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Optical Materials

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Impact Factor:
4.2
Publisher:
Elsevier
ISSN:
0925-3467
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Optical Materials is an academic journal published by Elsevier. (ISSN 0925-3467, impact factor 4.2).

An International Journal on the Physics and Chemistry of Optical Materials and their Applications, including Devices Optical Materials has an open access companion journal Optical Materials: X which has the same editorial board and peer-review process. To submit to Optical Materials: X visit https://www.editorialmanager.com/OMX/default.aspx. Optical Materials provides a means for communicating advances in the materials enabling of optical devices and applications. The journal publishes original papers and invited reviews on the synthesis, properties, and uses of optical materials. Optical Materials focuses on: Optical properties of materials; The enabling Materials aspects of optical phenomena; The underlying Materials aspects of optical and photonic devices and applications. Manuscripts should focus on and explicitly describe new material, process, property, and application advancements and not incremental improvements. Manuscripts reporting purely computational results without direct experimental validation falls outside of the scope of this journal and should be submitted to our open access companion, Optical Materials X. Authors can submit separate research elements describing their data to Data in Brief and methods to Methods X.
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Special Issues

Special Issue on honor of the 60th anniversary of Kao and Hockham Submission Date: 2026-09-30 Optical fibres have proven to be transformative technologies with wide-ranging applications in telecommunications, high-power lasers, lighting, materials processing, and real-time monitoring. Recent advances have enabled the integration of novel materials and complex structures within individual fibres, unlocking unprecedented performance and multifunctionality. This special issue highlights the latest developments in optical fibres, covering new materials, innovative structures, advanced fabrication techniques, and emerging functionalities. Submissions addressing practical applications are particularly welcome, especially those that emphasise the unique advantages of fibre-based platforms compared to existing technologies. We invite contributions, including but not limited to: Materials for optical fibres. Innovative fibre structures. Advanced fabrication and processing techniques. Fibre-based sensing technologies. Enhanced fibre functionalities beyond light transmission. Applications of optical fibres. Guest editors: Executive Guest Editor Dr. Lei Wei Organization*: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798 Singapore Institutional Email Address*: [email protected] Co-Guest Editors Dr. Fabien Sorin Organization*: Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique, Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland Institutional Email Address*: [email protected] Dr. Katrin Wondraczek Organization*: Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT), 07745 Jena, Germany Institutional Email Address*: [email protected] Special issue information: We welcome you to submit your manuscript(s) at any time before the submission deadline. For any inquiries about the appropriateness of contribution topics, don't hesitate to get in touch with Executive Guest Editor Dr. Lei Wei via [email protected]. If you encounter difficulties or any issues while submitting your manuscript(s), don't hesitate to contact the support desk. You can reach out to the Elsevier Support Center or our journal manager, Surjith Kumar, via the email addresses [email protected] or [email protected]. They will be happy to assist you with your submission and resolve any difficulties you may encounter. Manuscript submission information: Submission Deadline: 30 September 2026 To submit your manuscript, please go to Optical Materials OPTMAT (at https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/optical-materials) and follow the procedures for manuscript submission. When prompted for 'Enter Manuscript Information', please select our Special Issue Article type as ‘VSI: In honor of the 60th anniversary of Kao and Hockham' at https://www.editorialmanager.com/om/default.aspx; otherwise, the paper will be processed as a regular paper. Author Guidelines and Manuscript Submission can be found at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/optical-materials/publish/guide-for-authors. Keywords: Optical fibres; Emerging materials; Fibre structures; Fabrication techniques; Multifunctional fibres
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Special Issue on Optical Materials Research in Asia Submission Date: 2026-12-31 This special issue focuses upon the recent progress of optical materials studies in Asian countries, covering the broad area of cutting-edge fabrication methods, analysis, theoretical simulations, and AI-related data-driven studies. In recent years, Asian countries have been actively developing optical materials with applications in solar cells, phosphors, LEDs, and other fields. This special issue aims to compile papers on the latest research on cutting-edge optical materials in Asian countries. We welcome papers from a wide range of research fields, including advanced synthesis and analysis methods, computer simulations, and data-driven research using AI. Executive Guest Editor Professor Dr. Tomoyuki Yamamoto Organization*: Faculty of Science and Engineering & Institute of Condensed-Matter Science, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-8555, Japan; Kagami Memorial Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology, 2-8-26 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-0051, Japan Institutional Email Address*: [email protected] Co-Guest Editors Professor Dr. Nguyen Dinh Lam Organization*: Faculty of Engineering Physics and Nanotechnology, VNU-University of Engineering and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam Institutional Email Address*: [email protected] Professor Dr. Wu-Ching Chou Organization*: Department of Electrophysics, College of Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 University Road, Hsinchu, 300093, Taiwan Institutional Email Address*: [email protected] Special issue information: For any inquiries about the appropriateness of contribution topics, don't hesitate to get in touch with the Executive Guest Editor, Professor Dr. Tomoyuki Yamamoto, via [email protected]. If you encounter difficulties or any issues while submitting your manuscript(s), don't hesitate to contact the support desk. You can reach out to the Elsevier Support Center or our journal manager, Mr. Surjith Kumar, via the email addresses [email protected] or [email protected]. They'll be happy to help you with your submission and resolve any problems you may have. Manuscript submission information: Submission Deadline: 15 April 2026 To submit your manuscript, please go to Optical Materials-OPTMAT (at https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/optical-materials) and follow the procedures for manuscript submission. When prompted for 'Enter Manuscript Information', you can select our Special Issue Article type as ‘VSI: Optical Materials Research in Asia' at https://www2.cloud.editorialmanager.com/om/default2.aspx. Author Guidelines and Manuscript Submission can be found at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/optical-materials/publish/guide-for-authors. Keywords: Optical Materials https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/332964/optical-materials-research-in-asia
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