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Recent Advances in Optical Wireless Communication Systems and Networks

edited by

Yang Hong

, Jin Shi and

Zhouyi Hu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8684 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical wireless communications; visible light communications; optical wireless networks; underwater optical wireless transmission; optical camera communications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)

Fiber Lasers: Recent Advances and Applications

edited by

Lau Kuen Yao

and Jiancheng Zheng

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6196 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber lasers; optical fibers; laser resonators; advances of fiber laser; fiber laser applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

Coherence Manipulation, Propagation and Applications of Vortex Beam

edited by

Jun Zeng

and Jinhong Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5102 | Submission Open

Keywords: vortex beams; light manipulation; coherence; coherence structure; beam propagation; atmospheric turbulence; optical trapping; information transmission

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)

Advances in Nonlinear Optics: From Fundamentals to Applications

edited by

Wenjie Wan

and Yuanlin Zheng

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2586 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonlinear photonics; integrated photonics; photonic devices and applications; integrated quantum optics; synthetic dimensions; non-hermitian optics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)

Advances in Integrated Photonics

edited by Zhefeng Hu, Weike Zhao and Mengruo Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2445 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated optical passive devices and active devices; integrated optical nonlinear devices; heterogeneous integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

Thermal Radiation and Micro-/Nanophotonics

edited by

Zao Yi

and

Xiaohu Wu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1944 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanostructures; metamaterials; micro/nano-optics; plasmonics; applications of micro/nano-optics

Advanced Methods in Exploring Light–Matter Interactions and Nonlinear Effects Optics Applications

edited by

Zhaohong Liu

, Yuanqin Xia, Xiao Fang,

Jiawei Sun

Zeyu Gao

and Jiarui Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1403 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-power lasers; nonlinear optics; light– matter interactions; solid-state lasers; Brillouin microscopy; Raman spectroscopy; radar detection; machine learning in optical systems; wavefront shaping; computational imaging; adaptive optics; fiber-optic systems; laser-based sensing; optical imaging techniques

Advanced Photonic Integration Technology and Devices

edited by

Wei Du

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1256 | Submission Open

Keywords: photonics integrated circuits; optoelectronics; Si photonics; hybrid integration

Photonics for Biomedical Applications: Design and Integration of Optical Imaging Systems

edited by

Cuixia Dai

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 990 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical imaging; optical coherence tomography (OCT); fluorescence imaging; multiphoton microscopy; photoacoustic technique; imaging system design; optical system integration; multimodal imaging

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics)

Optical Fiber Sensors: Shedding More Light with Machine Learning

edited by Koustav Dey,

Nikolai Ushakov

, Sourabh Roy and Elena De Vita

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 821 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; deep learning; fiber gratings; sensor signal processing; fiber optic interferometers; multimode interference (MMI); physical; chemical and bio sensors; distributed fiber optic sensors; fiber optic specklegram sensors; fiber vortex sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)

Maritime Photonics: Advances in Laser Propagation and Sensing

edited by

Keith Cohn

, Conor Pogue and

Stephen Hammel

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 608 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical turbulence; maritime environment; atmospheric boundary layer; lidar; adaptive optics; imaging through turbulence; laser communications; laser propagation; atmospheric sensing; numerical weather prediction; machine learning/artificial intelligence

Emerging Trends in On-Chip Photonic Integration

edited by Zixian Wei

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 454 | Submission Open

Keywords: photonic integrated circuits; integrated photonics; silicon photonics; heterogeneous integration; passive components; active components; co-package; optical communication; neuromorphic computingphotonic integrated circuits; integrated photonics; silicon photonics; heterogeneous integration; passive components; active components; co-package; optical communication; neuromorphic computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)

Advances in Nonlinear Fiber Optics: Science and Applications

edited by Jingwei Wu and

Fabio Mangini

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 322 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonlinear fiber optics; fiber lasers; pulsed fiber lasers; supercontinuum generation; gas-filled hollow-core fiber lasers; fiber-based microscopy; fiber-based frequency comb; fiber-based pulse stretching and compression; parametric fiber devices; fiber sensors

Advances in Polarimetric Imaging: Innovations and Applications

edited by Jiawei Zuo and Jing Bai

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open

Keywords: polarimetric imaging; metasurfaces; nanofabrication; polarization microscopy

Advanced Laser Beam Control Technology and Applications

edited by Lizhi Dong, Xin Yu and

Qing Ye

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open

Keywords: laser beam combination; laser beam quality; beam path conditioning; laser beam propagation; thermal blooming; atmospheric turbulence; beam director; adaptive optics; free-space optical communication; aero-optics; laser guide star; acquisition; pointing and tracking

The Latest Frontiers in Fiber Laser Innovations

edited by Yiwen Shi, Peilong Yang and Liang Jin

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber lasers; noval optical design in fiber lasers; special optical fiber/optical waveguide; nonlinear fiber optics; fiber amplifiers; applications based on fiber lasers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)

Novel Two-Dimensional Materials Based on Nonlinear Photonics

edited by Jia Guo

submission deadline 1 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4645 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

Advanced Materials and Devices for Silicon Photonics

edited by Jiawei Wang,

Qiancheng Zhao

and Meiting Song

submission deadline 1 May 2025 | Viewed by 545 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated silicon and silicon nitride photonics; light sources; including quantum dot lasers and heterogeneous integrated III-V lasers; etc.; silicon modulators and switches; detectors; including Ge-on-Si and III– V hybrid detectors; etc.; III– V material integration with silicon photonics; silicon photonics metamaterials; silicon photonics MEMS; silicon bio-photonics

Emerging Trends in Photonic Crystals

edited by

Zhongyu Cai

submission deadline 4 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4669 | Submission Open

Keywords: photonic crystals; self-assembly; sensing; display; biomedical engineering; energy harvesting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

Advancements in Optical Sensing and Communication Technologies

edited by Can Zhao

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2815 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical sensing; optical communication; optical fiber

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)

Challenges and Opportunities in Optical Wireless Communications for beyond Fifth and Sixth Generations Networks

edited by

Hemani Kaushal

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2258 | Submission Open

Keywords: free space optical communication; visible light communication; underwater wireless optical communication; optical quantum communication; hybrid RF-FSO communication; FSO security; FSO backhaul; channel characterization; antenna design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)

Neuromorphic Photonics

edited by

Paulo André

and

Rute A. S. Ferreira

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1955 | Submission Open

Keywords: neuromorphic engineering; photonics; artificial intelligence; brain-inspired computing; synaptic plasticity; optical neural networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

Recent Advances in Hollow-Core Fiber Optics: Design, Fabrication, and Applications

edited by Meng Ding and Shoulin Jiang

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1412 | Submission Open

Keywords: hollow-core fiber optics; HCFs for high-power delivery systems; applications in HCFs

Next-Generation Optical Networks for 5G, 6G, and Beyond

edited by Hamzeh Khalili and Fatemeh Tabatabimehr

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | Viewed by 303 | Submission Open

Keywords: 5G and beyond; 6G; dynamic bandwidth allocation; network slicing; fiber-to-everything (FTTx); optical fronthaul; backhaul; energy-efficient networks; photonic technologies; AI-driven network management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)

Advances in Diffuse Optical Tomography: Current Trends and Future Perspectives

edited by Limin Zhang

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical optical imaging; light propagation model; image reconstruction; optical measurement technique; medical applications of diffuse light

Fabrication of Optical Fiber and Fiber Amplifiers: From Design to Applications

edited by Shiying Xiao, Beilei Wu and

Yudong Lian

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10898 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fibers; specialty optical fibers; optical fiber amplifiers; EDFAs; rare-earth-doped fiber amplifiers; fiber Raman amplifiers; fiber Brillouin amplifiers; optical fiber sensors; optical fiber lasers

Optical Communication Networks: Advancements and Future Directions

edited by

Shu-Hao Chang

and

Chin-Yuan Fan

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5794 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical communication; technology foresight; communication network; optical switching; optical network

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)

Science and Applications of Optical Fiber Sensors: Recent Advances and Future Trends

edited by Alex Dante and Quandong Huang

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4778 | Submission Open

Progress in OAM Beams: Recent Innovations and Future Perspectives

edited by Eric G. Johnson and Miranda Van Iersel

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4282 | Submission Open

Keywords: orbital angular momentum; structured light; imaging; sensing; optical communication; optical micromanipulation

Progress in Fiber Optic Sensors: Design and Applications

edited by Dewen Duan

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2110 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber optic sensors; fiber optic devices; fiber optic sensing (FOS) technology; FOS advances; sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)

Diffractive Optics and Its Emerging Applications

edited by Peng Wang and Apratim Majumder

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1416 | Submission Open

Keywords: diffractive optics; simulation and optimization; fabrication and replication; computational imaging and machine vision; AR/VR and LiDAR; diffractive optical computing; reconfigurable diffractive device

Advances in Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Optics and Optical Systems for Synchrotrons, Free Electron Lasers, Highly Harmonic Generations and Telescopes

edited by Lorenzo Raimondi,

Maurizio Vannoni

and Cristian Svetina

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 1041 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme ultraviolet and X-ray optics and optical systems; mirrors; gratings; diffractive lenses; spectrometers; monochromators; beamlines and instrumentation; simulation codes and theory

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)

Optical Technology for Challenging Conditions：Methods and Applications

edited by

Xiaobo Li

, Jing Wu, Hongyuan Wang and

Yu Liu

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12523 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical imaging; complex media; adverse weather conditions; wavefront shaping

(This special issue belongs to the Section New Applications Enabled by Photonics Technologies and Systems)

Optical Sensing Technologies, Devices and Their Data Applications

edited by Yufei Chu, Hanqing Guo, Yuanxian Zhang and Abu Farzan Mitul

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 6989 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensing; lidar; atmospheric and environmental detection; optical sensors; AI in optical sensing; optofluidics; fluorescence; non-destructive detection; ultrasonic detection; optical sensing data and their applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)

Quantum Enhanced Devices and Instruments for Sensing Applications

edited by

Yanhui Hu

and Kai Wei

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4727 | Submission Open

Keywords: light– matter interactions; precision measurement; quantum optomechanics; optical devices and instruments; magnetic field and inertial sensing; optimization methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Photonics and Technologies)

Silicon-Based Integrated Optics: From Design to Applications

edited by

Mingyu Li

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4539 | Submission Open

Keywords: silicon photonics; photonic integration; integrated circuits; CMOS

Development and Optimization of High-Power Semiconductor Laser Diodes and Photodetectors

edited by

Cheng-Ao Yang

and Jiang Wu

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1500 | Submission Open

Keywords: semiconductor laser; laser diodes; optoelectronics devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)

Research on Optical Materials and Components for 3D Displays

edited by Jianyu Hua, Fan Chu and Hanle Zhang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 426 | Submission Open

Keywords: holographic 3D display; light field 3D display; augmented reality 3D display; near eye 3D display; microlens array; metalens array; metasurface; flat lens; liquid crystal; lithium niobate; directional backlight; eye tracker

High-Precision Laser Interferometry: Instruments and Techniques

edited by Hongxing Yang and Pengcheng Hu

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 230 | Submission Open

Keywords: precise measurement; laser technology; nanotechnology; multi-dimensional measurement; laser frequency stabilization; laser interferometer; laser interferometry; optical nonlinearity; linear displacement; absolute distance measurement; calibration

Fiber Optics and Fiber Lasers

edited by Wenguang Liu,

Jiangbin Zhang

and Ran Xia

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber lasers; high-power fiber lasers; mid-infrared fiber laser; novel special fibers; nonlinear optics; fiber sensing; fiber communication; mode-locked fiber lasers; ultrafast dynamics

Advances in Visual Optics

edited by

Yongji Liu

and Dimitrios Christaras

submission deadline 24 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1221 | Submission Open

Keywords: visual optics; myopia control; refractive and cataract surgery; intraocular lens; optics of the eye; eye model; wavefront aberration; new technologies in visual optics; applications of artificial intelligence in visual optics; lens and ocular biomedics

Laser Processing and Modification of Materials

edited by Liyang Yue and Wei Guo

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8879 | Submission Open

Keywords: laser; laser material processing; laser applications; laser cutting; laser welding; laser cleaning; laser surface patterning; laser drilling; laser cladding; laser machining

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)

Optical Technologies for Biomedical Science

edited by Geer Teng

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4931 | Submission Open

Keywords: optics and spectroscopy in biomedical analysis; optical diagnosis (cancer; other diseases; clinical samples; etc.); multimodal imaging; molecular imaging and therapies; optical biophysics; nanophotonic biosensing; pharmaceutical analysis; non-destructive detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics)

Advancements in Fiber Lasers and Their Applications

edited by Tianshu Wang, Chunyu Guo and

Xiaohui Li

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4437 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber lasers; optical communication; fiber sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)

Terahertz Advancements in Fibers, Waveguides and Devices

edited by

Yifei Zhang

and Qi Yang

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2794 | Submission Open

Keywords: terahertz (THz) waveguides; THz devices; THz communications

Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes: Innovations and Applications

edited by Chengzhao Luo and Chenghao Bi

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 445 | Submission Open

Keywords: design and development of efficient quantum dot light-emitting diode transmission layers; research on the performance degradation mechanism of quantum dot light-emitting diode devices; high-resolution quantum dot light-emitting diode techniques; novel quantum dot light-emitting materials; integration of quantum dots with micro-led/mini-led; highly efficient perovskite quantum dot light-emitting diodes; stabilized perovskite quantum dot light-emitting material manufacturing technology; quantum dot light-emitting diode application; quantum dot color conversion luminescent thin-film backlighting technologies; quantum dot patterning technologies

Holographic Information Processing

edited by

Xianfeng Xu

Hongbo Zhang

, Wen-Jing Zhou and

Ting-Chung Poon

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 18375 | Submission Open

Recent Advances in Nonlinear Optics: From Fundamentals to Applications

edited by Anderson Stevens Leônidas Gomes

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4204 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonlinear optics; nonlinear quantum optics; nonlinear optical effects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)

Advancements in Optical Information Processing and Communication Technologies

edited by

Tao Yang

, Jiabin Cui and Kunpeng Zhai

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2200 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical transmissions; optical interconnections; optical information processing; optical computing; integrated photonic devices; nonlinear optics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)

Recent Advancement in Microwave Photonics

edited by Lei Zhang, Lu Wang and

Tengfei Hao

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2016 | Submission Open

Keywords: microwave photonics; integrated microwave photonics; microwave photonic signal generation; microwave photonic signal processing; microwave photonic signal control and distribution; applications of microwave photonics

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