SPIE and Chinese Laser Press (CLP) have announced the recipients of the 2025 Editor‑in‑Chief Choice Awards for Advanced Photonics. The awards recognize outstanding original and review papers published in the journal between December 2024 and December 2025.
Advanced Photonics, copublished by SPIE and CLP, is a Gold Open Access journal established in 2019. It publishes innovative research across optics and photonics, both fundamental and applied. In 2025, the journal published 60 original articles and 17 review articles. It currently holds an Impact Factor of 18.8 and a CiteScore of 29.8, and is available through the redesigned SPIE Digital Library.
The winning original research article, Calibration‑free measurement of absolute gas concentration and temperature via light‑induced thermoelastic spectroscopy, was authored by Shunda Qiao, Ziting Lang, Ying He, Xiyang Zhi, and Yufei Ma of the Harbin Institute of Technology in China. Co‑Editor‑in‑Chief Xiao‑Cong (Larry) Yuan explained that the work demonstrated a precise method for measuring gas concentration and temperature using the quartz thermoelastic effect and light intensity modulation. He noted that the approach represented a significant advancement in laser spectroscopy and trace gas detection, with strong potential for practical applications.
The winning review article, Thin‑film lithium niobate quantum photonics: review and perspectives, was authored by Fabien Labbé, Çağın Ekici, Innokentiy Zhdanov, Alif Laila Muthali, Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe, and Yunhong Ding of the Technical University of Denmark. Co‑Editor‑in‑Chief Anatoly Zayats highlighted that the paper provided a clear and technically detailed overview of a rapidly advancing area in integrated photonics. He added that the review offered both a state‑of‑the‑art summary and a roadmap for future quantum photonic technologies.
The Editor‑in‑Chief Choice Awards, established in 2020, continue to recognize contributions of high importance to the optics and photonics community.
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