Applied Optics

Ronald Driggers, Editor-in-Chief

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Applied Optics Research - Researchers Use LiDAR to Locate Invasive Fish and Preserve a National Treasure (15 May 2018)

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Laser Applications to Chemical, Security and Environmental Analysis (LACSEA) (2019) Submissions Open: 1 October 2018; Submission Deadline: 1 November 2018 Johannes Kiefer, Weidong Chen, Thomas Dreier, Wolfgang Meier, Thomas Seeger, and Hans Stauffer
Optics in Ireland (2018) Submissions Open: 1 February 2018; Submission Deadline: 1 April 2018 Louise Bradley, Martin Leahy, Nabeel Riza, and John T. Sheridan
Advanced Infrared Technology and Applications (AITA) (2018) In progress Marija Strojnik, Mario D'Acunto, Xavier Maldague, Junko Morikawa, and Antoni Rogalski
Acousto-Optics 2017 (2018) In progress (no new submissions accepted) Ting-Chung Poon, Vladimir Molchanov, Monish Chatterjee, Vitali Gusev, and Bogumil Linde

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Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics (1)
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications (4)
Geometrical Optics (2)
Holography (3)
Image Processing (3)
Imaging Systems (7)
Instrumentation, Measurement, and Metrology (7)
Integrated Optics (1)
Lasers and Laser Optics (5)
Microscopy (1)
Optical Design and Fabrication (3)
Optical Devices (2)
Physical Optics (1)
Quantum Optics (1)
Scattering (1)
Spectroscopy (1)

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Size reduction of Ge-on-Si photodetectors via a photonic bandgap
Summary by Lan Fu

Monolithically integrated Ge-on-Si photodetectors are highly desirable for achieving Si-based photonic integration or...

Three-mirror anastigmat for cosmic microwave background observations
Summary by Bert A. Pasquale

What happens when a microwave telescope meets modern optical design? The enabling of high-resolution wide-field radio...

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2016 Impact Factor:: 1.650
Google Scholar h5-index:: 48
Time to Publication:: 91 days

ISSN:: 1559-128X (print)
ISSN:: 2155-3165 (online)
Frequency:: Article-at-a-time publication; 3 issues per month on the 1st, 10th, and 20th

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