Applied Optics

Ronald Driggers, Editor-in-Chief

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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
Digital Holography and 3-D Imaging 2018 (2019) Submissions Open: 1 August 2018; Submission Deadline: 15 September 2018 Tomasz Kozacki, Liangcai Cao, Pascal Picart, Ting-Chung Poon, and Guohai Situ
Optics in Ireland (2018) In Progress 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

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Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics (2)
Diffraction and Gratings (2)
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications (1)
Holography (1)
Image Processing (1)
Imaging Systems (4)
Instrumentation, Measurement, and Metrology (6)
Lasers and Laser Optics (2)
Materials (1)
Medical Optics and Biotechnology (2)
Microscopy (1)
Scattering (1)
Spectroscopy (2)
Thin Films (1)

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Size reduction of Ge-on-Si photodetectors via a photonic bandgap
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Monolithically integrated Ge-on-Si photodetectors are highly desirable for achieving Si-based photonic integration or...

Three-mirror anastigmat for cosmic microwave background observations
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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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