Photonics

Prospects and Applications of Semiconductor Optoelectronics

edited by Qing Cai

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open

Keywords: the theory and design of semiconductor optoelectronic devices; the physics and modeling of optoelectronic devices; novel devices for improved performance; semiconductor optoelectronic materials and structures; carrier transport; communication applications for optoelectronic devices; active imaging applications for optoelectronic devices; renewable energy applications for optoelectronic devices

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

Emerging Technologies for Silicon Photonics and Integrated Circuits

edited by Yin Xu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: silicon photonics; photonic integrated circuits; electro-optic modulator; fiber-to-chip coupling; signal processing; photo-electric detector; optical material; AI algorithm; optical computing; integrated quantum photonic device

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

Recent Progress in Ultrafast Fiber Lasers

edited by Qianglong Li and Feng Li

submission deadline 22 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 305 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrafast fiber laser fiber mode-locking; ultrashort pulse amplification; large-mode-area fiber amplifier; nonlinear spectrum broadening; nonlinear pulse amplification; nonlinear pulse compression high-order harmonic generation; wavelength conversion and tuning; optical parametric amplification; stabilized ultrafast lasers; ultrashort pulse sensing

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

Advances in Computational Imaging: Algorithms, Technologies, and Applications

edited by Dong Wang and Wenjing Zhao

submission deadline 27 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 142 | 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)

Advancements in Wireless Optical Communication: Integrating Visible Light and Beyond

edited by

Minglun Zhang

and

Hongyu Zhou

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11575 | Submission Open

Keywords: • visible light communications• underwater optical wireless communications• deep learning• channel model• high-speed transmission

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

Advances in Fiber Optics and Their Applications

edited by Qiang Guo

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open

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

Nonlinear Optics and Hyperspectral Polarization Imaging

edited by

Rui-Pin Chen

, Yuhua Li,

Xu Yang

and Sibghat Ullah

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 24308 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonlinear optics; integrated optics; optical vortex; structured light; laser measurement; hyperspectral imaging; polarization imaging; laser imaging; deep learning

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

The Three-Decade Journey of Quantum Cascade Lasers

edited by

Manijeh Razeghi

, Li Wang,

Quanyong Lu

and Hideki Hirayama

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10797 | Submission Open

Keywords: intersubband transition; quantum transport models; quantum cascade lasers; mid-infrared/terahertz; nonlinearities; frequency comb; spectroscopy

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

Optical Sensors and Devices

edited by

Zhaoyong Wang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6752 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fiber sensor; optical spectrum; distributed fiber sensing; optical remote sensing; optical scattering; photoelectric detection

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

Advances in Holography and Its Applications

edited by Julia Marín-Sáez and

Jesús Atencia

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6437 | 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

Innovations in Optical Wireless Communications: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by Yingjie Shao and Jonathan McKendry

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6063 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical wireless communication; visible light communication (VLC); free space optical communication; digital signal processing (DSP); micro-LEDs; channel modeling

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

Emerging Trends in Spectral Analysis with Optical Sensors: Modern Approaches and Applications

edited by Qichang An and Hongchao Zhao

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5744 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber sensors; astrophotonics; optical instrumentation and measurements; integrated photonics; interferometers; diffraction neural network

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

Optical Fiber Sensors: Design and Application

edited by Yiwei Ma, Zicheng Wang and Jing Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3124 | 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)

Nonlinear Optics and Optical Parametric Oscillators: From Fundamentals to Cutting-Edge Research

edited by Wange Song

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2325 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical parametric oscillators; ultrafast optics; integrated photonics

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

Exploring Cutting-Edge Technologies and Applications of Optics and Photonics

edited by

Francesco Prudenzano

,

Huabei Jiang

and Maurizio Ferrari

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1847 | Submission Open

Keywords: biophotonics; optoelectronics; optical materials; optical sensors; quantum photonics; optics; lasers; nonlinear optics; optical computing

Advancements in Optical Metrology and Imaging

edited by Yingying Wan, Ji Tan and Gaoxu Wu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1272 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical measurement; 3D/2D imaging; computational imaging; image processing; optical inspection; deep learning and machine learning

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

Progress in Freeform Optical Design and Future Prospects

edited by Changxi Xue

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1017 | Submission Open

Keywords: freeform optics; optical design; optical manufacturing; optical measurement

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

Biomedical Photonics

edited by Chao Liu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 844 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical photonics; brain imaging and metabolism; two-photon microscopy; photoacoustic imaging

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

Infrared Optoelectronic Materials and Devices

edited by Lihua Ye

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 824 | 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)

Recent Advances in Biomedical Optics and Biophotonics

edited by Eva Yebra-Pimentel and Maria Jesus Giráldez-Fernández

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 816 | Submission Open

Keywords: biophotonics; ophthalmic instrumentation and measurements; laser interferometry; biomarker detection; aberrometry; refractive errors; in vivo eye imaging

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

Advances in Ultrafast Science and Applications

edited by Bingying Lei,

Zewei Luo

, Rui Lou and Boping Xu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 742 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrafast laser system; ultrafast applications; ultrashort pulse generation; attosecond science; ultrafast dynamics; nonlinear optics; ultrafast laser– matter interactions

Applications and Development of Optical Fiber Sensors

edited by Haokun Yang,

Yuan Wang

, Zhe Ma, Zhenshi Sun and Rongxin Zhu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 637 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fiber sensor; distributed sensing system; AI-driven fiber sensors; novel fiber structure; optic– electronic detection techniques; smart city fiber networks; structural health monitoring; sensing technology innovation

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

Machine Learning in Photonics: Progress, Challenges, and Future Prospects

edited by Jiachen Wan and Yue Yao

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 382 | Submission Open

Keywords: photonics; optics; biophotonics; biomedical imaging; machine learning; deep learning

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

Advances in Photonic Quantum Information Processing: From Theory to Experiments

edited by Xiaoyan Wu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum imaging; ghost imaging; quantum sensing; quantum computing; quantum communication; optical imaging and sensing; quantum optics

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

Recent Advances in Polarization Optics

edited by Sushanta Kumar Pal

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 280 | Submission Open

Keywords: structured light; beam shaping; optical encryption; optical communication; optical imaging; quantum information; optical lithography

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

Light-Emitting Diodes: Technology, Advances, Challenges and Applications

edited by

Urszula Błaszczak

,

Łukasz Gryko

and

Jacek Mariusz Żmojda

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 280 | Submission Open

Keywords: light-emitting diodes (LEDs); advanced semiconductor materials for LEDs; luminescent materials for LEDs; thermal management of LEDs; optimization of LED materials and construction; optimization of LED systems; energy efficiency of LEDs; UV-VIS-NIR LED applications (e.g.; lighting; medicine; sensors); sustainability of LEDs (materials; technology; and applications); LED recycling and lifecycle analysis

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

Technologies and Applications of Terahertz Metamaterials

edited by

Haotian Ling

and Guang Liu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open

Keywords: terahertz metamaterials; surface plasmon polaritons; active metamaterials; flexible metamaterials; all-dielectric terahertz metamaterials; metamaterials for communications; metamaterials for imaging; metamaterials for biosensing; other terahertz metamaterial applications

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

Light-Driven Nanomotors

edited by Ximin Cui

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomotor; optical trapping; optical binding; particle manipulation; light− matter interactions

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

Advances in LiDAR Technology

edited by Dongsong Sun and Yuli Han

submission deadline 1 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 306 | Submission Open

Keywords: LiDAR; wind and temperature measurement; middle and upper atmosphere; instrumentation and observations; machine learning

Emerging Trends in Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Research

edited by

David E. Fernandes

and Tiago A. Morgado

submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 12852 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonlinear metamaterials and metasurfaces; reconfigurable and programmable (smart) metamaterials and metasurfaces; space-time modulated structures; metamaterials and metasurfaces for enhanced imaging capabilities; active metamaterials and metasurfaces; metamaterials and metasurfaces for biomedical applications; metamaterials and metasurfaces for wavefront control; topological metamaterials and metasurfaces; extreme wave phenomena in metamaterials and metasurfaces; metamaterial antennas and sensors

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

Optical Sensors for Advanced Biomedical Applications

edited by

Susana O. Catarino

and

Graça Minas

submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2012 | Submission Open

Keywords: diagnostics and therapeutics; integrated optics; lab-on-a-chip; microelectronics; optics; sensors; modeling and simulation

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

Silicon Photonics: From Fundamentals to Future Directions

edited by

Zanyun Zhang

,

Zan Zhang

and

Huan Zhang

submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 816 | Submission Open

Keywords: silicon photonics; optical communication; optical sensing; quantum communication; optical computing; metasurfaces; photonic integrated circuits; two-dimensional materials; heterogeneous integration

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

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

edited by Eugene Smolkin

submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 812 | 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

Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing: Techniques and Applications

edited by Kun Zhu, Huan Wu and Bin Zhou

submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 791 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber optic sensors; distributed optical fiber sensing; Rayleigh; Raman; and Brillouin scattering; sensing signal processing; machine learning; artificial intelligence; infrastructure monitoring; applications in geoscience

Advances in Fiber Laser Technologies

edited by Yao-Yao Qi and Huihui Cheng

submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 298 | Submission Open

Keywords: mode-locking; Q-switching; high-power fiber laser; fiber device; vortex fiber laser

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

Advancements in Optical Devices for Quantum Information Processing and Communication

edited by

Hua-Ying Liu

, Yajun Gao and Feng-Yu Lu

submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical quantum information; quantum communication; quantum optical devices

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

Optical Metasurfaces: Applications and Trends

edited by

Qi Song

,

Qinglei Zhao

and

Shuxin Wang

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5199 | 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)

Advancements in Mode-Locked Lasers

edited by Juan Carlos Hernandez-Garcia and

Jose David Filoteo-Razo

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open

Keywords: mode-locked lasers; fiber lasers; complex dynamics pulses; nonlinear optics; instrumentation and measurements; sensors

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

Advancements in Optics and Laser Measurement

edited by

Hongru Li

and

Shutong Wang

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical sensing technologies; optical interferometry; 3D surface profiling; laser imaging; laser scanning and reconstruction; non-contact measurement; high-precision metrology; machine learning in optical measurement

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

Light Emitting Devices: Science and Applications

edited by

Konthoujam James Singh

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 133 | 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)

Emerging Trends in Optical Fiber Sensors and Sensing Techniques

edited by

Yang Lu

and

Qi Wang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 14399 | Submission Open

Keywords: distributed acoustic/vibration sensing; distributed temperature/strain sensing; hybrid distributed fiber-optic sensing; applications of distributed fiber-optic sensing; application 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

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

High-Power Fiber Lasers

edited by

Xiaolin Wang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10639 | Submission Open

Keywords: ytterbium-doped fiber laser; fiber laser oscillator; fiber laser amplifier; multi cladding fiber; transverse mode instability; nonlinear effect; single-frequency fiber laser; narrow-linewidth fiber laser; pulsed fiber laser; quasi-continuous-wave fiber laser

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

Liquid Crystals in Photonics II

edited by

Qian Yang

,

Yannanqi Li

and Tiegang Lin

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3522 | Submission Open

Keywords: liquid crystals; photonics; AR/VR; LCD; optical communication; sensors; laser technology; electronic devices; computational optics

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

Recent Progress in Integrated Photonics

edited by

Xiaoyan Zhou

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2185 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated photonics; photonic integration; quantum photonics; photonic devices; photonic materials; telecommunications; hybrid integration; data processing; sensing technologies

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

Nonlinear Optical Phenomena in Rare Earth Doped Crystals

edited by Huanrong Fan, Faizan Raza and

Yanpeng Zhang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1964 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonlinear optics; quantum optics; rare-earth-doped crystals; luminous micro-/nano-materials; rare-earth-doped single-particle crystals; photonics; information optics; nonlinear quantum optics; the interaction between lasers and matter; pulsed lasers

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

Latest Advances in Optical Diffraction, Imaging and Display

edited by Chenrun Feng,

Yannanqi Li

and Zhiyong Yang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 816 | Submission Open

Keywords: diffraction optical elements (DOEs); meta-surfaces for imaging and display; virtual reality and augmented reality; nano-photonics and nanolithography; holography and fourier optics; metamaterials; light scattering; phase modulation and laser beam shaping; wavefront sensing; optical microscopy; differential interference contrast (DIC) microscope; coherent diffraction imaging/phase contrast imaging/computational imaging

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

Research, Development and Application of Raman Scattering Technology

edited by Haisheng Su and

Enming You

submission deadline 27 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5003 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface-enhanced and tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy; coherent Raman spectroscopy; resonance Raman spectroscopy; biological applications of Raman spectroscopy; theoretical and computational advances in Raman spectroscopy; Raman sensing; Raman optical activity

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

Advances and Applications of Laser Measurements

edited by Cheng Lu

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3148 | Submission Open

Keywords: laser measurement; interferometry; LiDAR; optical metrology; spectral analysis; structured-light

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

Photonics Metamaterials: Processing and Applications

edited by Feng Cheng and Yao Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 10091 | Submission Open

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

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

Research on Rare-Earth-Doped Fiber Lasers

edited by Nasser Peyghambarian and Xiushan Zhu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6636 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber lasers; rare-earth-doped fibers; continuous-wave fiber lasers; pulsed fiber lasers; mode-locked fiber lasers; visible fiber lasers; upconversion fiber lasers; mid-infrared fiber lasers; fiber-laser-pumped nonlinear conversion lasers; single-frequency fiber lasers; multicore fiber lasers; phosphate fiber lasers; germanate fiber lasers; fluoride fiber lasers; chalcogenide fiber lasers

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

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