Journal of the Optical Society of America B

Kurt Busch, Editor-in-Chief

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Announcing Editor-in-Chief search for Applied Optics. Nominations are due 6 January 2020. (09 Dec 2019)

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Optics in Africa (2020) Submissions Open: 15 March 2020; Submission Deadline: 1 May 2020 Andrew Forbes, Rim Cherif, Alain Dikande, Angela Dudley, and Ahmadou Wague
Ultrafast Phenomena and Terahertz Waves (2020) Submission Opens: 1 June 2020; Submission Deadline: 1 July 2020 Li-Guo Zhu, Harald Schneider, Hou-Tong Chen, Masahiko Tani, and Zhengming Sheng
Laser Interaction with Materials (HPLA) (2020) Submission Opens: 1 May 2020; Submission Deadline: 1 June 2020 Claude Phipps, Willy Bohn, Vitaly Gruzdev, Pavel Polynkin, Stefan Scharring, and Leonid Zhigilei
Laser Filamentation and Applications (2019) Published Shermineh Rostami Fairchild, Yi Liu, John Palastro, and Joe Peñano

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Fiber Optics (5)
Instrumentation, Measurement, and Metrology (2)
Light Sources and Amplifiers (5)
Light-induced Phenomena (3)
Nonlinear or High Field Optics (5)
Optical Materials (1)
Optics Modes, Structured Light, and Beam Shaping (2)
Photonics (7)
Physical Optics (3)
Quantum Optics (6)
Spectroscopy (1)
Surface Optics (1)
Ultrafast Optics (1)
Wave Guiding and Confinement (1)

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Wavelength scaling laws for high-order harmonic yield from atoms driven by mid- and long-wave infrared laser fields
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High-order harmonic generation (HHG) is an extreme non-linear optical process in which ultrafast laser pulses are used...

Tunable and broadband coherent perfect absorption by ultrathin black phosphorus metasurfaces
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Atomically-thin materials have limited interaction with electromagnetic radiation. By utilizing clever structuring,...

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2018 Impact Factor:: 2.284
Google Scholar h5-index:: 39
Time to Publication:: 102 days

ISSN:: 0740-3224 (print)
ISSN:: 1520-8540 (online)
Frequency:: Article-at-a-time publication; Monthly issues

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Topic Scope: JOSA B emphasizes scientific research on the fundamentals of the interaction of light with matter such as quantum optics, nonlinear optics, and laser physics. Topics include atom optics and cold atoms, integrated and fiber optics, metamaterials, nanophotonics, photonic crystals, photorefractive optics and holography, physics of optical materials, spectroscopy, THz optics, ultrafast phenomena, and other related subjects.

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