Optica Publishing Group publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed articles in its portfolio of journals, which serve the full breadth of the optics and photonics community.
Applied Optics publishes in-depth peer-reviewed content about applications-centered research in optics. These articles cover research in optical technology, photonics, lasers, information processing, sensing and environmental optics.
Applied Optics' research articles should:
- Concentrate on practical applications of science and technology,
- Introduce new science or technology by either increasing understanding of existing research or reporting novel applications,
- Include the development and performance of technologies when applying theories,
- Provide sufficient background, detail, and explanation so that others can reproduce the results, and so that the significance of the work is clear.
In addition to original research articles, invited review articles, and comments on published articles, Applied Optics is now publishing . E&L Notes are brief articles devoted to the design, analysis, fabrication, integration, alignment, and measurement techniques used when creating optical components and systems. E&L Notes offers a unique way to publish observations from your engineering notebook in Applied Optics.
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Key Journal Metrics
Impact Factor: 1.9*
Total Citations: 53,706*
Cited Half-Life: 12.3 years*
Journal Citation Indicator: 0.59*
Google Scholar h5-index: 55†
Median Time to First Decision: 34 days
Median Time to Web Publication: 91 days
*Source: 2023 Journal Citation Reports® (Clarivate, 2023).
†2023 Google Scholar Optics & Photonics Top Publications.
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Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Gisele Bennett,
MEPSS LLC, USA
Deputy Editors
 | Muhammad Nadeem Akram University College Southeast Norway, Norway |
 | Martha Rosete-Aguilar National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico |
 | Weiyao Zou Zygo Ametek, USA |
Features Editors
 | Jeremy P. Bos Michigan Technological University, USA |
 | Md Selim Habib Florida Institute of Technology, USA |
 | David Haefner U.S. Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, USA |
Topical Editors
 | Ibrahim Abdulhalim Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel |
 | Vijayakumar Anand Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Estonia |
 | Oriol Arteaga University of Barcelona, Spain |
 | Santasri Bose-Pillai Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), USA |
 | Chih-Hao Chang University of Texas at Austin, USA |
 | Mitchell Cox University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa |
 | Nicholas Devaney National University of Ireland, Galway |
 | Manuel De la Torre Ibarra Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica A.C., Mexico |
 | Christiano J. S. de Matos Mackenzie Presbyterian University in Brazil, Brazil |
 | Fei Ding University of Southern Denmark, Denmark |
 | Peter Dragic University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA |
 | Daniele Farnesi Institute of Applied Physics "Nello Carrara" (IFAC-CNR), Italy |
 | Joyce Farrell Stanford University, USA |
 | Orges Furxhi Imec USA, USA |
 | Alexander Goncharov National University of Ireland, Galway |
 | Stephen Grib Lockheed Martin—Space, USA |
 | Fernando Guiomar Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal |
 | Simonetta Grilli National Research Council (CNR), Italy |
 | Byoung Seung Ham Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), S. Korea |
 | Khan Iftekharuddin Old Dominion University, USA |
 | Young L. Kim Purdue University |
 | Caroline Lai Rockley Photonics, USA |
 | Jin Li Beihang University, China |
 | Rebeca Martínez Vázquez Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (IFN)—CNR, Italy |
 | Lisa Miccio Italian National Research Council, Italy |
 | Jay Louise Nadeau Portland State University, USA |
 | Kara Peters North Carolina State University, USA |
 | Nikolay Petrov ITMO University, Russia |
 | Daquing Piao Oklahoma State University, USA |
 | Federico Pirzio University of Pavia, Italy |
 | Stavros Pissadakis FORTH-IESL, Greece |
 | Wen Qiao Soochow University, China |
 | Oscar Rodríguez-Herrera National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico |
 | Sarah Sharif University of Oklahoma, USA |
 | Mark Spencer Air Force Institute of Technology, USA |
 | Christopher Stolz Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA |
 | Liangbi Su Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, CAS, China |
 | Hossein Taheri University of California at Riverside, USA |
 | Juha Toivonen Tampere University, Finland |
 | Yating Wan King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia |
 | Jue Wang Corning Advanced Optics - Optical Surfaces and Coating Technologies, USA |
 | Pengfei Wang Harbin Engineering University, China |
 | Yiping Wang Shenzhen University, China |
 | Yi Zheng Northeastern University, USA |
 | Jiangfeng Zhou University of South Florida, USA(Terahertz and Photonic Metamaterial) |
| Leimeng Zhuang Imec USA, USA |
Assistant Editors
| Robert Short Leonardo DRS, USA |
 | Niamh Fitzgerald University of Galway, Ireland |
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Engineering and Laboratory Notes Review Panel
David Haefner, Features Editor, U.S. Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, USA
Erwan Baleine, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, USA
Matthew Fisher, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, USA
Orges Furxhi, imec USA, USA
John Nunn, MKS Instruments, Inc., USA
Austin Richards, FLIR Systems, Inc., USA
Staff
| Editorial and Production | Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Nicole Williams-Jones, Peer Review Coordinator | aomss@optica.org | 202-416-1969 |
| Feature Proposals | dmcdonold@optica.org | |
| Cristina Kapler, Managing Editor | ckapler@optica.org | 202-416-1489 |
| Dan Dawes, Senior Production Editor | ||
| Reprints | Sheridan Electronic Order Center | |
| Publication charges | billing@optica.org | |
| General Information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Copyright permission requests | copyright@optica.org | |
| Online Journal Technical Support | elec@optica.org | |
| Elizabeth Nolan, Chief Publishing Officer | ||
| Kelly Cohen, Senior Publisher | ||
| M. Scott Dineen, Senior Director, Publishing, Production & Technology. | ||
| Christopher Videll, Director, Production & Technology | ||
| Carmelita Washington, Peer Review Manager | ||
| Daphne Greenwood, Senior Director of Marketing & Sales, Publishing | ||
