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This specialty section is devoted to the science and application of photonics and optics, ranging from optical characterization of materials to innovative photonic device functionalities enabled by new physical concept and novel optical materials.We welcome original research ideas in a number of subfields that span over the full electromagnetic spectrum from deep-UV to THz, including crosstalk between classical optics and modern imaging/wavefront engineering tools of different domains; modern optics covering a continuum of quantum effect of light generation, propagation and conversion in the medium.
At the frontier of optical materials, we are interested to learn about glass, semiconductor, organic, polymeric, ionic, low dimensional, bulk, fiber, membrane, porous, metamaterials, laser materials and bio-inspired optical materials. The applications cover all the various fields where photonics is playing a role, such as lightening, energy, security, sensing, environment, defense, communication, computing, medicine, and manufacturing.
We encourage submissions on all the different aspects of optics and photonics: from synthesis and fabrication techniques; through novel optical properties, new experimental methods, new devices enabled by materials to the material foundation of optical devices. Furthermore, we welcome studies that address complex systems, optical forces, photonic crystals, metamaterials, optical antennas, chromophores and fluorescent materials, plasmonics, negative refractive index, opto-mechanics, solar cells, resonant cavities, light scattering, localization, integrated optical devices, optical fiber and optical texture.
Our ultimate objective is to keep pace with the evolution of Optics and Photonics since we are facing the pervasive presence of photonics in everyday life and the frequent discovery of new optical phenomena opens up possibilities to forge materials, atom by atom, to define their optical properties at will. The inherent interdisciplinarity of this specific field allows for merging disciplines, topics and approaches.
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Optics and Photonics welcomes submissions of the following article types: Book Review, Code, Correction, Data Report, Editorial, General Commentary, Hypothesis and Theory, Methods, Mini Review, Opinion, Original Research, Perspective, Protocols, Review, Specialty Grand Challenge and Technology Report.
All manuscripts must be submitted directly to the section Optics and Photonics, where they are peer-reviewed by the Associate and Review Editors of the specialty section.
Articles published in the section Optics and Photonics will benefit from the Frontiers impact and tiering system after online publication. Authors of published original research with the highest impact, as judged democratically by the readers, will be invited by the Chief Editor to write a Frontiers Focused Review - a tier-climbing article. This is referred to as "democratic tiering". The author selection is based on article impact analytics of original research published in all Frontiers specialty journals and sections. Focused Reviews are centered on the original discovery, place it into a broader context, and aim to address the wider community across all of Materials and Physics.
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