Photonics

Integrated Optics Temperature Sensors Based on Guided Wave and Photonics Structures

edited by

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 256 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermo-optic effect; thermal expansion effect; optical temperature sensors; photonic crystals cavities; photonic integrated circuits

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

Challenges and Opportunities in Optical Communication Networks

edited by

Fady El-Nahal

and Dokhyl AlQahtani

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical network architectures; advanced modulation formats; photonic integration; machine learning in optical networks; network security; high-speed transmission; nonlinear signal processing

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

Free-Space Optical Communication and Networking Technology

edited by Zhi Liu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7326 | 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)

High-Performance Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices

edited by Cheng Liu and Yi Lu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1274 | Submission Open

Keywords: LED; micro-LED; edge-emitting laser; VCSEL; quantum cascade laser; photodetector; solar cell; III-V; III-nitride; GeSn

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

Advances in Polarimetric Imaging: Innovations and Applications

edited by Jiawei Zuo and Jing Bai

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open

Keywords: polarimetric imaging; metasurfaces; nanofabrication; polarization microscopy

Optimizing Communication and Routing in Optical Data Center Networks

edited by Jialong Li and Ao Yu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical data center networks; communication optimization; routing protocols; optical switching; network architecture; traffic engineering; resource allocation

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

Recent Advances in Optical Wireless Communication Systems and Networks

edited by

Yang Hong

, Jin Shi and

Zhouyi Hu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10717 | 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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5931 | 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)

Recent Progress in Single-Photon Generation and Detection

edited by E Wu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4095 | Submission Open

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

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

edited by Zhongwen Deng and Xingyu Jia

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 150 | 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)

New Perspectives in Photodetectors

edited by

Peng Wan

and Xiujuan Zou

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic photodetectors; low-dimensional material photodetectors; quantum dot photodetectors; ultrafast photodetection; photodetector arrays; infrared photodetection; visible-blind photodetectors; UV photodetectors; THZ photodetectors; plasmonic photodetectors; polarization-sensitive photodetectors; photodetectors for biological applications; photodetectors for communication systems; photodetectors for environmental monitoring

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

Innovations in Structured Optical Field: From Fundamentals to Applications

edited by

Jia-Qi Lü

and Zhi-Cheng Ren

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: structured light; light field manipulation; vector optical field/beam; vortex optical beam; orbital angular momentum; rotational Doppler effect; holography; spatiotemporal optical vortices; spatial multiplexing

Computational Optical Imaging: Progress and Future Prospects

edited by Famin Wang and

Zhou Ge

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical imaging; deep learning; super-resolution; photonics; image processing; digital holography

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 8118 | 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)

Recent Advancement in Microwave Photonics

edited by Lei Zhang, Lu Wang and

Tengfei Hao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3698 | 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)

New Perspectives in Micro-Nano Optical Design and Manufacturing

edited by

Xing Peng

, Shiqing Li and

Xiang Sun

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1764 | 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)

Optical Fiber Sensors: Recent Progress and Future Prospects

edited by

Vikas

and

Paola Saccomandi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1760 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fiber sensors; surface plasmon resonance ; photonic sensors; fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs); long period gratings (LPGs); interferometric optical fiber devices; fluorescent sensors; light diffuser-integrated sensors; evanescent wave sensors; fiber laser sensors

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

Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes: Innovations and Applications

edited by Chengzhao Luo and Chenghao Bi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1690 | 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

Computational Imaging for Semiconductor Devices Metrology Applications

edited by Iacopo Mochi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1631 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme ultraviolet; actinic patterned mask inspection; coherent diffractive imaging; lensless imaging; ptychography; defect inspection; defect review; EUV mask metrology; wafer metrology; pellicle inspection

Advances in Micro-Nano Optical Manufacturing

edited by Shuo Qiao,

Xing Peng

and Xiao Shen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1257 | 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)

The Interaction between Photonics and Machine Learning

edited by

Guohui Yuan

and

Zhuoran Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1012 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational optics and machine learning; deep learning for optical systems; AI-empowered photonic sensor networks; adaptive optics and machine learning algorithms; optoelectronic neural networks for information processing; machine learning-based optimization of photonic devices; photonics-enabled machine vision systems; AI-driven design of optical components; quantum photonics and quantum machine learning; reinforcement learning to control optical systems

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

Advanced Optics and Photonics: Additive Manufacturing

edited by

Zhihan Hong

and Gordon Zyla

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 986 | Submission Open

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

Research on Optical Materials and Components for 3D Displays

edited by Jianyu Hua, Fan Chu and Hanle Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 829 | 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

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

edited by

Yu Huang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 796 | 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)

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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 778 | Submission Open

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

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

Optical Fibers Beyond Communication: Advances in Sensing, Imaging, and Energy Applications

edited by

Yunhe Zhao

, Yanpeng Li and Wenjuan Sheng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 340 | Submission Open

Keywords: multifunctional or multi-material fibers; fiber-optic sensors; environmental monitoring; biomedical imaging; computational imaging; energy applications

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

Advances in Diffuse Optical Tomography: Current Trends and Future Perspectives

edited by Limin Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 263 | Submission Open

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

Specialty Optical Fibers: Advances in Design, Fabrication, Performance and Applications

edited by Antonella Maria Loconsole and Francesco Anelli

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 243 | Submission Open

Keywords: soft glasses-based optical fibers; plastic optical fibers; photonic crystal optical fibers; hollow core optical fibers; etched/tapered/functionalized optical fibers; radiation-resistant optical fibers; active optical fibers; polarization-maintaining optical fibers

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

Mid-IR Active Optical Fiber: Technology and Applications

edited by Antonella Maria Loconsole and Francesco Anelli

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open

Keywords: middle-infrared (Mid-IR) range; optical fibers; chalcogenide glasses; fluoride glasses; hollow-core fibers; waveguide design; fiber sensors; spectroscopic sensing; fiber devices; photonics

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

Recent Progress in Terahertz Radar Imaging

edited by

Yinwei Li

and

Shunjun Wei

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 169 | 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)

Advanced Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing Techniques

edited by

Bin Du

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 165 | 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)

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 112 | 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

Advances in Coherent Diffractive Imaging

edited by Peng Li and Jiecheng Diao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

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

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

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 79 | 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)

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

edited by Mohamed El Jouad

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 67 | 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

Photonic Crystals for Show Business

edited by

Nikolai Gaponenko

and

Guanying Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: photonic crystals; luminescence; synthesis of photonic crystals

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

Recent Progress in Optical Fiber Lasers

edited by Zhipeng Dong, Hongyi Lin and Dong Sun

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 46 | 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 129 | 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 278 | 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 30 | 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 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4943 | 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)

New Insights in Low-Dimensional Optoelectronic Materials and Devices

edited by

Xiao Luo

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3461 | 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 2564 | 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)

Diffractive Optics and Its Emerging Applications

edited by Peng Wang and Apratim Majumder

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2362 | 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)

Micro/Nano Optical Technology and Its Applications

edited by Guiqiang Du and Tongbiao Wang

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 783 | 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)

Photonic Integrated Circuits: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives

edited by

Rongyang Xu

, Shabnam Taheriniya and

Xinyu Ma

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 148 | 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)

Ultrafast Optics: From Fundamental Dynamics to Transformative Technologies

edited by Yizhou Liu and Kong Gao

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrafast optics; ultrafast lasers; femtosecond dynamics; strong-field physics; nonlinear optics; ultrafast laser– matter interaction; optical imaging; novel optical interactions; advanced laser technologies

Extreme Lasers

edited by

Luis Roso

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8260 | 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 6623 | 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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4454 | Submission Open

Keywords: semiconductor laser; laser diodes; optoelectronics devices

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

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