Quantum information science/technology is now representing one of the most active academic frontiers. It is believed to have disruptive impact on many current technological fields including Optics and Electromagnetics, on which PIERS has been focusing for a long time. As a matter of fact, such influences are happening daily and expanding rapidly, as photons are taking the prime role in quantum communication, and electromagnetic tools are widely used in quantum manipulation. A great deal of work on quantum technologies associated with optics and electromagnetics has been carried out so far, and the achievements exhibit great application prospects in many scientific and technological fields. PIERS has the responsibility to overlook the recent achievements in quantum technologies associate with light and electromagnetic field, then to promote the future developments of optics, electromagnetics and quantum information science.
We thus open the Special Issue “Quantum Technologies related to Optics and Electromagnetics” in PIERS to collect reviews, state-of-the-art works, newest research progresses on the principal and practical technologies in the field of quantum information processing with optics and electromagnetics. We welcome high-quality and novel technical articles, which have not been previously published anywhere. The scope of this special issue covers all the quantum fields, including quantum computation, quantum communication and quantum metrology. The relevant topics include, but are not limited to:
Manuscripts should be submitted online. This special issue title should be selected during the online submission process. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published online continuously (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers).
