Photonics | Highly Cited Papers Published in 2024–2025 in the “Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors” Section
We are pleased to introduce a list of highly cited papers published in the “Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors” Section of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).
The recent evolution of the optical technology global scenario, such as the progress in optical modeling and numerical techniques, has allowed extraordinary advances, mainly over the past decade, in the field of lasers, light sources and sensors. The development of novel optical sources has paved the way for promising experimental and theoretical results, with direct applications in the field of material processing, industrial applications, biological material imaging, medical therapy, etc. This favorable technological background originated from the design/development of novel materials, components, devices, and systems based on different solutions in bulk, fiber, and integrated optics. As an example, several host materials have been synthesized and activated for the fabrication of novel optical sources, in both conventional and novel wavelength ranges such as medium infrared and terahertz. Rare-earth ions such as neodymium, praseodymium, holmium, ytterbium, thulium, and erbium have been included for doping/codoping different host materials such as glass oxides, germanate, fluorides, fluoroindate, chalcogenide, tellurite, glass ceramics, crystalline, organics, etc., or in molecular complexes. Moreover, low-cost, available on the market broadband/tunable optical sources such as quantum cascade lasers and microstructured/multicore fibers have enabled novel applications in the field of high power, high beam quality/high brilliance light sources, and high-performance amplifiers. The development of resonant optical microresonators (such as microrings, microdisks, microspheres, and microbubbles) promises miniaturized optical sources and novel sensing systems, exploiting microstructured optical fibers, ad hoc fluorescent probes, luminescent labels, and optical detectors to perform medical diagnosis, environment and earth atmosphere monitoring, and optical remote sensing.
The aim of the Section “Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors” is to promote publications of the most promising experimental and theoretical results from the worldwide research community including but not limited to topics pertaining to rare-earth-doped-fiber lasers, continuous wave and pulsed lasers, laser amplifiers, ultrafast pulse lasers, nonlinear optics for optical pulse forming, continuous-wave generation, laser micro/nanofabrication, optical fiber and integrated optical sensors, laser production methodologies and applications, laser processing, laser ablation, fiber sensors, optical sensing, optical fiber grating sensing, microfluidic circuits for sensing, novel materials and technologies for optical sources, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), and so on.
As all of the articles published in our journal are of an open access format, you have free and unlimited access to the full texts. We welcome you to read our most highly cited papers published in 2024–2025, listed below:
“A Review of Light-Emitting Diodes and Ultraviolet Light-Emitting Diodes and Their Applications”
by Trailokya Bhattarai, Abasifreke Ebong and Mohammad Yasin Akhtar Raja
Photonics 2024, 11(6), 491; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11060491
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/11/6/491
“Advances in Optical Fiber Speckle Sensing: A Comprehensive Review”
by Ivan Chapalo, Andreas Stylianou, Patrice Mégret and Antreas Theodosiou
Photonics 2024, 11(4), 299; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11040299
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/11/4/299
“Review of Optical Fiber Sensors: Principles, Classifications and Applications in Emerging Technologies”
by Denzel A. Rodriguez-Ramirez, Jose R. Martinez-Angulo, Jose D. Filoteo-Razo, Juan C. Elizondo-Leal, Alan Diaz-Manriquez, Daniel Jauregui-Vazquez, Jesus P. Lauterio-Cruz and Vicente P. Saldivar-Alonso
Photonics 2026, 13(1), 40; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics13010040
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/13/1/40
“Developments of Waveguide Lasers by Femtosecond Laser Direct–Writing Technology”
by Yang Zhang, Boyan Yu, Zihao Zhang, Xinghao Duan and Junli Wang
Photonics 2024, 11(9), 803; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11090803
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/11/9/803
“Polymer-Based Optical Guided-Wave Biomedical Sensing: From Principles to Applications”
by Malhar A. Nagar and Davide Janner
Photonics 2024, 11(10), 972; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11100972
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/11/10/972
“Cost-Effective and Energy-Efficient Photonics-Based Frequency Hopping by Single Wavelength-Tunable Laser for Secure THz Communication”
by Naoto Masutomi, Shenghong Ye, Bo Li, Ryota Kaide, Ming Che, Yuya Mikami, Yuta Ueda and Kazutoshi Kato
Photonics 2025, 12(1), 76; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics12010076
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/12/1/76
“Demonstration of Power-over-Fiber with Watts of Output Power Capabilities over Kilometers or at Cryogenic Temperatures”
by Simon Fafard and Denis Masson
Photonics 2024, 11(7), 596; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11070596
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/11/7/596
“The Fresnel Approximation and Diffraction of Focused Waves”
by Colin J. R. Sheppard
Photonics 2024, 11(4), 346; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11040346
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/11/4/346
“Wavelength-Tunable Chirped Pulse Amplification System (1720 nm–1800 nm) Based on Thulium-Doped Fiber”
by Xinyang Liu and Regina Gumenyuk
Photonics 2024, 11(5), 439; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11050439
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/11/5/439
“Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Pulses in Multimode Fibers”
by Yuval Tamir, Sara Meir, Hamootal Duadi and Moti Fridman
Photonics 2024, 11(7), 591; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11070591
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/11/7/591