Special Issue on Recent Advances and Future Trends in Nanophotonics

Nanophotonics is an emerging multidisciplinary frontier of science and engineering. Its high potential in contributing to the development of many areas of technology makes nanophotonics a focus of interest for many researchers from different fields. In light of the above, the present Special Issue of Applied Sciences on “Recent Advances and Future Trends in Nanophotonics” gives an overview of the latest developments in nanophotonics and its roles in different application domains. Eleven papers were submitted to this Special Issue, and nine papers were accepted (i.e., an 82% acceptance rate). The presented papers explore innovative trends of nanophotonic science and technology that enable technological breakthroughs in high-impact areas and cover several topics, mainly regarding diffraction elements, detection, imaging, spectroscopy, optical communications and computing.