Applied Optics

Ronald Driggers, Editor-in-Chief

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OSA Publishing News - Submit your paper by 24 May: The 2017 OSA Frontiers in Optics Conference reinvents the OSA annual meeting with a new format, visionary speakers, rapid-fire oral talks, virtual posters, and a new location - Washington DC. Make sure that you are part of a distinguished group of speakers who will be presenting their research at this new, exciting event. (22 May 2017)
Applied Optics News - New Editorial from Ron Driggers: In it, he cautions authors and provides advice on how to avoid using trademarked or copyrighted content in a journal publication. (27 Apr 2017)

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Advanced Infrared Technology and Applications (AITA) (2018) Submissions Open: 1 December 2018; Submission Deadline: 15 January 2018 Marija Strojnik, Mario D'Acunto, Xavier Maldague, Junko Morikawa, and Antoni Rogalski
Acousto-Optics 2017 (2018) Submissions Open: 1 October 2017; Submission Deadline: 1 November 2017 Ting-Chung Poon, Vladimir Molchanov, Monish Chatterjee, Vitali Gusev, and Bogumil Linde
Imaging and Applied Optics (2018) Submissions Open: 1 September 2017; Submission Deadline: 1 October 2017 Zeev Zalevsky, Matthew Arnison, Bahram Javidi, and Markus Testorf
Digital Holography and 3-D Imaging (2018) Submissions Open: 15 June 2017; Submission Deadline: 15 July 2017 Hoonjong Kang, Byoungho Lee, Tomasz Kozacki, Pascal Picart, and Guohai Situ

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Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics (2)
Diffraction and Gratings (2)
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications (3)
Image Processing (6)
Imaging Systems (2)
Instrumentation, Measurement, and Metrology (10)
Lasers and Laser Optics (2)
Lasers and Laser Systems (1)
Machine Vision (1)
Materials (1)
Microscopy (1)
Optical Design and Fabrication (5)
Optical Devices (1)
Optics at Surfaces (1)
Optoelectronics (1)
Physical Optics (2)
Remote Sensing and Sensors (4)
Spectroscopy (1)
Ultrafast Optics (1)
Vision and Visual Optics (1)

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Alongside the ever-increasing demands imposed on optical coating technology, in-situ spectral broadband monitoring has...

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2015 Impact Factor:: 1.598
Google Scholar h5-index:: 46
Time to Publication:: 97 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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