Optical Sensors
A section of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220).
Section Information
Optical Sensors Section publishes original peer-reviewed papers covering all aspects of optical sensing. Both theoretical and experimental papers and comprehensive reviews are considered. This Section addresses all aspects of optical sensing, including source and detection technologies, sensing architectures, physical effects for sensing, sensor performance, sensor technology, readout techniques, lab-on-chip optical devices, processing approaches and applications, as well as actuation and control by light. These optical sensors and actuators include micro- and nano-optical devices, large devices, sensor arrays, integrated optical sensors, fiber-optic sensors, as well as several materials and technologies for a very large number of applications, including civil infrastructure, aerospace, biomedical, environmental monitoring, etc. The Section provides a platform for the publication of original and scientific research that is likely to have a large general impact and also has the aim of initiating Special Issues.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Optical Fiber Sensors in Radiation Environments: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 July 2025)
- New Trends in Optical Imaging and Sensing Technologies (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Photoacoustic Sensing Techniques (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Application of Nano-Materials Technology and Raman Spectroscopy in Biochemical Sensors (Deadline: 25 July 2025)
- Fiber Optic Biosensing Technology (Deadline: 25 July 2025)
- Important Achievements in Optical Measurements in China 2024–2025 (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Spectral Detection Technology, Sensors and Instruments, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Advances in Photonics and Optics for Biochemical Sensing Applications (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Photonic Sensing Technology in the Energy Sector (Deadline: 25 August 2025)
- Advanced Spectroscopy-Based Sensors and Spectral Analysis Technology (Deadline: 25 August 2025)
- Advancements in Wireless Localization: Enhancing Object Detection, Navigation and Communications (Deadline: 25 August 2025)
- Short-Range Optical 3D Scanning and 3D Data Processing (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Advanced Fiber Optic Lasers and Sensors (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Recent Advances in Infrared Spectroscopy and Imaging as Sensing Techniques (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- New Trends and Progress in Plasmonic Sensors and Sensing Technology (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Photochemistry of Agri and Food Products: Spectroscopy and Optical Sensors (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Advances in Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) and Fiber Optic Sensor Technology (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Optical Spectroscopy Technology for Medical Applications (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Spectroscopic Techniques for Optical Sensing (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Recent Advances in Fiber Optic Sensor Technology (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Advanced Optical Sensors Based on Machine Learning: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 1 September 2025)
- Optic Fiber Sensing Technology for Marine Environment (Deadline: 25 September 2025)
- Quantum-Enabled Optical Communications and Networks (Deadline: 25 September 2025)
- Digital Holography in Optics: Techniques and Applications (Deadline: 25 September 2025)
- Ultrafast Optoelectronic Sensing and Imaging (Deadline: 25 September 2025)
- Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging (Deadline: 25 September 2025)
- SPAD-Based Sensors and Techniques for Enhanced Sensing Applications (Deadline: 25 September 2025)
- Advancements in Metamaterial Sensors Across Frequency Domains (Deadline: 25 September 2025)
- Optical Fiber Sensors and Sensing Networks for Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Semiconductor and Functional Materials Based Sensors for the Infrared and the Terahertz Waves: Recent Developments and Applications (Deadline: 15 October 2025)
- Advances in Optical Fiber-Based Sensors (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Spectroscopy Gas Sensing and Applications (Deadline: 25 October 2025)
- Progress in LiDAR Technologies and Applications (Deadline: 25 October 2025)
- Optical Fiber Sensing and Its Applications (Deadline: 25 October 2025)
- Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors for High Temperature Sensing Applications (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Recent Advances in Distributed Optical Fiber Acoustic Sensors and Their Applications (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Fiber Laser Sensor Technologies and Applications (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Research Progress in Optical Microcavity-Based Sensing (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Recent Trends and Advances in Biomedical Optics and Imaging (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- FBG and UWFBG Sensing Technology (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Innovative Optical and Scintillation Sensors for Environmental Monitoring (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Advances in Single Photon Detectors (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Advances in Optical Sensing and Actuation: Devices, Systems and Applications (Deadline: 15 November 2025)
- Novel Biosensors Based on Nanomaterials (Deadline: 15 November 2025)
- State of the Art in Photoacoustic and Photothermal Spectroscopy Gas Sensing (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Optical Sensors for Biological and Biomedical Applications (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Optical Nanosensors for Environmental and Biomedical Monitoring (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Applications of Optical Sensing and Laser Spectroscopy in Gas Detection (Deadline: 25 November 2025)
- Novel Optical Biosensors in Biomechanics and Physiology (Deadline: 25 November 2025)
- Optofluidic Sensors (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Infrared and Raman Spectral Sensing for Food and Industrial Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Spectroscopic Sensing for Planetary Exploration and Planetary Defense (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Fiber Optical Sensors and Biosensors (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Optical Sensing Technologies for Food Quality and Safety (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Preparation and Application of Photonic Devices for Optical Sensing and Detection (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Optical Sensors for Industrial Applications (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Recent Advances in Optoelectronic Materials and Device Engineering (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Design and Fabrication of Fiber Optic Sensors for Bio-Chemical Sensing Applications (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- Specialty Optical Fiber-Based Sensors (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- Recent Advances in Optical Sensor for Mining (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- Nanophotonic Materials and Sensor Devices (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- Acoustic Sensing for Musical Instrument Study and Vocal Analysis (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- Advances in Miniaturization and Power Efficiency of Optical Sensors (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- Recent Advances in LiDAR Sensor (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- Optical Sensors for Industrial Inspection and Quality Control (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- Underwater Vision Sensing System: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- Advances in Optical Sensing, Instrumentation and Systems: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 December 2025)
- State-of-the-Art Optical Sensors Technology in China 2024–2025 (Deadline: 30 December 2025)
- Laser Scanning and Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Optical-Based Sensors and Sensing Technologies for Biomedical Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Advances in Optical Fiber Sensors and Fiber Lasers (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Advances in Sensing Technology: From Photon, Electron to Signal Processing (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Feature Review Papers in Optical Sensors (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Feature Papers in Optical Sensors 2025 (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Optoelectronic and Functional Materials for Advanced Sensor Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Spectral Sensing Techniques in Biological Detection and Analysis (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Optical Sensing in Power Systems (Deadline: 25 January 2026)
- Distributed Fibre Optic Sensing Technologies and Applications (Deadline: 25 January 2026)
- Fiber Optic Sensing and Applications (Deadline: 25 January 2026)
- Optical Sensors for Gas Monitoring (Deadline: 25 January 2026)
- Recent Progress in Optical Fiber Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 25 January 2026)
- Distributed Sensors: Development and Applications (Deadline: 30 January 2026)
- Terahertz Sensors (Deadline: 31 January 2026)
- Recent Advances in Spectroscopic Sensing and Sensor Engineering (Deadline: 31 January 2026)
- Recent Advances and Tendencies in Highly Sensitive Fiber Optic Sensors (Deadline: 15 February 2026)
- Advancements in Photoacoustic Sensors for Gas Detection and Air Quality Assessment (Deadline: 15 February 2026)
- Advances in Photoacoustic Resonators and Sensors (Deadline: 25 February 2026)
- Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensors for Biomedical Detection Application (Deadline: 25 February 2026)
- Advances in Fiber Optic Sensors: Innovations, Challenges and Applications (Deadline: 28 February 2026)
- State-of-the-Art Photonics and Optical Sensors (Deadline: 10 March 2026)
- Optical Tweezers in Sensing Technologies (Deadline: 25 March 2026)
- Emerging Trends in Optical Sensing (Deadline: 25 March 2026)
- Waveguide-Based Sensors and Applications (Deadline: 31 March 2026)
- Advanced Optical Fiber Displacement Sensors (Deadline: 20 April 2026)
- Novel Optical Sensors for Biomedical Applications—2nd Edition (Deadline: 25 April 2026)
- Optical Spectroscopy for Sensing, Monitoring and Analysis: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 25 April 2026)
- High-Power Laser Systems and Coherent Detection: Sensing Technologies and Applications (Deadline: 30 April 2026)
- Recent Advances in Optical and Optoelectronic Acoustic Sensors (Deadline: 1 May 2026)
- Advances and Innovations in Optical Fiber Sensors (Deadline: 10 May 2026)
- Advanced Optical and Optomechanical Sensors (Deadline: 25 May 2026)
- Fiber Bragg Gratings-Based Sensors for Optical Measurement (Deadline: 25 May 2026)
- Optical Sensing for Environmental Monitoring—2nd Edition (Deadline: 25 May 2026)
- Photoacoustic and Photothermal Sensing and Imaging (Deadline: 30 May 2026)
- New Developments in Guided Waves (GW) Based Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) Using Optical Fiber Sensors (Deadline: 25 June 2026)
- Humidity Sensors Based on Spectroscopy (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Recent Advances in Optoelectronic and Photonic Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Laser and Spectroscopy for Sensing Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Optical Sensing and Implantable Sensors for Healthcare Applications (Deadline: 5 July 2026)
- Optical Fiber Sensors for Acoustic, Electric, and Magnetic Field Detection (Deadline: 25 July 2026)
- Recent Advances in Micro- and Nanofiber-Optic Sensors (Deadline: 25 August 2026)
- Selected Papers from the 7th International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics (AOP2026) (Deadline: 30 November 2026)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
