Optica Publishing Group publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed articles in its portfolio of journals, which serve the full breadth of the optics and photonics community.
The Journal of the Optical Society of America B (JOSA B) is a general optics research journal that complements JOSA A. It emphasizes scientific research on the fundamentals of the interaction of light with matter such as quantum optics, nonlinear optics, and laser physics. Topics include:
- Advanced Instrumentation and Measurements
- Fiber Optics and Fiber Lasers
- Lasers and Other Light Sources from THz to XUV
- Light-Induced Phenomena
- Nonlinear and High Field Optics
- Optical Materials
- Optics Modes and Structured Light
- Optomechanics
- Metamaterials
- Nanomaterials
- Photonics and Semiconductor Optics
- Physical Optics
- Plasmonics
- Quantum Optics and Entanglement
- Quantum Key Distribution
- Spectroscopy and Atomic or Molecular Optics
- Superresolution and Advanced Imaging
- Surface Optics
- Ultrafast Optical Phenomena
- Wave Guiding and Optical Confinement
JOSA B considers original research articles, feature issue contributions, invited reviews and tutorials, and comments on published articles.
Submission Information
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SubmitKey Journal Metrics
Impact Factor: 2.106*
Total Citations: 14,539*
Cited Half-Life Years: 10.5 years*
Google Scholar h5-index: 44†
Median Time to Web Publication: 103 days
*Source: 2021 Journal Citation Reports® (Clarivate, 2021).
†2021 Google Scholar Optics & Photonics Top Publications.
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Emerging Researcher Best-Paper Prize
The JOSA B Emerging Researcher Best-Paper Prize recognizes one outstanding paper published by an emerging researcher each year. Learn more and view all Prize winners.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Kurt Busch,Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
Deputy Editor
Igor I. Smolyaninov,University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Topical Editors and Content Areas
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Antonio Agnesi |
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Li Qian |
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Esben Andresen |
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Lora Ramunno |
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Jiefei Chen |
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Sergey Sergeyev |
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Xue-Wen Chen |
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Quan Sheng |
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Francesco Ciccarello |
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Andrey Sukhorukov |
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Ilaria Cristiani |
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Shuo Sun |
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Ramy El-Ganainy |
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Nahid Talebi |
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József Fülöp |
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Dawn Tan |
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Oleg Kornilov |
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Xiaodi Tan |
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Natalia Korolkova |
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Katsuaki Tanabe |
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Andrei Lavrinenko |
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Hong Wei |
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Qingqing Liang |
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Gustavo Wiederhecker |
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Pavel Loiko |
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Yanhong Xiao |
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Tom Mackay |
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Yuping Yang |
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Igor Muševič |
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Liangliang Zhang |
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Christopher Poulton |
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Assistant Editors
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Christos Tserkezis |
Staff
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Nicole Williams-Jones, Peer Review Coordinator | jbmss@optica.org | 202-416-1969 |
Feature proposals | dmcdonold@optica.org | |
Scott Mullin, Managing Editor | smullin@optica.org | 202-416-1936 |
Reprints | Sheridan Electronic Order Center | |
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Alison Taylor, Executive Editor | ||
M. Scott Dineen, Senior Director, Publishing Production & Technology | ||
Jennifer Mayfield, Deputy Senior Director, Electronic Publications | ||
Christopher Videll, Director, Production and Technology | ||
Carmelita Washington, Peer Review Manager | ||
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