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Optics Express

Andrew M. Weiner, Editor-in-Chief

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OSA will launch a new Gold Open-Access Journal, OSA Continuum, to provide rapid dissemination of research articles meeting OSA’s high standards of accuracy, scientific rigor, and presentation without judgment of impact or significance. Click here to learn more. (30 May 2018)

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Photonic Technologies for Autonomous Cars (2019) Submission Opens: 1 September 2018; Submission Deadline: 1 October 2018 Jin-Wei Shi, Jiun-In Guo, Manabu Kagami, and Paul Suni
Topological Photonics and Materials (2018) Submission Opens: 1 May 2018; Submission Deadline: 1 June 2018 Jensen Li, Zubin Jacob, Takeshige Omatsu
Physics and Applications of Laser Dynamics (2018) Submission Opens: 1 February 2018; Submission Deadline: 15 March 2018 Frédéric Grillot, Sze-Chun Chan, and Marc Sciamanna
Energy Express: Light, Energy and the Environment 2017 (2018) In progress Jianguo Liu, Matt Beard, Olindo Isabella, and Jianxin Tang

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Detectors (4)
Diffraction and Gratings (3)
Fiber Optics (2)
Geometric Optics and Optical Design (1)
Image Processing (3)
Imaging Systems and Displays (6)
Instrumentation, Measurement, and Metrology (5)
Integrated Optics (11)
Laser Machining and Material Processing (1)
Lasers and Laser Optics (13)
Materials (1)
Metamaterials (2)
Microscopy (4)
Nonlinear Optics (4)
Optical Communications (6)
Optics in Computing (1)
Optoelectronics (6)
Photonic Crystals (2)
Plasmonics (4)
Remote Sensing (2)
RF and Microwave Photonics (1)
Scattering (2)
Semiconductor Lasers (1)
Sensors (4)
Slow and Fast Light (1)
Spectroscopy (3)
Terahertz Optics (3)
Thin Films (1)
Ultrafast Optics (1)
X-ray Optics (3)

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2016 Impact Factor:: 3.307
Google Scholar h5-index:: 104
Time to Publication:: 65 days

This is an open-access journal

ISSN:: 1094-4087
Frequency:: Article-at-a-time publication; Bi-weekly issues

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Topic Scope: Peer-reviewed articles that emphasize scientific and technology innovations in all aspects of optics and photonics. The Energy Express dedicated section reports research on the science and engineering of light and its impact on sustainable energy development, the environment, and green technologies.