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 review are considered. This Section addresses all aspects of optical sensors, including source and detection technologies, sensor architectures, sensor performance, processing approaches and applications, as well as actuation and control by light. These optical sensors and actuators include micro- and nanodevices, large devices, sensor arrays, as well as several materials and technologies for a very large number of applications. 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
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Optical Fiber Sensors (Deadline: 15 August 2020)
- Opto-Microfluidics Technology for Biosensors (Deadline: 30 August 2020)
- Optical Sensors for the Measurement of Human Posture and Movement (Deadline: 31 August 2020)
- Optical and Photonic Sensors (Deadline: 31 August 2020)
- CMOS Active Pixel Sensors (Deadline: 10 September 2020)
- Optical Spectroscopic Sensors Based on Mid-Infrared Semiconductor Lasers (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Microwave Photonics for Optical Sensors (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Polymer Optical Fiber Sensors (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Fiber Bragg Grating Based Sensors and Systems (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Optical Immunosensors (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Optical Fiber Ring Laser Sensors (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Fiber Optic Sensors and Fiber Lasers (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Innovative Photonic and Microwave Sensing Approaches and Their Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- EUV and X-ray Wavefront Sensing (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Recent Advances in Fiber Bragg Grating Sensing 2020 (Deadline: 30 October 2020)
- Optical Fiber Biosensors (Deadline: 31 October 2020)
- Selected Papers from the 19th Conference on Optical Fibers and Their Applications (OFTA 2020) (Deadline: 31 October 2020)
- Fiber Optic Sensing Technology (Deadline: 31 October 2020)
- Novel Optical Sensors for Biomedical Application (Deadline: 31 October 2020)
- Sensors Based on Optical Waveguide (Deadline: 31 October 2020)
- Fiber Optic Sensors in Chemical and Biological Applications (Deadline: 31 October 2020)
- Recent Advances in Depth Sensors and Applications (Deadline: 31 October 2020)
- Infrared Sensors and Technologies: Recent Advances (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- 2D Materials-Based Electronic and Optoelectronic Biochemical Sensing Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- OFS for Extreme Environments (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- Multipixels Single Photon Detectors for Quantum Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- Integrated Photonics for Novel Sensing and Measurement Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- Recent Advances in Integrated Microphotonic and Fiber-Optic Gyroscopes (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- Laser-Spectroscopy Based Sensing Technologies (Deadline: 30 December 2020)
- Recent Advances in Photonic Crystal Sensors: Innovative Materials, Designs, and Analysis Methods (Deadline: 30 December 2020)
- Optical Technologies for Environmental Monitoring (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Optics and Photonics for Novel Physical and Chemical Sensors (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- High-Performance CMOS Image Sensors (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Micro/Nano-Structured Devices for Sensors and Transducers (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Advanced Fiber-Optic Sensors in Civil Engineering (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Bragg Grating Arrays for Sensing Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Nanophotonic Sensors (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Advanced Sensors and Signal Processing of Sensor Data: Recent Advances and Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Pervasive Fiber Optic Sensor Technology: Improvements and Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Optical Sensors: Innovative Designs, Configurations, Measurements, and Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Advanced Biophotonic Sensors (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- New Developments in Guided Waves (GW) Based Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) Using Optical Fiber Sensors (Deadline: 15 January 2021)
- Light–Matter Interactions in Functional Nanomaterials for Sensing (Deadline: 30 January 2021)
- Recent Progress in Optical Voltage and Current Sensors (Deadline: 31 January 2021)
- Recent Development and Applications of Plastic Optical Fiber Sensors (Deadline: 31 January 2021)
- Lidar/Laser Scanning in Civil Engineering (Deadline: 31 January 2021)
- Sensors Based on Diffraction Structures (Deadline: 1 February 2021)
- Advanced Optical and Electrochemical Biosensors (Deadline: 15 February 2021)
- Recent Advances in Optical Fiber Sensors (Deadline: 28 February 2021)
- Nanostructured Materials for Optical Biosensing: Progress and Perspectives (Deadline: 28 February 2021)
- Nanophotonic Integrated Sensors (Deadline: 28 February 2021)
- Single Photon Counting Image Sensor (Deadline: 28 February 2021)
- Optical Sensors in Health and Wellbeing (Deadline: 20 March 2021)
- Mid-Infrared Sensors and Applications (Deadline: 31 March 2021)
- Sensors for Fault Detection and Diagnosis (Deadline: 31 March 2021)
- New Trends on Sensor Devices for Space and Defense Applications (Deadline: 31 March 2021)
- Materials and Packaging for Optical Sensors (Deadline: 31 March 2021)
- Optical Sensors for Flow Diagnostics (Deadline: 31 March 2021)
- Optical Camera and Visible Light Sensor Communication (Deadline: 15 April 2021)
- Application of Terahertz Imaging to Nondestructive Evaluation (Deadline: 15 April 2021)
- Optical Probes and Sensors (Deadline: 30 April 2021)
- Optical Fiber Sensors in Radiation Environments (Deadline: 30 April 2021)
- Advanced Fiber Photonic Devices and Sensors (Deadline: 31 May 2021)
- Distributed Optical Fiber Sensors: Applications and Technology (Deadline: 31 May 2021)
- Sensors and X-Ray Detectors (Deadline: 31 May 2021)
- Optical Sensing in Power System (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Surface Plasmon Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Optical Sensors in Multi-Modal Imaging (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
- Silicon-Based Optical Sensors (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Photonic Integrated Circuits for Spectroscopic Sensing (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
