Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors
A section of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).
Section Information
The recent evolution of the optical technology global scenario, such as the progress in optical modeling and numerical techniques, have 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, 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.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Photonics Sensors (Deadline: 10 December 2024)
- Laser Technology and Applications (Deadline: 10 December 2024)
- Next-Generation Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (Deadline: 10 December 2024)
- Research on Rare-Earth-Doped Fiber Lasers (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Optical Sensing Technologies, Devices and Their Data Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Advancements in Optical Fiber Sensing (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Current Research, Trends, and Prospects in Laser-Assisted Additive Printing Technology (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Advanced Solid-State and Fiber Mid-IR Lasers: Novel Materils, Components, Systems and Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Research and Applications of Optical Fiber Lasers (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Recent Progress in Optical Gyroscopes (Deadline: 10 January 2025)
- Metrology at High-Power Laser Facilities: Primary and Secondary Laser-Driven Sources (Deadline: 10 January 2025)
- Novel Ultraviolet Laser: Generation, Properties and Applications (Deadline: 15 January 2025)
- Advances in Ultrafast Laser Science and Applications (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Advances and Applications of Laser Measurements (Deadline: 28 January 2025)
- Emerging Trends in Optical Fiber Sensors and Sensing Techniques (Deadline: 30 January 2025)
- Optical Sensors and Devices (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Laser Beam Propagation and Control (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Innovations in Fiber Laser Technology (Deadline: 10 February 2025)
- Advances in Fiber Optical Sensors (Deadline: 15 February 2025)
- Optoelectronic Oscillators (OEO): Principles and Applications (Deadline: 18 February 2025)
- Advances in Optical Fiber Sensing Technology (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Fundamentals, Advances, and Applications in Optical Sensing (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Emerging Trends in Spectral Analysis with Optical Sensors: Modern Approaches and Applications (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Optical Fiber Lasers and Laser Technology (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Optical Vortex Laser (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Recent Progress in Ultrafast Laser (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Recent Advancements in Tunable Laser Technology (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Cutting-Edge Developments in Fiber Laser (Deadline: 15 March 2025)
- High-Power Fiber Lasers (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Advanced Lasers and Their Applications, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- High-Power Ultrafast Lasers: Development and Applications (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- From Theory to Reality: Progress and Challenges in Free-Electron Laser Development (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Microstructured Optical Sensors: Design, Fabrication and Applications (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser Technology: Innovations and Future Trends (Deadline: 10 April 2025)
- Specialty Optical Fibers: Advances in Design, Fabrication, Performance and Applications (Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Mid-IR Active Optical Fiber: Technology and Applications (Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Optical Fiber Sensors: Shedding More Light with Machine Learning (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- The Latest Frontiers in Fiber Laser Innovations (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Progress in Fiber Optic Sensors: Design and Applications (Deadline: 15 May 2025)
- Development and Optimization of High-Power Semiconductor Laser Diodes and Photodetectors (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Advancements in Fiber Lasers and Their Applications (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Fundamentals and Applications of Vortex Beams (Deadline: 1 June 2025)
- Development of Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors for Measurements in Extreme Environments (Deadline: 10 June 2025)
- Recent Progress in Ultrafast Fiber Lasers (Deadline: 22 August 2025)
- Optical Fiber Sensors: Design and Application (Deadline: 31 August 2025)