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Nonlinear Optics and Hyperspectral Polarization Imaging
edited by , Yuhua Li, and Sibghat Ullah
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 20047
Keywords: nonlinear optics; integrated optics; optical vortex; structured light; laser measurement; hyperspectral imaging; polarization imaging; laser imaging; deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)
Laser Beam Propagation and Control
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 13821
Keywords: beam propagation; optical diffraction; advanced optical imaging; precision optical measurement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Optical Sensors and Devices
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5697
Keywords: optical fiber sensor; optical spectrum; distributed fiber sensing; optical remote sensing; optical scattering; photoelectric detection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
The State of the Art of Photonics in Europe
edited by Grégory Barbillon and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2088
Keywords: photonic crystals; nano-photonics; plasmonics; nano-plasmonics; photonic devices; plasmonic devices; biophotonics
Recent Advances in Infrared Photodetection and Imaging
edited by Kun Ba
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1628
Keywords: infrared photodetection; infrared imaging system and mechanism; infrared photoelectricity technology; novel infrared materials and system; dual-/multi-color infrared photodetection; future development of infrared photodetection; application of infrared photodetection
Emerging Topics in Freeform Optics
edited by Zexiao Li and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1056
Keywords: freeform optical design& modification; micro/nanoforming; high precision machining of freeform surface; micro/nano optics and photonics; metrology & characterization of freeform surfaces; micro-featured surfaces; micro/nanomachining modeling; simulation of optical manufacturing; optical machining & measurement; process monitoring and quality control; ultra-precision machining; other technologies sssociated with freeform optics
Advances in Optometric and Ophthalmic Technologies: Innovations and Applications submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 977
Keywords: eye care technologies; optical coherence tomography (OCT); telemedicine in optometry' optometry
Nonlinear Optics and Optical Parametric Oscillators: From Fundamentals to Cutting-Edge Research
edited by Wange Song
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 893
Keywords: optical parametric oscillators; ultrafast optics; integrated photonics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Integrated Optical Biosensors
edited by Guoqiang Li and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 257
Keywords: integrated optical sensors; integrated optical biosensors; integrated optical imaging devices; optical transducers for biosensing; biorecognition elements; microfabrication and miniaturization; intelligent signal processing; optical sensors for medical diagnosis; optical sensors for environmental monitoring; optical sensors for food safety; optical sensors for biotechnology
Advances in Optical Imaging
edited by , and Francisco Misael Munõz-Pérez
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 256
Keywords: diffraction optical elements (DOEs); imaging techniques; three-dimensional imaging; virtual reality and augmented reality; optical microscopy; computational optical imaging; digital holography; meta-surfaces for imaging and display; coherent diffraction; phase contrast and computational imaging; holography and Fourier optics; optical coherence tomography; adaptive optics; confocal microscopy; image processing; laser scanning imaging; fluorescence imaging; confocal microscopy 
Advances in LiDAR Technology
edited by Dongsong Sun and Yuli Han
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 243
Keywords: LiDAR; wind and temperature measurement; middle and upper atmosphere; instrumentation and observations; machine learning
Optical Computing: The State of the Art and Future Prospects
edited by Bijie Bai
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 205
Keywords: optical signal processing; integrated photonics; coherent photonics; multiwavelength photonics; ultrafast processing; low-power signal processing; brain-inspired optical computation; photonic neural networks; photonic AI accelerators; reservoir computing; photonic TPUs; vector-by-matrix multiplication photonic engine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)
Optical Imaging Innovations and Applications
edited by and
submission deadline 1 Feb 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4657 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical imaging; imaging systems; holographic imaging; optical microscopy; coded aperture imaging; digital holography; fiber optics imaging; coherence imaging; coherent and incoherent imaging; speckle imaging
Optical Light Propagation and Communication Through Turbulent Medium
edited by Mert Bayraktar and Kholoud Elmabruk
submission deadline 1 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1407 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical communication; turbulent medium; atmospheric turbulence; free-space optical communication; adaptive optics; underwater optical communication; tissue turbulence; jet engine turbulence; wavefront sensing and control; scintillation; beam wandering; laser communication; photonics; light propagation; adaptive optics systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
Progress in Hyperspectral Imaging and Future Prospects
edited by , Yimian Dai and Zhuang Zhao
submission deadline 1 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 391 | Submission Open
Keywords: multispectral imaging; hyperspectral imaging; ultraspectral imaging; fourier transform hyperspectral imaging; hyperspectral computed tomography imaging; hadamard-transform-based hyperspectral imaging; compressive aperture snapshot spectral imaging; metasurface design in hyperspectral imaging; hyperspectral image super-resolution; hyperspectral image denoising; hyperspectral image unmixing; hyperspectral image classification; hyperspectral anomaly detection
Recent Advances and Future Perspectives in Solid-State Lasers submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4190 | Submission Open
Keywords: solid-state lasers; complex systems; optical engineering; Q-switching
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Advances in Free-Electron Radiation Sources and Particle Accelerators: Current Research and Future Directions
edited by Weihao Liu, Javier Resta-Lopez, and David Alesini
submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1796 | Submission Open
Keywords: free-electron beam; electromagnetic radiation; light sources; laser-driven particle acceleration; laser free-electron beam interaction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)
Optical Sensors for Advanced Biomedical Applications submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1269 | Submission Open
Keywords: diagnostics and therapeutics; integrated optics; lab-on-a-chip; microelectronics; optics; sensors; modeling and simulation
Innovations in Fiber Laser Technology
edited by , Jiaxin Song and
submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 295 | Submission Open
Keywords: novel optical fibers; functional fiber-based devices; fabrication and characterization techniques of fibers; advances in high-power fiber lasers; pulsed fiber lasers; mid-infrared fiber lasers; beam combination of fiber lasers; nonlinear effects; mode instability; and new phenomena in fiber lasers; mode decomposition and control technique of fiber lasers; beam quality evaluation for fiber lasers; computational modeling and simulation of fiber laser dynamics; fiber laser applications in materials processing; sensing; imaging; and communications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Organic Photodetectors, Displays, and Upconverters
edited by Ge Mu and Kangkang Weng
submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8675 | Submission Open
Keywords: organic semiconductor; photodetectors; light-emitting diodes; upconverters
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Optical Imaging and Measurements: 2nd Edition
edited by Zixin Zhao, and
submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2645 | Submission Open
Keywords: three-dimensional imaging; phase imaging; polarization imaging; computational optical imaging; optical coherence tomography; digital holography; speckle interferometry; optical triangulation measurements
Innovative Optical Sensing—Materials, Devices and Applications
edited by Ning Li and
submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 344 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical sensing; semiconductors; solution-processable devices; detectors; optoelectronic performances; photoresponse spectrum; multifunctional optoelectronics
Advances in Fiber Optical Sensors
edited by
submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 230 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical fiber sensors; fiber optic biosensors; fiber fabrication; optical fiber design; deep learning; sensing signal demodulation; instrumentation and measurements; fiber-based device
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Advances in Optical Fiber Sensing Technology
edited by Tao Geng, , and Yiwei Ma
submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12017 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical fiber sensors; fiber sensing; signal processing; special fibers; microstructure fibers; micro/nanofibers; functional materials; photorefractive materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Ultrashort Laser Pulses
edited by
submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8852 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultrashort laser pulses; mode-locking; high-harmonic generation; nonlinear optics; pump-probe spectroscopy; femtosecond; picosecond; attosecond; pulse-shaping; ultrafast optics
Quantum Optics: Science and Applications—2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 754 | Submission Open
Keywords: quantum optics; quantum simulations and calculations; optical field manipulation; quantum metrology; optimization of quantum gates; quantum theory of measurement; quantum key distribution; quantum communication; quantum feedback operations; quantum computing; optomechanical systems; quantum sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Photonics and Technologies)
Latest Advances in Optical Diffraction, Imaging and Display
edited by Chenrun Feng, and Zhiyong Yang
submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 302 | Submission Open
Keywords: diffraction optical elements (DOEs); meta-surfaces for imaging and display; virtual reality and augmented reality; nano-photonics and nanolithography; holography and fourier optics; metamaterials; light scattering; phase modulation and laser beam shaping; wavefront sensing; optical microscopy; differential interference contrast (DIC) microscope; coherent diffraction imaging/phase contrast imaging/computational imaging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)
Advances in Silicon Photonics: From Fundamentals to Applications
edited by and Hui Cong
submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 242 | Submission Open
Keywords: laser integration; high-speed modulators; phase-shifters for tuning and switching; avalanche photodetectors; quantum photonics; electronic and photonic integration; microresonator physics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Adaptive Optics: Technology and Applications
edited by David Alaluf, Noelia Martinez-Rey and Douglas Laidlaw
submission deadline 27 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical communications; quantum key distribution; space situational awareness; astronomy; adaptive optics; atmospheric turbulence; deformable mirrors; wavefront sensors; laser guide stars; monitoring and forecasting of optical turbulence
Group IV Photonics: Advances and Applications submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12023 | Submission Open
Keywords: group IV photonics; optoelectronics; integration; photonic devices; silicon photonics; germanium photonics; carbon photonics; renewable energy; biomedicine; data storage; programmable photonics; silicon photonics; foundry and manufacturing; integrated quantum photonics; artificial intelligence chip
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
New Perspectives in Microwave Photonics
edited by , Huaqing Qiu and Yiwei Xie
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8098 | Submission Open
Keywords: integrated microwave photonic technology; microwave photonic radar; intelligent microwave photonics; microwave photonic measurement and sensing; programmable microwave photonic filter; microwave photonic processing technology; microwave photonic devices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
Fundamentals, Advances, and Applications in Optical Sensing
edited by Qirui Wang, and Min Guo
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4921 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical sensing; fiber optics; optical metrology; light detection and ranging (LiDAR); distributed acoustic sensing (DAS); spectroscopy; interferometry; interrogator
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Optical Vortex Laser
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4187 | Submission Open
Keywords: scalar vortex laser; vector vortex laser; vortex arrays laser; vortex lattices laser; raman vortex laser; intra-cavity frequency-doubled/sum-frequency generation vortex laser; intra-cavity optical parametric vortex laser; cascaded-pumped vortex laser; vortex random fiber laser; kaleidoscope vortex laser
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Recent Advancements in Tunable Laser Technology
edited by Dário Machado Garcia
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3204 | Submission Open
Keywords: tunable lasers; optical communication; coupled resonator; spectral control; optical tuning; laser spectroscopy; laser devices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Recent Progress in Ultrafast Laser
edited by , Yufeng Song and Xingliang Li
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3140 | Submission Open
Keywords: lasers; ultrashort pulse; mode-locked laser; soliton; nonlinear optics; photonics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Underwater Optical Communications Channel Models: Trends and Challenges
edited by Xiang Yi and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2852 | Submission Open
Keywords: underwater optical communications; oceanic turbulence; IOPs in seawater; radiance transfer equation solution; monte-carlo photon tracing; scintillation and PDF modelling; MIMO and OAM multi-channel modelling; hareware-in-the-loop simulations of channels
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
Emerging Trends in Spectral Analysis with Optical Sensors: Modern Approaches and Applications
edited by Qichang An and Hongchao Zhao
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2536 | Submission Open
Keywords: fiber sensors; astrophotonics; optical instrumentation and measurements; integrated photonics; interferometers; diffraction neural network
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing Technology
edited by Fei Liu and Yi Shi
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2218 | Submission Open
Keywords: distributed optical fiber sensors; optical time-domain reflectometry; optical frequency-domain reflectometry; spatial resolution; sensing range; modulation/demodulation; signal processing
Research, Development and Application of Raman Scattering Technology
edited by Haisheng Su and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2185 | Submission Open
Keywords: surface-enhanced and tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy; coherent Raman spectroscopy; resonance Raman spectroscopy; biological applications of Raman spectroscopy; theoretical and computational advances in Raman spectroscopy; Raman sensing; Raman optical activity
Optical and Photonic Devices: From Design to Nanofabrication
edited by Wenbo Mao and Zhenzhong Hao
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1792 | Submission Open
Keywords: photonic integrated circuits; metamaterials; 2D photonics; hybrid/heterogenous integration; advanced manufacturing; nanofabrication; optical design
Optical Fiber Lasers and Laser Technology
edited by and Qi Song
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1578 | 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)
Next-Generation High-Speed Direct Detection Optical Communication Systems
edited by Jingchi Li and Yixiao Zhu
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1364 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical communication; direct detection; photonic integration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing: Techniques and Applications
edited by Kun Zhu, Huan Wu and Bin Zhou
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 701 | Submission Open
Keywords: fiber optic sensors; distributed optical fiber sensing; Rayleigh; Raman; and Brillouin scattering; sensing signal processing; machine learning; artificial intelligence; infrastructure monitoring; applications in geoscience
Advanced Optics and Photonics: Additive Manufacturing
edited by and Gordon Zyla
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 499 | Submission Open
Keywords: glass optics; polymer optics; glass photonics; polymer photonics; additive manufacturing; optical design; photonics crystal fiber
Emerging Materials and Techniques in Photonic Quantum Information Technologies
edited by Adetunmise C. Dada
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 498 | Submission Open
Keywords: quantum optics; quantum computing; 2D materials; perovskites; photonic crystals; quantum cryptography; integrated quantum photonics; quantum sensing; scalability of quantum systems; commercialization of quantum technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Photonics and Technologies)
Design and Applications of Plasmonic Metasurfaces
edited by , Zhuochao Wang and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 345 | Submission Open
Keywords: plasmonic metasurfaces; surface plasmon; wavefront manipulation; hybrid plasmonic– dielectric metasurfaces; plasmonic sensing; two-dimensional materials; bound states in the continuum; electromagnetic surface modes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)
New Insights in Optical Bioimaging
edited by Stephen H. Kim
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 319 | Submission Open
Keywords: biophotonics; optical imaging; tomography; spectroscopy; light– tissue interaction; image reconstruction; numerical methods; physics-driven methods; data-driven methods; photoacoustics
Advances in Fiber Sensing Systems Based on Brillouin Scattering
edited by and Haiyang Wang
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open
Keywords: Brillouin fiber sensors; distributed fiber sensors; fiber laser sensing; fiber sensor applications; structural health monitoring; Brillouin scattering investigations; Brillouin lasing sensors
Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Photonics Sensors submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 27 articles | Viewed by 55648 | Submission Open
Keywords: fiber optic sensors; interferometric sensors; resonance-based sensors; plasmonic sensors; fluorescence; luminescence; absorption; spectroscopy; physical sensors; mechanical sensors; chemical sensors and biosensors; nanostructured materials and coatings; surface functionalization procedures; microfluidics; lab on chip; sensor packaging; sensor interrogation and instrumentation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
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