Smart Optical Design and Opto-Mechatronics

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is seeking submissions related to new or industrially related areas, such as the metaverse, including optics related to VR and AR, light sources from solid state lighting, LED, phosphor, organic light emitting diodes, infrared and UV lasers, optical design testing, integral optical and opto-mechatronics system design, optics and images for remote sensing of air space and ocean, as well as active matrix integration, various automotive applications such as laser head-up display (HUD), head-mount display (HMD), advanced backlight systems, bio-medical imaging, industrial imaging, etc. Advanced semiconductor physics, semiconductors, application of photonic silicon, materials and technologies for new or improved forms of lighting applied to advanced optical and opto-mechatronics system designs are welcome. Newly developed optical components from UV to infrared related to lighting sources or opto-mechatronics system applications, such as liquid crystal lenses and MEMS; optical metrology for display technology such as image evaluation, laser speckle effects, color reproduction, color management color appearance, and human vision are also invited. Most recently the scope has expanded to include contributions from 3D imaging, holography, emerging display technology applications, and immersive art—these too are encouraged. All submitted papers, including invited papers, will undergo peer review according to the guidelines of Materials. Again, submissions to the Special Issue are open to all researchers in this field all over the world, while attendees and researchers who plan to attend the meeting are particularly encouraged to submit their research work.

Papers are solicited in, but need not be limited to, the following areas:

• Advanced optical design, optimization, simulation
• Optical testing, including modulation transfer function (MTF) and interferometry.
• Novel lighting technology: LED, laser and organic light emitting diodes applied to optical or opto-mechatronics systems
• Novel smart opto-mechatronics system design, simulation, testing and new applications
• Optics and remote sensing applied to Air-Space technology and Ocean
• Electronic and flexible display modes, reflective, transmissive and bi-stable displays applied to bio-medical system or opto-mechatronics systems.
• Advances in physics, semiconductors, application of photonic silicon, and materials applied to new forms of opto-mechatronical systems
• 3D imaging—holography in particular
• Newly developed integrated opto-mechatronics designs with display, such as micro-display or pico-projection
• Laser display applied to newly-developed optical storage systems
• Lighting and display technology applied to bio-medical imaging, industrial and automotive imaging
• New devices for display such as the liquid crystal lens, MEMS, and smart projection optics
• Wave front coded technology applied to further opto-mechatronics system design
• Optical metrology for display technology: image evaluation, speckle effects, color reproduction, color management, and color appearance
• Adaptive optics applied to large telescopes for remote sensing
• Alignment, tolerance, and verification of laser display systems
• Green displays and technologies
• Display imaging in relation to human vision
• Touch and interactive applications
• Immersive art

Prof. Dr. Yi Chin Fang
Dr. Tsung-Xian Lee
Dr. Shih-Hsin Ma
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Materials is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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• optical design
• optical testing
• opto-mechatronics system
• human vision
• optics and image applied to remote sensing
• light source application
• smart display technology
• immersive art
• silicon photonic