Scope & Thematic Areas

Symposium Scopes

IEEE SPECTRA 2026 welcomes submissions across multiple scientific, engineering, computational, and interdisciplinary domains. The symposium focuses on (but is not limited to) the following thematic areas.

Optical Communications & Networks

Integrated Photonics & Silicon Photonics

Nanophotonics & Meta-Optics

Fiber Optics & Photonic Waveguides

Quantum Photonics & Quantum Information

Lasers, Spectroscopy & Sensing

Photonic Sensors & Instrumentation

Imaging & Optical Measurement Systems

Photonic Materials & Fabrication Technologies

Optical Computing & Photonic Signal Processing

Open Category

To encourage nationwide academic participation, IEEE SPECTRA 2026 also welcomes applied, experimental, review, policy, and case-study-based papers that connect science & technology with real-world use cases, particularly relevant to Bangladesh.