Collections and calls for papers

40th anniversary of Applied Physics B (Jacob I. Mackenzie)

In 2021 we celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the demarcation of the Springer Verlag journal Applied Physics into its two branches Applied Physics A: Solids and Surfaces and Applied Physics B: Photophysics an...

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Advanced Optical Holographic Imaging Technologies

Guest Edited by: Woei Ming (Steve) Lee, Tatsuki Tahara and Vijayakumar Anand In the recent years, there has been a paradigm shift towards developing new imaging modalities based on the fundamental concepts o...

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Cryogenically-Cooled Lasers (Jacob I Mackenzie, Nikolay Ter-Gabrielyan, Yung Fu Chen)

Energy scaling with high average power has become increasingly important in pursuing extreme-light conditions. Technological advances in cooling gain media to cryogenic temperatures are enabling next generat...

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Europhoton 2022

This topical issue will cover the latest breakthroughs in the field of solid-state, fibre and waveguide light sources. Included papers will cover the topics explored at the 10th EPS-QEOD Europhoton conferenc...

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Europhoton 2024

This Europhoton 2024 topical issue will cover the latest breakthroughs in the field of solid-state, fibre and waveguide light sources. Included papers will cover the topics presented at the 11th EPS-QEOD Eur...

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Upcoming

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12 August 2024 - 30 November 2024

EUROPL2024

EUROPL2024 - 2nd International Congress and Expo on Optics, Photonics and Lasers We are excited to announce a Special Issue for the 2nd International Congress and Expo on Optics, Photonics, and Lasers (EUROP...

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01 June 2024 - 31 December 2024

Field Laser Applications in Industry and Research

Papers from FLAIR2016 Edited by Francesco D'Amato, Erik Kerstel & Alan Fried

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Laser-Induced Incandescence

This Laser-Induced Incandescence topical issue will cover the latest breakthroughs in the field of thermal light-particle interaction and its use as a diagnostic technique. Included papers will cover the top...

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Laser-Induced Incandescence

Collection edited by Klaus Peter Geigle and Stefan Will

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Mid-infrared and THz laser sources and applications (Wei Ren, Paolo De Natale, Gerard Wysocki)

The mid-infrared to THz spectral range has become a region of increasing interest due to the recent advancements of laser technologies and a wide variety of scientific and technological applications. Numerou...

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Optical Nanofibers and Microresonators (Síle Nic Chormaic, Misha Sumetsky, Lan Yang)

Optical nanofibers and microresonators have become enormously useful in the last decade in areas ranging from atomic through optical to quantum physics. Novel applications include optical sensing, lasing, op...

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Quantum Repeaters: From Components to Strategies

Guest edited by Manfred Bayer, Christoph Becher, and Peter van Loock

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Ultrafast Nanooptics

Guest edited by: Walter Pfeiffer, Martin Aeschlimann

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Virtual Collection: Sustainable Development Goal 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy

This collection presents articles published in Applied Physics B from 2019 onwards related to UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainab...

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“Enlightening the World with the Laser” - Honoring T. W. Hänsch

Guest Edited by: Tilman Esslinger, Nathalie Picqué, Thomas Udem

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