Ellipsometry

Submission Deadline: July 12, 2027Contribute to this Special Topic
This Special Topic Collection is devoted to ellipsometry, polarimetry, and related techniques that utilize polarized light to study and understand bulk materials, thin films, surfaces, interfaces, or nanostructures across fundamental and applied research. A wide range of ellipsometry aspects cover recent advances in theory, instrumentation and data analysis, as well as specialized applications across physics, chemistry, materials science, life sciences, engineering, or metrology. Papers may originate from the AVS 72nd International Symposium (November 8–13, 2026, in Pittsburgh, PA) session organized by the Spectroscopic Ellipsometry (EL) Technical Group, or from the 1st American Workshop on Ellipsometry (February 28–March 3, 2027, in Lincoln, NE). Other ellipsometry-related research not originating from these meetings may also be included. Data records including optical property measurements should be submitted to Surface Science Spectra using the appropriate submission template found here. Other regular research articles on research using ellipsometry, polarimetry, and other related techniques should be submitted to JVST B.

Topics covered include, but are not limited to:

  • Novel hardware and sensing strategies
  • In situ instrumentation and real-time process monitoring
  • THz and EUV wavelengths
  • Imaging ellipsometry
  • Advanced noise reduction and signal processing
  • Machine learning and artificial intelligence for data analysis and modeling
  • Dielectric, semiconductor, and metal thin films and nanostructures
  • Ferro-/piezoelectrics, ferro-/antiferromagnetics, and multiferroics
  • 2D materials, liquid crystals, and photonic crystals
  • Soft materials: organics, polymers, and self-assembled monolayers
  • Hybrid, composite, and multicomponent material systems
  • Birefringence, optical anisotropy, and chirality
  • Next-generation electronic or photonic materials, 3D architectures, and devices
  • Metamaterials, metasurfaces, and engineered photonic systems
  • Topological, superconducting, and low-dimensional materials for quantum technologies
  • Solar, battery, and thermoelectric materials for energy applications

Guest Editors

Eva Schubert, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Marcel Junige, University of Colorado Boulder

Rafał Korlacki, J.A. Woollam Co., Inc.

Megan Stokey, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Ufuk Kılıç, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Alyssa Mock, Weber State University

Submission Deadline: July 12, 2027Contribute to this Special Topic