Recent Advances in Nonlinear Optics: From Fundamentals to Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Nonlinear optics (NLO) is a well-established research field, and its advances since 1961, approximately one year after the invention of the first laser, have achieved unthinkable developments and applications, from the basic understanding of light–matter interaction to the development of characterization techniques, with applications that range from optical communications to biophotonics. The exploitation of NLO techniques in the world of nanoscience and nanotechnology has attained fantastic achievements, leading to the establishment of fields such as nonlinear nanophotonics, or nonlinear plasmonics and nanoplasmonics when a metallic/non-metallic interface is present. More recently, going beyond the classical regime, quantum nonlinear optics has been the subject of intense research.

This Special Issue will publish manuscripts that encompass a diversity of aspects under the broad umbrella of "Recent Advances in Nonlinear Optics: From Fundamentals to Applications".

All theoretical, numerical, and experimental papers are welcome for submission. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Coherent generation and amplification of light through nonlinear optical methods;
• Nonlinear optics in 1D, 2D and 3D architectures;
• Nonlinear optics in plasmonics and nanoplasmonics;
• Nonlinear quantum optics;
• Nonlinear optical imaging modalities;
• Nonlinear optics in disordered media;
• Nonlinear optics in planar waveguides;
• Novel nonlinear optical effects;
• Nonlinear optics applications.

Prof. Dr. Anderson Stevens Leônidas Gomes
Guest Editor

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. Photonics is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• nonlinear optics
• nonlinear quantum optics
• nonlinear optical effects