metasurface; edge detection; structural light

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)

Spectroscopy of Hot Atomic Vapor

edited by Thierry Passerat De Silans,

Jesús Pavón López

and João Carlos de Aquino Carvalho

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 360 | Submission Open

Keywords: hot vapors as sensors; lights scattering by hot vapors; coherent effects; non-linear optics; quantum manipulations; Rydberg atoms

Advanced Optical Fiber Communication

edited by

Yize Liang

, Fang Wei and

Weijie Ren

submission deadline 25 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2741 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fibers; space-division multiplexing; coherent detection; digital signal processing; intelligent optical networks; advanced modulation formats; high-capacity optical communication; optical amplifiers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)

Advanced Fiber Laser Technology and Its Application: 2nd Edition

edited by

Qi Qin

, Peng Liu,

Xinyang Su

, Shanzhe Wang, Jun He and Yanwen Jiang

submission deadline 28 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1924 | Submission Open

Keywords: simulations and studies of fiber laser dynamics; temporal and modal fluctuations; mode-locked; Q-switched and Gain-switched fiber lasers; continuous wave fiber lasers; single-cycle fiber lasers and fiber-laser-based Frequency Combs; nonlinearity-based fiber lasers (Raman; Brillouin; supercontinuum; etc.); high-energy pulsed fiber lasers; high-power fiber lasers; including multiple laser combining; single-frequency fiber lasers; multi-wavelength fiber lasers; multi-core fiber lasers (coherent; incoherent); novel fiber materials and structures for fiber lasers; micro/nano structure fabrication; lasers for biophotonics; robotics; machine vision and microscopy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)

Advanced Technologies in Biophotonics and Medical Physics

edited by

Yue Zhao

,

Haigang Ma

and

Yujiao Shi

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9788 | Submission Open

Keywords: photoacoustic imaging and spectroscopy; optical coherent tomography; laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy; biomedical optics and biophotonics; X-ray-induced acoustic computed tomography; radiation-induced ultrasound imaging; biological and medical physics; basic research and translational research.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics)

Advances in Polymer Optical Fiber Sensors: Materials, Designs and Applications

edited by

Xuehao Hu

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8164 | Submission Open

Keywords: polymer; polymer optical fibers; fiber sensors; surface Plasmon resonance; gratings; optical time-domain reflectometry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

Terahertz Photonics: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives

edited by Ziqi Li

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7349 | Submission Open

Keywords: THz sources; THz-TDS; optical pump THz probe; THz pump; THz spintronics; THz detectors; THz devices; THz sensors; THz imaging

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)

Optical Materials: Novel Properties and Engineering for Future Photonic Devices

edited by Degui Sun

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1358 | Submission Open

Keywords: isotropic optical material; anisotropic optical material; integrated optics; polarization; application

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

Optical Materials in Laser Cleaning

edited by

Guodong Zhu

and

Yuan Ren

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 294 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical materials; high-power laser; ultrafast laser; optical path design; machine vision; theoretical model; new cleaning process; multi online monitoring; engineering application

New Perspectives in Laser Nonlinearity: Phenomena, Theory, and Breakthroughs

edited by

Jinxia Feng

and

Peng Li

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open

Keywords: material (such as 2D materials; thin film; meta-materials) nonlinearities and their applications; novel nonlinear phenomena; nonlinearity in quantum optics; advances in nonlinear optics theory and methods; nonlinear properties with structured light

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)

Optical Fiber Sensors: Design and Application

edited by Yiwei Ma, Zicheng Wang and Jing Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10202 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fiber sensors; optical fiber sensing; optical fiber gyro; optical fiber gratings; optical data processing; photonic material; structure-modulated fiber sensor; signal processing; microstructure fiber sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)

Advances in Micro and Nano-Photonics: Emerging Materials and Applications

edited by Nikita Toropov, Aneesh Veluthandath and Maria Mukhina

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10064 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanoparticle; microparticle; emission; laser; chirality; anisotropy; sensor; diagnostics; biomedicine; light-matter interaction; optical manipulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

Optical Measurement Systems, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhenmin Zhu

,

Fumin Zhang

and

Wei Feng

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7228 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical measurement; laser technology; quantum optics; precision measurement; instrumentation and metrology; phase measurement; photonic devices for sensing and measurements; computational optical measurement; industrial applications; medical diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section New Applications Enabled by Photonics Technologies and Systems)

Infrared Optoelectronic Materials and Devices

edited by Lihua Ye

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2855 | Submission Open

Keywords: infrared optoelectronic materials; infrared lasers; infrared emitters; infrared modulators; infrared detectors; infrared integrated photonics; infrared metamaterials; infrared metasurfaces; infrared optical fibers; infrared sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

Ultrafast Dynamics Probed by Photonics and Electron-Based Techniques

edited by Duan Luo

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2317 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrafast dynamics; time-resolved spectroscopy; ultrafast electron diffraction and microscopy; ultrafast X-ray techniques; nonequilibrium states; multiscale spatiotemporal characterization; quantum materials and heterostructures; in situ excitation methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)

High-Speed Optical Fiber Communication

edited by

Hao Luo

,

Jing Xu

and

Yaping Liu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1029 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fibers; optical fiber communication; laser optics; optical sensors; measurement; integrated optics; nonlinear optics; optoelectronics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)

Advances in Fiber Optics and Their Applications

edited by Qiang Guo

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 934 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fiber; fiber gratings; optical fiber sensors; radiotherapy dosimetry; optical fiber application; photonics; fiber laser

Innovation in Optical Design

edited by Lei Yu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 573 | Submission Open

Keywords: design theory and method; optical system; freeform optics; computational optics

Computational Imaging

edited by

Shubin Liu

, Xiaoli Ma and Fan Chu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 451 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational cameras hyperspectral computational imaging; computational microscopy super-resolution techniques; photonics in medical and biomedical imaging applications

Next-Generation Nano-Optoelectronics: Materials, Devices, and Systems

edited by

Xin Guo

and

Yajun You

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 444 | Submission Open

Keywords: nano-optoelectronics; quantum devices; 2D materials; plasmonic detectors; nano-LEDs; hybrid photonics; quantum emitters

Free-Space Optical Communications: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by Lei Yang and Yueying Zhan

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open

Keywords: free space optical communications; optical wireless communication; atmospheric turbulence; adaptive optics; satellite communication; hybrid RF/FSO; pointing-acquisition-tracking (PAT)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)

Optical Levitation: Physics and Applications

edited by

Nan Li

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 244 | Submission Open

Keywords: feedback cooling of levitated micro- or nanoparticles; launching strategy; real-time trapped particle characterization; novel displacement calibration method; quantum ground state cooling in levitated system; force/acceleration/torque sensing based on levitated optomechanics

Fundamentals and Design of Micro/Nano Photonic Devices

edited by Taojie Zhou and Guohong Xiang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open

Keywords: micro/nano photonics; photonic crystals; integrated photonics; plasmonics; metasurfaces; micro- and nanocavities; topological photonics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)

Advanced Technologies in Optical Wireless Communications—2nd Edition

edited by

Cuiwei He

, Chengwei Fang,

Ke Wang

and

Chen Chen

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4362 | Submission Open

Keywords: free-space optical (FSO) communication; visible light communication (VLC) and LiFi; underwater optical wireless communication (UOWC); system design and signal processing; devices and components

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)

Artificial Intelligence for Label-Free Imaging and Spectroscopy in the Life Sciences

edited by Arianna Bresci

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 762 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; biphotonics; label-free imaging; machine learning; microscopy; spectroscopy; optical biosensing; data-driven photonics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics)

Optical Waveguides: Numerical Methods, Mathematical Modeling, and AI Techniques

edited by Eugene Smolkin

submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2175 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical modeling; optical waveguides; finite element method; finite difference method; computational photonics; mathematical modeling; AI in photonics; machine learning in waveguide design; signal processing in waveguides; predictive modeling

Challenges and Future Directions in Adaptive Optics Technology, 2nd Edition

edited by Ping Yang,

Zeyu Gao

and Xinlan Ge

submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2063 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptive optics; wavefront sensing; wavefront correction; wavefront shaping; optical metrology; optical communication; machine learning; atmospheric; oceanic or biomedical optics

Photoluminescence: Advances and Applications

edited by Vijayalakshmi Lakkamraju

submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1000 | Submission Open

Keywords: photoluminescence; rare-earth and transition-metal-doped materials; quantum dots and nanostructures; perovskite photophysics; energy transfer and defect engineering; optical amplifiers and lasers; light-emitting diodes (LEDs); biomedical imaging and sensing; solar energy conversion; advanced spectroscopic techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

Optical Metasurfaces: Applications and Trends

edited by

Qi Song

,

Qinglei Zhao

and

Shuxin Wang

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 16546 | 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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)

Advances in Free-Space Optical Communications

edited by

Dagang Jiang

and Jian Huang

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6394 | Submission Open

Keywords: free space optical communication; acquisition; tracking and pointing; laser propagation; adaptive optics; free space optical network

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)

Light Emitting Devices: Science and Applications

edited by

Konthoujam James Singh

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 963 | Submission Open

Keywords: light-emitting diodes (LEDs); quantum light sources; multi-color emission; 2D semiconductors; photonics applications; single-photon emitters; nanostructured LEDs; optoelectronic devices; visible light communication; advanced light sources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

Intelligent Medical Optical Imaging: From Multimodal Sensing to Precision Reconstruction

edited by

Yiwei Chen

and

Zhenglong Sun

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 300 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal optical imaging; deep learning in medical imaging; photoacoustic imaging; fluorescence imaging; optical coherence tomography (OCT); image reconstruction algorithms; generative adversarial networks (GANs); surgical navigation; precision medicine; adaptive optics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics)

Emerging Trends in Optical Fiber Sensors and Sensing Techniques (2nd Edition)

edited by

Yang Lu

and

Qi Wang

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: distributed acoustic/vibration sensing; distributed temperature/strain sensing; hybrid distributed fiber-optic sensing; applications of distributed fiber-optic sensing; applications of AI to distributed fiber-optic sensing; resonant fiber-optic biochemical sensors; fiber-optic displacement sensors; fiber-optic gas sensors; lossy fiber-optic sensors; fiber-optic point sensor applications

Recent Advances in Neutron Optics

edited by Zhanwen Ma and

Erxi Feng

submission deadline 19 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 247 | Submission Open

Keywords: neutron optics; neutron delivery; neutron focusing; neutron guide; neutron super-mirror; neutron polarizer; neutron chopper; neutron instrumentation

Optical Imaging Innovations and Applications

edited by

Jianying Zhou

and

Joseph Rosen

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 23949 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical imaging; imaging systems; holographic imaging; optical microscopy; coded aperture imaging; digital holography; fiber optics imaging; coherence imaging; coherent and incoherent imaging; speckle imaging

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)

Steady-State and Ultrafast Time-Resolved Optical Spectroscopy and Laser Applications in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Biomedical Optics and High-Resolution Imaging

edited by

Robert R. Alfano

,

Binlin Wu

,

Lingyan Shi

and Sandra Mamani

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4931 | Submission Open

Keywords: steady-state spectroscopy; ultrafast laser spectroscopy; time-resolved spectroscopy; time-resolved imaging; Raman spectroscopy; visible resonance Raman; stimulated Raman scattering; optical Kerr effect; terahertz Raman; Majorana photon; multiphoton microscopy; second harmonic generation; optical biopsy; high-resolution imaging; cancer diagnosis; Alzheimer’ s disease; liquid biopsy; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; epigenomics; DNA nucleotides; methylation hybridization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)

Quantum Optics: Communication, Sensing, Computing, and Simulation

edited by

Peng Xu

, Dong Wang and

Wei Xiong

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 4742 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum optics; quantum communication; quantum sensing and metrology; quantum simulation; quantum computation; quantum measurement and control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Photonics and Technologies)

Recent Progress in Quantum Communication

edited by

Dawei Wang

submission deadline 23 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 560 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum key distribution (QKD); quantum networks; quantum internet; quantum repeaters; entanglement distribution; single-photon sources; quantum cryptography; satellite QKD; quantum memories; integrated quantum photonics

Advances in Computational Imaging: Algorithms, Technologies, and Applications

edited by Dong Wang and Wenjing Zhao

submission deadline 27 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 430 | Submission Open

Keywords: single-pixel imaging; ghost imaging; phase imaging; wavefront; single-pixel holography; scattering media; scattering imaging; tracking through scattering media; scattering lens

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)

Recent Progress in Single-Photon Generation and Detection

edited by E Wu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 16635 | Submission Open

Keywords: single-photon source; single-photon detector; single-photon frequency conversion

Latest Papers Related to OWPT 2024–2025 on the Topics of Devices, Components and Systems

edited by

Tomoyuki Miyamoto

and

Motoharu Matsuura

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 16145 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical wireless power transmission; laser power beaming; power over fiber; OWPT subsystem; OWPT system

(This special issue belongs to the Section New Applications Enabled by Photonics Technologies and Systems)

Free-Space Optical Communication and Networking Technology

edited by Zhi Liu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15409 | Submission Open

Keywords: free-space optical communications; optical signal processing; optical communication network; optical propagation; adaptive optics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Optical Wireless Communication

edited by

Jianyang Shi

and

Junwen Zhang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12412 | Submission Open

Keywords: visible light communication (VLC); infrared communication; ultraviolet communication; free space optical communication (FSO); modulation techniques; channel modeling; system design; photodetectors; optical receivers; signal processing; vehicular communication; underwater optical wireless communication; space optical communication; inter-satellite communication; satellite ground communication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)

Advancements in Optical Information Processing and Communication Technologies

edited by

Tao Yang

, Jiabin Cui and Kunpeng Zhai

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9965 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical transmissions; optical interconnections; optical information processing; optical computing; integrated photonic devices; nonlinear optics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)

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