--- title: "SPIE call for papers" description: "CBRNe World provides those tasked with defending against CBRN and IED threats with the essential practical, scientific and political information. Access the current and previous issues of the magazine by registering as a member." url: "https://cbrneworld.com/news/subscribers/spie-call-for-papers" date: "2026-07-30T21:45:38+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- # SPIE call for papers Written by SPIE Journals on 07 February 2013. [Optical Engineering will be publishing a Special Section on Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Explosive Sensing](https://cbrneworld.com/%5C%22http://click.reply.spie.org/?qs=269f0b2c92b35ae57017de5bad58a4174f433c9ab2edd830a10b224b6556769f5135bf79410e1412%5C%22), guest edited by Augustus W. Fountain III. The submission deadline is 1 August 2013. Detection and identification of hazardous chemical, biological, radiological, and explosive (CBRE) materials plays a large role in ensuring homeland security and defense. Rapid determination of hazards can save the lives of civilians, military personnel, and first responders by limiting their exposure and identifying the specific hazard for treatment of those contaminated or infected. In addition, there is pervasive interest among diverse disciplines such as medicine, law enforcement, explosive ordinance disposal, environmental protection, industrial manufacturing, and food processing to develop capabilities for the rapid detection and identification of various chemical markers. In this special section, we invite researchers to submit original applications of optical technologies applied to CBRE sensing. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: \* Fluorescence detection (e.g., ultraviolet fluorescence, direct fluorescence imaging and identification, fluorescent labeling, fluorescence resonance energy transfer \[FRET\], laser-induced fluorescence \[LIF\], photofragmentation LIF, etc.) \* Raman spectroscopy and imaging (e.g., ultraviolet Raman, resonance Raman, surface-enhanced Raman, nonlinear Raman techniques, tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, etc.) \* Colorimetric detection \* Light detection and ranging (LIDAR) \* Infrared detection \* Quantum cascade lasers \* Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)/laser-induced plasma spectroscopy (LIPS) \* Photoacoustic spectroscopy \* Millimeter-wave imaging/terahertz spectroscopy \* Photothermal spectroscopy \* Gamma radiation detection \* Laser-induced ionization (e.g., matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization \[MALDI\]) for CBNE detection \* Novel optical materials and micromechanical components for CBRE sensing \* CBRE environmental monitoring \* Biological surveillance and diagnostics \* Biologically inspired or biomimetic optical CBRE sensors \* Active/passive detection and identification. See the full call for papers Manuscripts should be submitted to SPIE according to the[ journal guidelines](https://cbrneworld.com/%5C%22http://click.reply.spie.org/?qs=269f0b2c92b35ae547e6c8483f1eddb0b15ea79ea72846e4093543ed24d8f554c002f97887094665%5C%22) with a cover letter indicating that the submission is intended for this special section. All papers submitted for this special section, both solicited and unsolicited, will go through the standard journal review process. Optical Engineering is published in the SPIE Digital Library, with freely searchable abstracts and tables of contents; articles are available via subscription or pay-per-view. SPIE journal authors who pay modest voluntary page charges to support publication of their papers receive the added benefit of Gold Open Access. Learn more [here](https://cbrneworld.com/%5C%22http://click.reply.spie.org/?qs=269f0b2c92b35ae52714d9988f1a4a2bb8e62718997f6deeab2c4c1288a93c6a005f93f03186795d%5C%22). \[[SPIE](https://cbrneworld.com/%5C%22http://click.reply.spie.org/?qs=269f0b2c92b35ae5f4195faa58533aad0acc539935628d32742cebe39868158d71e9eac6469e1a9c%5C%22)\] SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics. [\\">](https://cbrneworld.com/%5C%22mailto:\