Dear Colleagues,

Photonics is a discipline dealing with the generation, manipulation, transportation, and detection of light. The applications of photonics have been widespread due mainly to the rapid development of cutting-edge lasers, fiber optics, high-speed photodetectors, as well as other optoelectronic devices. Specifically, the success of photonics has led to a wide variety of advanced lightwave technologies such as telecommunication and date storage, optical computing and information processing, solid state lighting, 3D-display and imaging, health monitoring, alternative energy, etc.  

In this Special Issue we cordially invite original contributions from authors in the various areas of photonics in Asia. Submission contributions include but are not limited to (1) growth, synthesis and characteristics of photonic micro- and nano-materials; (2) physics, fabrication, and characterization of photonic devices; (3) numerical simulation and modeling; (4) low-dimensional photonic devices and materials; (5) other novel functional photonic materials, structures, and devices and their applications.

Prof. Ya-Ju Lee
Prof. Chun-Chieh Chang
Guest Editors

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