IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS — Call for Papers
1. High-Speed Photonic Integration
Submission Deadline: 1 July 2006
Publication Date: Early 2007
Primary Guest Editors: Dan Blumenthal, UCLA Santa Barbara, CA, USA; Dr. Helmut Heidrich, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut fur Nachrichtentechnik, Germany; Prof. Kenji Sato, Numazu College of Technology, Japan.

2. Optical Micro- and Nano-systems
Submission Deadline: 1 September 2006
Publication Date: Spring of 2007
Guest Editors: Joseph Talghader, University of Minnesota, USA; Olav Solgaard, Stanford University, California, USA; and Lih Lin, University of Washington, USA.

3. Progress in Solid-State, Fiber, and Tunable Sources
Submission Deadline: 1 November 2006
Publication Date: First half of 2007
The purpose of this issue of JSTQE is to document recent advances in areas of solid state and fiber laser technology and the incorporation of these lasers in UV – THz tunable sources. Broad technical areas include (but are not limited to):
• Laser gain materials (ceramics, crystalline, fiber)
• High-power lasers and laser systems (UV, VIS, IR)
• Diode pump sources and pumping schemes
• Continuous-wave and pulsed lasers
• Tunable lasers & OPOs operating in UV-THz regions
• Eye safe lasers and lidar systems
• Mid- & far-IR solid state lasers
- Advances in laser components
- Laser efficiency enhancement
• Frequency conversion (materials, harmonic generation, Raman, OPOs)
• Novel resonator and cavity designs
- Mitigation of thermal effects
- Compact laser devices and miniaturization
- High-speed modulation materials and devices
- Beam steering and transport
• Improving laser system reliability
• Space, flight, and field ruggedized of laser systems
Guest Editors: Ramesh Shori, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Kenneth Schepler, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH, USA; and Andy Clarkson, University of Southampton, UK.

4. Single Photon Counting: Detectors and Applications
Submission Deadline:2 January 2007
Publication Date: Summer of 2007
The intent of this JSTQE issue is to document the current status of single photon detectors for the infrared, visible, and ultraviolet spectral ranges, as well as the various applications of these detectors. Relevant device technology include:
• Photomultiplier technologies
• Avalanche photodiodes and other semiconductor-based single photon detectors
• Superconducting photon detectors
• Reduced dimensionality and other novel structures for single photon detection
• Threshold detection and quenching circuits for photon counting
Applications for single photon detection include:
• Single photon fluorescence and luminescence techniques
• Optical tomography
• Quantum information processing and quantum cryptography
• Free space optical communications based on single photon transmission
• Long-distance time-of-flight ranging and imaging techniques
• Adaptive optics systems for advanced telescopes
• Single photon detection in nuclear and particle physics
• \Single photon metrology
Guest Editors: Dr. Mark Itzler, Princeton Lightwave Inc., Cranbury, NJ, USA; Prof. Sergio Cova, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy; Dr. Michael Wahl, PicoQuant GmbH, Berlin, Germany; and Dr. Akihisa Tomita, NEC, Ibaraki, Japan.

5. Optical Code in Optical Communications and Networks
Submission Deadline: 1 December 2006
Publication Date: Fall of 2007
The purpose of this JSTQE issue is to document the state-of-the-art and the variety of developments in the field. Papers are solicited on:
• Generation and recognition techniques of optical codes based upon either amplitude-shift or phase-shift keying codes, 2-D time-spreading and wavelength-hopping, sub-carrier multiplexing, frequency-shift keying etc.
• Optical code-division multiple-access (OCDMA) systems
• Optical code (OC)-based Multi-Protocal Label Switching (MPLS)
• Optical burst switching using OC-control packet
• Optical packet switching using OC-header
• Optical code processing techniques for novel applications
• Monolithically integrated photonic devices for OCDMA systems
Guest Editors: Ken-ichi Kitayama, Osaka University, Japan; and S. J. Ben Yoo, University of California, Davis, USA.
Please send a .pdf or Word File of each manuscript (including keywords and author biographies) to Chin Tan-yan at c.tan-yan@ieee.org. Manuscripts must be accompanied by a completed IEEE Copyright Form, which can be sent in the mail or by e-mail. The Copyright Form can found online at: http:// www.ieee.org/about/documentation/copyright/cfmlink.htm. Additional information for authors regarding manuscript format may be found on the inside back cover of any issue of the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. All submissions will be reviewed in accordance with the journal procedures of the Journal.
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For all papers published in JSTQE, there are voluntary page charges of $110.00 per page for each page to eight pages. Invited papers can be twelve pages in length before overlength page charges of $220.00 per page are levied. The length of each paper is estimated when it is received in the Editorial Office. Authors of papers that appear to be overlength are notified and given the option to shorten the paper. Additional charges will apply if color figures are required.
For more information on JSTQE special issues and submission requirements, contact Chin Tan-yan at c.tan-yan@ieee.org