Submissions
Abstracts Submission. We invite submissions of original research or review works in all areas of Optics and Photonics. The abstract submission deadline for free-format short abstracts (up to 2500 characters) is May 15, 2026 (23:59 GMT). Submissions via the INDICO platform: https://indico.fccn.pt/e/aop2026
Book of Abstracts. All accepted contributions will be included in a Book of Abstracts, which will be published by the journal i-ETC : ISEL Academic Journal of Electronics Telecommunications and Computers prior to the conference, ensuring that participants have timely access to all relevant information. The Book of Abstracts will be assigned to its own DOI number.
Proceedings. Full papers corresponding to presented works may be submitted for inclusion in the conference proceedings, which will be published as a special issue of the journal i-ETC : ISEL Academic Journal of Electronics Telecommunications and Computers. These submissions will undergo a formal peer-review process conducted by the technical committee. Accepted articles will be published in Platinum Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and each article will be assigned an individual DOI number.
The template for the full paper proceedings can be downloaded here:
The full manuscript can be submitted in the INDICO platform. Please log in using the same credentials you used for the abstract submission. Deadline extended to 15 of October.
Extended papers can be submitted to Special issues on selected journals:
1. Manuscript Submission to the
In addition to the proceedings book, the authors have an excellent opportunity to reach an even wider audience, through publishing extended versions of their manuscripts in the special Issue of JEOS-RP for AOP2026 conference.
For more information on the Topical issue and discounted publication fees visit: https://www.europeanoptics.org/pages/jeosrp/scientific-papers/topical-issues-conference/aop2026.html
2. Manuscript Submission to AOP2026' Special Issue of the Applied Sciences journal (MDPI):
In addition to the Proceedings book, the authors have an excellent opportunity to reach an even wider audience through publishing extended versions of their manuscripts at the Special Issue of Applied Sciences (Q1, Impact Factor: 2.5) "Interdisciplinary Approaches and Applications of Optics & Photonics II": https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/ZXRP831898
3. Manuscript Submission to AOP2026' Special Issue of the Sensors journal (MDPI):
In addition to the Proceedings book, the authors have an excellent opportunity to reach an even wider audience through publishing extended versions of their manuscripts at the Special Issue of SENSORS (Impact Factor: 3.5; Q1; CiteScore 8.2) "Advanced Optics and Photonics Technologies for Sensing Applications": https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/X7YD12428B
Discounts to the publication fees will be available.
4. Manuscript Submission to AOP2026' Special Issue of the Photonics journal (MDPI):
In addition to the Proceedings book, the authors have an excellent opportunity to reach an even wider audience through publishing extended versions of their manuscripts at the Special Issue of PHOTONICS (Impact Factor: 1.90) "Advances on Applications of Optics and Photonics—Selected Papers from the 7th International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, AOP2026": https://www.mdpi.com/journal/photonics/special_issues/ZWUXUMMGPV
