Mid and Long Wavelength Infrared Photonics, Materials, and Devices – Now Open for Submissions!

Submit to this Special Topic today View in Browser SUBMIT AN ARTICLE MANAGE MY ALERTS ABOUT THE JOURNAL Applied Physics Letters Call for Papers Special Topic: Mid and Long Wavelength Infrared Photonics, Materials, and Devices Mid and long wavelength infrared (MWIR/LWIR, ranging from 2 to 20 μm) materials and devices are in high demand across various fields, including biochemical sensing, thermal sensing and imaging, free space communication, spectroscopy, astronomy, defense and security, anticounterfeiting measures, medical diagnostics, and environmental pollution monitoring.  However, despite their strategic significance, numerous challenges have impeded their advancement and widespread use. Overcoming these obstacles requires a substantial reduction in production costs, enhanced integration with control electronics, and a broader range of emitters, detectors, and optoelectronic devices. To address these challenges, the development of novel materials, innovative device designs, and more precise metrology tools is imperative.  This Special Topic Collection serves as a platform for discussing the latest advancements in MWIR/LWIR physics and technologies. The broad MWIR/LWIR communities are invited to publish the latest developments in all key areas related to MWIR/LWIR physics and engineering. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: • Emerging materials (narrow band gap, 2D, colloidal and superlattice semiconductor systems, 2D materials, plasmonic, phononic, epsilon-near-zero, and high-index materials, metamaterials and metasurfaces, nonlinear materials). • Device physics and engineering (lasers, LEDs, detectors, modulators, intersubband and intersublevel devices, thermal emitters, bolometers, thermophotovoltaics, and infrared harvesting). • Quantum optics (quantum states of light, single-photon emitters, entangled photon sources, single-photon detectors, nonlinear optical effects, quantum metrology, quantum sensing, quantum communication) • Optical and optoelectronic characterization methods (near-field scanning probe techniques, ultrafast characterization, novel spectroscopic techniques). • Theoretical modelling and simulations (electronic and photonic simulations of novel devices and device architectures, first-principles materials modelling, multiphysics simulations) • Integrated photonic platforms (Silicon integrated photonics, new materials for integrated photonics, integrated photonic device demonstrations). • Classical and quantum technology demonstrators (molecular sensing, communication, imaging platforms, optical computing, remote sensing, environmental monitoring, health and medical applications). Guest Editors Oussama Moutanabbir, École Polytechnique de Montréal Weida Hu, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Daniel Wasserman, University of Texas at Austin Juejun Hu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Applied Physics Letters Editors Becky Peterson, University of Michigan Mathias Schubert, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Submission Deadline: June 30, 2024 LEARN MORE > Tell Us What You Think! Did you like this email? Yes > No >  Follow us on social media Copyright © 2024 AIP Publishing. All rights reserved. 1305 Walt Whitman Rd., Melville, NY 11747 You are receiving this email because you have opted-in to receive alerts from us. To guarantee delivery of this email please add journals@aip-info.org to your address book and safe senders list. If you no longer wish to receive emails from us then please unsubscribe or amend your settings.