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Recent Advances in Optical Wireless Communication Systems and Networks

edited by

Yang Hong

, Jin Shi and

Zhouyi Hu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 18629 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical wireless communications; visible light communications; optical wireless networks; underwater optical wireless transmission; optical camera communications

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

Recent Advances in Optical Turbulence

edited by

Yatian Li

, Deyue Zou and Kainan Yao

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9619 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical turbulence; atmospheric turbulence; underwater turbulence; adaptive optics; turbulence mitigation; turbulence simulation; refractive index structure parameter; greenwood frequency; Taylor frequency; seeing

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

Advances in Optometric and Ophthalmic Technologies: Innovations and Applications

edited by

Francisco Javier Povedano-Montero

Juan E. Cedrún-Sánchez

and

Ricardo Bernardez-Vilaboa

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8387 | Submission Open

Keywords: eye care technologies; optical coherence tomography (OCT); telemedicine in optometry' optometry

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

New Progress in Optical Precision Measurement in the Field of Space Technology

edited by Zhongwen Deng and Xingyu Jia

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2482 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical interferometry; Laser Ranging; LiDAR; optical imaging; FMCW; image processing; laser comb

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

Photonics Metamaterials: Processing and Applications

edited by Feng Cheng and Yao Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 19 articles | Viewed by 30991 | Submission Open

Keywords: metamaterials; nanofabrication; plasmonics; photonic device; imaging

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

Recent Advancement in Microwave Photonics

edited by Lei Zhang, Lu Wang and

Tengfei Hao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 13935 | Submission Open

Keywords: microwave photonics; integrated microwave photonics; microwave photonic signal generation; microwave photonic signal processing; microwave photonic signal control and distribution; applications of microwave photonics

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

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

edited by

Tomoyuki Miyamoto

and

Motoharu Matsuura

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13318 | 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)

New Perspectives in Micro-Nano Optical Design and Manufacturing

edited by

Xing Peng

, Shiqing Li and

Xiang Sun

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7495 | Submission Open

Keywords: design and optimization of optical meta-surface; novel applications of meta-surface; metalenes; precision measurements and metrology; manufacturing technology; optical design; machine learning; AR/VR; advanced material; integrated photonic devices; machine vision; freeform design

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

Advancements in Optical Information Processing and Communication Technologies

edited by

Tao Yang

, Jiabin Cui and Kunpeng Zhai

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7105 | 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)

Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes: Innovations and Applications

edited by Chengzhao Luo and Chenghao Bi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4718 | Submission Open

Keywords: design and development of efficient quantum dot light-emitting diode transmission layers; research on the performance degradation mechanism of quantum dot light-emitting diode devices; high-resolution quantum dot light-emitting diode techniques; novel quantum dot light-emitting materials; integration of quantum dots with micro-led/mini-led; highly efficient perovskite quantum dot light-emitting diodes; stabilized perovskite quantum dot light-emitting material manufacturing technology; quantum dot light-emitting diode application; quantum dot color conversion luminescent thin-film backlighting technologies; quantum dot patterning technologies

Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser Technology: Innovations and Future Trends

edited by

Yu Huang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4143 | Submission Open

Keywords: VCSEL technology; optoelectronics; laser innovation; data communication; sensing systems; imaging applications; material development; design approaches; fabrication techniques; photonic neural networks; future trends

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

Advances in Micro-Nano Optical Manufacturing

edited by Shuo Qiao,

Xing Peng

and Xiao Shen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3541 | Submission Open

Keywords: micro-nano manufacturing; optical component; nanoscale fabrication technologies; process-characterization co-design; optical design; image fusion; defect inspection; machine learning; metasurface manufacturing; ultra-precision machining; machine vision; functional optical materials; precision measurements and metrology; freeform design; manufacturing technology; opto-mechanical design; additive micro-optics; advanced optical manufacturing and detection

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

Advances in Diffuse Optical Tomography: Current Trends and Future Perspectives

edited by Limin Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2322 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical optical imaging; light propagation model; image reconstruction; optical measurement technique; medical applications of diffuse light

Photonic Crystals and Materials with Tunable Luminescence for Show Business

edited by

Nikolai Gaponenko

and

Guanying Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2310 | Submission Open

Keywords: photonic crystals; luminescence; synthesis of photonic crystals

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

Research on Optical Materials and Components for 3D Displays

edited by Jianyu Hua, Fan Chu and Hanle Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2262 | Submission Open

Keywords: holographic 3D display; light field 3D display; augmented reality 3D display; near eye 3D display; microlens array; metalens array; metasurface; flat lens; liquid crystal; lithium niobate; directional backlight; eye tracker

Photonics & Optical Fiber Sensors: Recent Advancements, Emerging Trends, and Future Prospects

edited by

Anubhav Srivastava

Agostino Iadicicco

and

Stefania Campopiano

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2214 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber optic sensor; fiber biosensor; fiber gratings; integrated photonics

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

Advanced Optics and Photonics: Additive Manufacturing

edited by

Zhihan Hong

and Gordon Zyla

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2073 | Submission Open

Keywords: glass optics; polymer optics; glass photonics; polymer photonics; additive manufacturing; optical design; photonics crystal fiber

Recent Progress in Terahertz Radar Imaging

edited by

Yinwei Li

and

Shunjun Wei

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 466 | Submission Open

Keywords: terahertz radar; terahertz imaging; terahertz video SAR; terahertz 3D imaging; target detection and tracking; terahertz device; terahertz antenna; terahertz detector

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

Advances in Coherent Diffractive Imaging

edited by Peng Li and Jiecheng Diao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 367 | Submission Open

Keywords: coherent diffractive imaging; ptychography; phase retrieval; machine learning; inversion problem

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

Advances in Photonic–Electronic Integration

edited by

Tao Zhu

, Yu Yu, Aaron Danner,

Guanyu Chen

and Yuanmin Du

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 326 | Submission Open

Keywords: photonic– electronic integration; silicon photonics/thin-film lithium niobate/lithium titanate/barium titanate oxide photonics; heterogeneous integration; optical computing; fiber-optic communication; integrated quantum devices; integrated optical sensing devices; optoelectronic devices and systems

Photonics for Sustainable Energy: Innovations in Materials, Devices, and Emerging Technologies

edited by Mohamed El Jouad

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 279 | Submission Open

Keywords: hybrid and nanostructured photonic materials; advanced optoelectronic and microelectronic photonic materials; photonics-enabled environmental and energy technologies; next-generation solar energy conversion; smart and adaptive materials for energy applications

Advanced Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing Techniques

edited by

Bin Du

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open

Keywords: distributed optical fiber sensing; optical frequency domain reflectometry; optical time domain reflectometry; signal processing; distributed temperature sensing; distributed vibration sensing; distributed chemical sensing; distributed pressure sensing; shape sensing; environmental and structural health sensing.

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

Optical Fabrication and Optical Detection for Microelectronics

edited by

Nan Wang

, Yu He, Yang Wang and

Wei Jiang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical detection; micro/nano fabrication; lithography alignment; laser processing; fringe analysis; interference imaging; optical inspection; scatterometry; machine vision; photonic sensing

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

Recent Progress in Optical Fiber Lasers

edited by Zhipeng Dong,

Hongyi Lin

and Dong Sun

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrafast laser; mode-locked; rare-earth doping laser; new-type laser; infrared laser; visible fiber laser; high-power fiber laser

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

THz Spectroscopy: New Trends and Applications

edited by Mihaela Bojan,

Angel Adalberto Duran Ledezma

, Iuliana Urzică and

Cristian Udrea

submission deadline 1 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 453 | Submission Open

Keywords: THz spectroscopy; terahertz imaging; ultrafast dynamics; non-destructive testing; advanced materials; biological applications; security applications; environmental monitoring; novel THz sources

Fiber Optics and Fiber Lasers

edited by Wenguang Liu,

Jiangbin Zhang

and Ran Xia

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 433 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber lasers; high-power fiber lasers; mid-infrared fiber laser; novel special fibers; nonlinear optics; fiber sensing; fiber communication; mode-locked fiber lasers; ultrafast dynamics

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

High-Performance Optical Parametric Oscillators

edited by

Gaoyou Liu

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical parametric oscillator; nonlinear optical crystals; conversion efficiency; microresonator OPO; spectral tunability; ultrafast OPO; quasi-phase matching; beam quality improvement

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

Optical Fiber Lasers and Laser Technology

edited by

Shaodong Hou

and Qi Song

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11466 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fiber lasers; ultrafast lasers; optical fibers; nonlinear fiber optics; fiber amplifiers; high-performance laser systems; laser sensing and detection

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

Photonic Integrated Circuits: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives

edited by

Rongyang Xu

, Shabnam Taheriniya and

Xinyu Ma

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 11369 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated optics; photonic integrated circuits; interconnects; neuromorphic photonics; quantum photonics; lidar; biophotonics

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

Diffractive Optics and Its Emerging Applications

edited by Peng Wang and Apratim Majumder

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6492 | Submission Open

Keywords: diffractive optics; simulation and optimization; fabrication and replication; computational imaging and machine vision; AR/VR and LiDAR; diffractive optical computing; reconfigurable diffractive device

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

New Insights in Low-Dimensional Optoelectronic Materials and Devices

edited by

Xiao Luo

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5211 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum dots; semiconductor nanocrystals; perovskite; 2D materials; transition metal dichalcogenides; van der Waals heterostructures; optoelectronic devices; ultrafast spectroscopy

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

Combined Pulse Laser: A Reliable Tool for High-Quality, High-Efficiency Material Processing

edited by Xianshi Jia, Xiao Zhu and Cong Wang

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4034 | Submission Open

Keywords: combined pulse laser; laser– matter interaction; laser processing; temporal and spatial shaping; laser plasma; in situ observations

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

Micro/Nano Optical Technology and Its Applications

edited by Guiqiang Du and Tongbiao Wang

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1347 | Submission Open

Keywords: micro/nano optical technologies; micro/nano structures; micro/nano fabrication; photonic crystals; metamaterials; metasurfaces; plasmonics; multilayers

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

Extreme Lasers

edited by

Luis Roso

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 10231 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultraintense lasers; photon-photon collisions; extreme vacuum; single photon counting; Breit-Wheeler process; radiation reaction; petawatt and exawatt lasers; vacuum birefringence; QED Lagrangian; born-infeld lagrangian; dark matter searches with laser light; extreme laser technology; relativistically driven electrons; thomson scattering from laser driven electrons

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

Semiconductor Lasers: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Perspectives

edited by Yongqiang Ning and

Xiaoying He

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9232 | Submission Open

Keywords: VCSEL; semiconductor lasers; integrated lasers; semiconductor disk lasers; dynamics and stability

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

Development and Optimization of High-Power Semiconductor Laser Diodes and Photodetectors

edited by

Cheng-Ao Yang

and Jiang Wu

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8526 | Submission Open

Keywords: semiconductor laser; laser diodes; optoelectronics devices

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

Metamaterials and Nanophotonics: Fundamentals and Applications

edited by

Wei Wang

Li Jin

, Zijie Dai and Tengteng Li

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3912 | Submission Open

Keywords: metamaterials; metasurface; nanophotonics; plasmonics; optical device; photonics integrated system

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

Advances in Visual Optics

edited by

Yongji Liu

and Dimitrios Christaras

submission deadline 24 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4659 | Submission Open

Keywords: visual optics; myopia control; refractive and cataract surgery; intraocular lens; optics of the eye; eye model; wavefront aberration; new technologies in visual optics; applications of artificial intelligence in visual optics; lens and ocular biomedics

Photonic Integrated Circuits for Information, Computing and Sensing

edited by Andrea Salamon, Liam O’Faolain and Simone Iadanza

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 40318 | Submission Open

Keywords: silicon photonics; nanophotonics; integrated photon detectors and sensors; quantum information; integrated quantum photonics; polymer waveguides; 1D and 2D materials; optical sensing

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

Advanced Materials and Devices for Silicon Photonics

edited by Jiawei Wang,

Qiancheng Zhao

and Meiting Song

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2171 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated silicon and silicon nitride photonics; light sources; including quantum dot lasers and heterogeneous integrated III-V lasers; etc.; silicon modulators and switches; detectors; including Ge-on-Si and III– V hybrid detectors; etc.; III– V material integration with silicon photonics; silicon photonics metamaterials; silicon photonics MEMS; silicon bio-photonics

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

Advances in X-Ray Coherent Imaging Technology

edited by Yudong Yao

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 790 | Submission Open

Keywords: X-ray coherent imaging; X-ray coherence; X-ray tomography

Freeform Optics for Illumination and Imaging

edited by Zhouping Su

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 251 | Submission Open

Keywords: freeform optics; LED illumination; laser shaping; methods for designing freeform optics; freeform surface manufacturing and metrology

Advances in Integrated Photonics

edited by Zhefeng Hu, Weike Zhao and Mengruo Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9727 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated optical passive devices and active devices; integrated optical nonlinear devices; heterogeneous integration

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

Optical Technologies for Measurement and Metrology

edited by Shuling Hu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6367 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical measurement and metrology; photonic chip; integrated lasers; non-contact measurement; metasurface; signal modulation/demodulation; 3D display

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

Innovative Optical Technologies in Advanced Manufacturing

edited by

Ci Song

and

Xing Peng

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6132 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced materials; measurement and metrology; precision manufacturing; optical design; computational imaging; image processing; advanced manufacturing; detection technology; process monitoring; machine learning

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

Advanced Optical Transmission Techniques

edited by

Zhipei Li

Xishuo Wang

and

Weiwen Kong

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6024 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-capacity transmission systems; artificial intelligence optical communication; digital signal processing; data center optical interconnection; flexible optical network

Novel Advances in Optical Fiber Gratings

edited by Jingxian Cui and

Zhiyong Zhao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4662 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber bragg grating sensors; fiber grating fabrication; fiber grating applications; optical fiber sensing; fiber laser

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

Laser Communication Systems and Related Technologies

edited by

Xuan Wang

and Chen Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2527 | Submission Open

Keywords: laser communication systems; scanning and acquisition; precision pointing and tracking control; opto-mechanical integration; miniaturized transceivers; autonomous beam alignment; standardized laser networks

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

Optical Wireless Communications (OWC) for Internet-of-Things (IoT)

edited by Simeng Feng and Baolong Li

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2231 | 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)

Quantum Cascade Lasers: Recent Progress and Novel Applications

edited by Andrea Ottomaniello and Urban Senica

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1024 | Submission Open

Keywords: intersubband transitions; quantum cascade lasers; frequency combs; detectors; mid-infrared; terahertz; non-linear dynamics; photonic integration; laser feedback interferometry

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

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