Optical Fibers Special Issue 2019 : Novel Optical Fibers, Devices and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Optical fiber technology has achieved major advances in the last few decades, and has revolutionized key application fields, including those of communications, sensing, and lighting.

Journal Materials (ISSN 1996-1944) is currently running a Special Issue entitled "Novel Optical Fibers, Devices and Applications". Dr. Maria Konstantaki, of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (Greece), and Prof. Wei Jin, of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (China), are serving as Guest Editors for this issue.

Special Issue Link: http://www.mdpi.com/si/materials/optical_fibers.

The aim of this Special Issue is to feature recent advances in the field of novel fibers, their devices and applications, in terms of, but not limited to, fiber material and properties, design and fabrication, light localization structures, fiber surface functionalization through sensitive materials and transducing techniques, and components and sensing systems.

It is our pleasure to invite you to contribute original full research papers, short communications, and state-of-the-art reviews in this Special Issue.

Materials (ISSN 1996-1944) is an Open Access journal of materials science. The journal is indexed by SCIE, EI, Scopus, and gets high visibility. The 2017 impact factor is 2.467. 5-Year Impact Factor is 3.325 (2017). The Average Article Processing Time is less than 40 days (from submission to publication). The EB members are at http://www.mdpi.com/journal/materials/editors

If you have any questions regarding this special issue, please feel free to contact the editorial office or our Guest Editors.

Keywords:
Optical fiber materials and designs
Optical fiber functionalizing processes
Optical fiber fabrication technologies
Microstructured and photonic-crystal fibers,
Micro and nano-fibers
Optical fiber sensors
Fiber optic components
Fiber amplifiers and lasers