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Advances in Visual Optics

edited by

Yongji Liu

and Dimitrios Christaras

submission deadline 24 May 2025 | Viewed by 75 | 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

Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes: Innovations and Applications

edited by Chengzhao Luo and Chenghao Bi

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 122 | 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

Fundamentals and Applications of Aerosol Analysis with Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

edited by Daniel Diaz and David W. Hahn

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 268 | Submission Open

Keywords: laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy; aerosols; aerosol analysis; single-shot analysis; plasma– particle interactions; ns-LIBS; fs-LIBS; remote LIBS

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

Recent Advances in Super-Resolution Optical Microscopy

edited by Yi Zhou, Xi Liu and Zhongye Xie

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical microscopy; super resolution; three-dimensional imaging; phase imaging; interferometry; biophotonics

Recent Advancement in Microwave Photonics

edited by Lei Zhang, Lu Wang and

Tengfei Hao

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 55 | 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

Micro/Nano Optical Technology and Its Applications

edited by Guiqiang Du and Tongbiao Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: micro/nano optical technologies; micro/nano structures; micro/nano fabrication; photonic crystals; metamaterials; metasurfaces; plasmonics; multilayers

Digital Twin Modeling and Self-Optimization for Ultra-Wideband Optical Networks

edited by Weigang Hou

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical networking; optical communication; digital twin

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

Integrated Optics Temperature Sensors Based on Guided Wave and Photonics Structures

edited by

Cuma Tyszkiewicz

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermo-optic effect; thermal expansion effect; optical temperature sensors; photonic crystals cavities; photonic integrated circuits

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

Computational Imaging for Semiconductor Devices Metrology Applications

edited by Iacopo Mochi

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme ultraviolet; actinic patterned mask inspection; coherent diffractive imaging; lensless imaging; ptychography; defect inspection; defect review; EUV mask metrology; wafer metrology; pellicle inspection

Exploring Optical Fiber Communications: Technology and Applications

edited by

Jiahao Huo

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fiber communications; optical components; devices and subsystems; advanced digital signal processing; novel optical transmission schemes; advanced optical transmission technology

Optical Fiber Sensors: Recent Progress and Future Prospects

edited by

Vikas

and

Paola Saccomandi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 218 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fiber sensors; surface plasmon resonance ; photonic sensors; fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs); long period gratings (LPGs); interferometric optical fiber devices; fluorescent sensors; light diffuser-integrated sensors; evanescent wave sensors; fiber laser sensors

Advanced Fiber Laser Technology and Its Application

edited by

Qi Qin

and

Xinyang Su

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open

Keywords: simulations and studies of fiber laser dynamics; temporal and modal fluctuations; mode-locked; Q-switched and Gain-switched fiber lasers; continuous wave fiber lasers; single-cycle fiber lasers and fiber-laser based frequency combs; nonlinearity-based fiber lasers (Raman; Brillouin; supercontinuum; etc.); high-energy pulsed fiber lasers; high-power fiber lasers; including multiple laser combination; single-frequency fiber lasers; multi-wavelength fiber lasers; multi-core fiber lasers (coherent; incoherent); novel fiber materials and structures for fiber lasers; micro/nano structure fabrication; lasers for biophotonics and microscopy

Advances in Optical and Quantum Communications

edited by

Dawei Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical communication; quantum communication; machine learning; quantum key distribution; nonlinear transmission; simplified coherent transmission; optical access network; quantum access network

Recent Progress in Single-Photon Generation and Detection

edited by E Wu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: single-photon source; single-photon detector; single-photon frequency conversion

Photonic Integrated Circuits: Techniques, Insights and Devices

edited by Wenzhao Sun

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: photonic integrated circuit; optical materials; optical communications; integrated devices; biomedical devices

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

Advanced Photonics Metamaterials and Metasurfaces: Science and Applications, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhaojian Zhang

and

Junbo Yang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open

Keywords: metamaterials; metasurfaces; vector optical fields; BICs; chirality; optical forces; thermal radiation; nonreciprocal; machine learning; 2D materials

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

Terahertz Metamaterials: Advances and Applications

edited by

Harry Miyosi Silalahi

Przemyslaw Lopato

and

Victor Reshetnyak

submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open

Keywords: terahertz metamaterials; terahertz spectroscopy; sensing; imaging; photonic devices; 2D metamaterials; 3D metamaterials; advanced metamaterial technologies

Recent Progress in Ultrafast Fiber Lasers

edited by Qianglong Li and Feng Li

submission deadline 22 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrafast fiber laser fiber mode-locking; ultrashort pulse amplification; large-mode-area fiber amplifier; nonlinear spectrum broadening; nonlinear pulse amplification; nonlinear pulse compression high-order harmonic generation; wavelength conversion and tuning; optical parametric amplification; stabilized ultrafast lasers; ultrashort pulse sensing

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

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