Optical Materials Express Feature
Optical Fibers: Materials and Applications
Submission Opens:1 September 2020
Submission Deadline: 1 October 2020
Optical fiber technology is a crucial component in sensing, medical treatments, nonlinear optical devices, mid-infrared applications, as well as modern high data rate and capacity communications. This feature issue will highlight the most recent advances in optical fiber technology, with a focus on conventional as well as microstructured optical fibers based on different materials for linear and nonlinear optics. Applications such as fiber lasers, supercontinuum generation, biomedical imaging, fiber Bragg grating sensors, ultraviolet/mid-infrared devices and components will be covered. Emerging topics such as hollow-core and multi-component fiber technology will also be encouraged and we will welcome contributions that focus on design and modeling based on novel functional fiber materials.
This feature issue will focus on conventional as well as microstructured optical fibers based on different materials for linear and nonlinear optics. Applications such as fiber lasers, supercontinuum generation, biomedical imaging, fiber Bragg grating sensors, ultraviolet/mid- infrared devices and components will be covered. Emerging topics such as hollow-core and multi-component fiber technology will also be encouraged and we will welcome contributions that focus on design and modeling based on novel functional fiber materials.
Topics to be covered include but are not limited to:
- Microstructured and Specialty Optical Fibers
- Infrared materials for fiber optics
- Nonlinear effects and supercontinuum generation in optical fibers
- Multi-component fiber devices
- Polymer Optical Fiber Sensors
- Tunable fiber devices
- Fiber lasers
- Optical fiber fabrication and post-processing method
All papers need to present original, previously unpublished work, and will be subject to the normal criteria and peer-review process of the Journal. The standard OMEx publication charges will apply to all published articles.
Manuscripts must be prepared according to the usual guidelines for submission to Optical Materials Express and must be submitted online through OSA's electronic submission system. When submitting, authors should specify that the manuscript is for the "Optical Fibers: Materials and Applications" feature issue (choose from the drop-down menu).
Feature Issue Guest Editors
Christos Markos, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (Lead Editor)
Rodrigo Amezcua Correa, University of Central Florida, USA
Ole Bang, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Michael H. Frosz, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany
Natalie V. Wheeler, University of Southampton, United Kingdom