Interested in writing a Spotlight? View the Calls for Authors below.
What are Spotlights?
SPIE Spotlights are eBooks featuring concise, digital-only publications that either summarize a broad topic or highlight a specific niche. Written for a wide audience, these peer-reviewed eBooks get straight to the point, highlighting the most important aspects of the given subject. The first Spotlight eBooks are now available.
Each Spotlight is
- 20-40 pages of concise, focused material
- Rapidly published using a streamlined submission and production process
- Peer reviewed
- Included in the eBooks program on the SPIE Digital Library, with a large number of major subscribing institutions worldwide
- Available for mobile devices - Kindle, nook, and iOS/Android
- A source of author royalties like our traditional books - get paid for your eBook sales and downloads
Editorial Board
Series Editor: Robert D. Fiete
Editorial Board Members for the Spotlight technology areas:
- Aerospace and Defense Technologies - Rick Kendrick, Lockheed Martin
- Biomedical Optics and Medical Imaging - Brian Sorg, National Cancer Institute
- Electronic Imaging and Signal Processing - Majid Rabbani, Kodak
- Energy and the Environment - Paul Lane, US Naval Research Lab
- Optical Design and Engineering - Rich Youngworth, Riyo, LLC
- Semiconductor Technology - Stefan Preble, Rochester Institute of Technology
Calls for eBooks
Orbital Debris
Quantum Integrated Photonics
Optical Design and Engineering of Digital Systems
Digital Photography
in vivo Microscopy in Preclinical Models
Your synopsis, together with your CV, should be submitted to SPIE indicating that the submission is intended for the respective special collection of Spotlights. All submissions will go through the standard review process. SPIE publication policy permits submission of manuscripts based partly on scientific content previously reported in SPIE proceedings or journals.
Online Submission System
If you have any questions or wish to discuss your authorship, please contact SPIE Press Manager Tim Lamkins.
Orbital Debris
Rick Kendrick, Editorial Board Member
We are currently requesting submissions for a special collection of eBooks that address the growing problem of Orbital Debris. The ideal eBook will offer an overview of a topic (or topics) related to orbital debris, giving the reader a basic understanding of orbital debris and its effects on the growing number of operational satellites that orbit the earth.
The synopsis submission deadline is 3 June 2015.
Please submit a synopsis (1-2 paragraphs) for topical discussions and tutorials, noting that your submission is intended for the special Spotlights collection on Orbital Debris. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Orbital Debris Description
- What is orbital debris?
- Why is orbital debris a problem?
Sensing Concepts
- Optical and Infrared Systems
- Laser Radar
- RF Radar
- Single Photon Sensors
- Radio Telescopes
- Novel Concepts
Sensing Platforms
- Ground Based
- Hosted Payloads
- Dedicated Payloads
Orbital Debris Mitigation
- High-power Lasers
- Capture and Removal
- Satellite and Launch Vehicle Design Changes
Legal Aspects
- Ownership of Orbital Debris
- Responsibility for Orbital Debris Damage
Quantum Integrated Photonics
Stefan Preble, Editorial Board Member
We are currently requesting submissions for a special collection of eBooks that address Quantum Integrated Photonics. The ideal eBook will offer an overview of a topic (or topics) in quantum integrated photonics, giving the reader a basic understanding of it.
The synopsis submission deadline is 3 June 2015.
Please submit a synopsis (1-2 paragraphs) for topical discussions and tutorials, noting that your submission is intended for the special Spotlights collection on Quantum Integrated Photonics. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Entangled Photon Sources
- Silicon Waveguide and Resonators
- Nonlinear Waveguide Materials
- Optical Fiber Based
- Atoms, Ions, and Defect Centers
Circuits for Computation, Sensing, and Quantum Key Distribution
- Quantum Gates, Circuits, and Networks
Integrated Photon Detectors
- Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors
- Avalanche Photodiodes Operating in the Single Photon Regime
Optical Design and Engineering of Digital Systems
Rich Youngworth, Editorial Board Member
SPIE is seeking submissions for Spotlight eBooks on Optical Design and Engineering of Digital Systems. The ideal eBook will offer an overview of a topic (or topics), giving the reader a basic understanding of it.
The synopsis submission deadline is 5 June 2015.
Please submit a synopsis (1-2 paragraphs) for topical discussions and tutorials, noting that your submission is intended for the special Spotlights collection on Optical Design and Engineering of Digital Systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Optical Design and Engineering of Digital Systems
- Imaging Systems such as Camera, Capture, Mobile, Machine Vision, and Projection Systems
- Systems Engineering and Tradeoffs
- Specification Considerations
- Optical Design Including Digital Signal Processing Techniques
- Biometric and Biomedical Systems
- Virtual and Augmented Reality Systems
- Illumination, Filter, and Source Considerations
Optical Design with Computational Techniques
- Light Field Capture
- Optical Design with Extended Depth of Field
- Hybrid Digital-Optical Systems
Enabling Technology
- Aspheric and Freeform Optics
- Active Components
- Alignment and Optomechanics
Digital Photography
Majid Rabbani, Editorial Board Member
SPIE is seeking submissions for Spotlight eBooks on Digital Photography. The ideal eBook will offer an overview of a topic (or topics), giving the reader a basic understanding of it.
The synopsis submission deadline is 1 July 2015.
Please submit a synopsis (1-2 paragraphs) for topical discussions and tutorials, noting that your submission is intended for the special Spotlights collection on Digital Photography.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Light Field Photography (Theory and Methods)
- Computational Photography (for example, mobile imaging, joint design of optics and image processing)
- High Dynamic Range (HDR) Imaging (for capture and display)
- Perceptual Metrics for Image and Video Quality
in vivo Microscopy in Preclinical Models
Brian Sorg, Editorial Board Member
SPIE is seeking submissions for Spotlight eBooks on in vivo Microscopy in Preclinical Models.
Your submission can cover a variety of areas, such as methods of functional optical imaging in live animal models in biomedical research, guides and tutorials for methods of optical imaging performance characterization and validation, endoscopic and multimodal techniques, phantoms for in vivo microscopy, as well as methods of manufacture, surgical preparations for minimally invasive in vivo microscopy, and techniques and instrumentation for awake and ambulatory imaging.
To propose an eBook, please submit a synopsis (1-2 paragraphs) describing what you intend to cover in your eBook, noting that your submission is intended for a Spotlight on in vivo Microscopy in Preclinical Models.
The synopsis submission deadline is 10 July 2015.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Imaging of tissue function
- Microvessel blood flow, oxygenation, angiogenesis
- Brain and neural tissue activation and signaling
- Contractible tissue excitation, contraction, adaptation; ciliated tissue function
- Imaging of cell and tissue metabolism
- Tissue and organ growth, development, pathological changes
Multimodality imaging
- Real-time image integration and capture; video imaging
- Image processing, cross-platform calibration, and image registration
- Instrumentation design, manufacture, and multi-platform integration
3D imaging
- Endoscopic techniques
- High temporal and spatial resolution techniques
- Data analysis and archiving methods
- Optical performance characterization and validation
- Imaging moving targets, motion artifact compensation, serial imaging, and image registration
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