Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, is now a fully open-access journal and looks forward to receiving your submissions and capturing the essence of the exceptional conference that we were fortunate to participate in, within this special collection and through which can be shared with others.

There is still the opportunity to publish and share your work with your colleagues in a dedicated collection for the 12th EPS-QEOD Europhoton Conference. By publishing collectively, it boosts the potential of your work being discovered as readers search through the collection, thus providing more visibility and enhancing impact. All articles will be open access and publishing charges covered by Springer Nature transformative agreements for the majority of authors. If not, please contact the Editor in Chief (Editor_APHB@soton.ac.uk) to discuss options.