Institutional Focus Issue of Applied Optics

United States Air Force Research Laboratory

Submission Opens: 1 December 2020

Submission Deadline: 1 April 2021

The United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), USA leads the discovery, development and integration of affordable warfighting technologies for our nation's air, space and cyberspace forces. AFRL's 11,000 member workforce executes over five billion dollars of research each year with industry, academia, and government partners from across the US and around the world. Within the scope of Applied Optics, the AFRL enterprise includes a diverse research portfolio in optical technology, photonics, lasers, processing, and sensing. The purpose of this feature issue is to highlight the breadth and depth of research activities across the institution.

All submissions need to present original, previously unpublished work and will be subject to the normal standards and peer review processes of the journal. The standard Applied Optics Publication Charges will apply to all published articles. Please prepare manuscripts according to the author instructions for submission to Applied Optics and submit through OSA's electronic submission system, specifying from the drop-down menu that the manuscript is for the feature issue on United States Air Force Research Laboratory.

Issue Organizers

Daniel LeMaster, Sensors Directorate (Lead)
Jeffery Allen, Munitions Directorate
Michael Fanto, Information Directorate
Shekhar Guha, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate
Curt Grigsby, Airman Systems Directorate
Wellesley Pereira, Space Vehicles Directorate
Mark Spencer, Directed Energy Directorate