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Optics Letters offers rapid dissemination of new results in all areas of optics with short, original, peer-reviewed communications. Optics Letters covers the latest research in optical science, including optical measurements, optical components and devices, atmospheric optics, biomedical optics, Fourier optics, integrated optics, optical processing, optoelectronics, lasers, nonlinear optics, optical storage and holography, optical coherence, polarization, quantum electronics, ultrafast optical phenomena, photonic crystals, and fiber optics. Criteria used in determining acceptability of contributions include newsworthiness to a substantial part of the optics community and the effect of rapid publication on the research of others. This journal, published twice each month, is where readers look for the latest discoveries in optics.
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SubmitKey Journal Metrics
Impact Factor: 3.6*
Immediacy Index: 0.9*
Total Citations: 76,873*
Journal Citation Indicator: 1.16*
Google Scholar h5-index: 76†
Median Time to First Decision: 25 days
Median Time to Web Publication: 71 days
*Source: 2023 Journal Citation Reports® (Clarivate, 2023).
†2023 Google Scholar Optics & Photonics Top Publications.
Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
Miguel Alonso,
Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Institut Fresnel, and Centrale Marseille, France
University of Rochester, USA
Deputy Editors
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Antonella Bogoni Scuola Superiore San'Anna (SSSA), Italy |
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Carsten Rockstuhl Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany |
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William Shieh Westlake University, China |
Feature Editors
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Andrea M. Armani University of Southern California |
Topical Editors and Content Areas
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Kazi Abedin LGS Innovations—CACI, USA (Optical Fibers and Communications, Fiber Lasers and Sensors) |
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Tatiana Alieva Complutense University of Madrid, Spain (Propagation, Polarization, Scattering, and Coherence) |
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Tatiana Amotchkina OptiLayer GmbH, Germany (Thin Film Optics) |
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Cristian Antonelli University of L'Aquila, Italy (Fiber Optics and Optical Communications) |
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Daniele Brida University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg (Ultrafast Optics, Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Plasmonics, and Broadband Nonlinear Optics) |
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Karima Chah Université de Mons, Belgium (Sensors) |
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Weidong Chen Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (Lasers, Laser Materials and Devices, and Structured Laser Beams) |
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Maria Chernysheva Leibniz Institute of Photonics Technology, Germany (Ultrafast Fiber Lasers) |
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Daoxin Dai Zhejiang University, China (Silicon Integrated Photonics) |
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Ana Doblas University of Memphis, USA (Imaging Systems and 3D Optical Microscopy) |
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Yongkang Dong Harbin Institute of Technology, China (Optical Fiber Devices and Sensors) |
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Fabian Duerr Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium (Freeform Optics) |
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Jing Feng Jilin University, China (Micro- and Nanostructure Fabrication, Surface Plasmons, Light-emitting Polymers, and Thin Film Devices) |
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Mable P. Fok University of Georgia, USA (Microwave Photonics) |
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Michael Galili DTU Fotonik, Denmark (Fiber Optics and Optical Communications) |
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Jie Gao Stony Brook University, USA (Metamaterials, Plasmonics, Nanophotonics) |
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Patrice Genevet CNRS, France (Nanophotonics, Plasmonics, Metamaterials, Nonlinear Optics) |
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Rachel Grange Institute for Quantum Electronics, Switzerland (Nonlinear and Quantum Optics) |
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Ming Han Michigan State University, USA (Fiber-optic Sensing/Actuation Devices and Systems) |
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Javier A. Jo University of Oklahoma, USA (Biomedical Optics) |
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Igor Jovanovic University of Michigan, USA (Radiation Detection, Lasers and Optics) |
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Hideaki Kano Kyushu University, Japan (Microscopy and Imaging) |
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Antonio Khoury Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil (Quantum Optics) |
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Chang-Seok Kim Pusan National University, South Korea (Fiber Optics, Fiber Sensors, and Biomedical Optical Systems and Sensing) |
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Jungwon Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea (Ultrafast Optics and Frequency Combs) |
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Vladimir Konotop Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal (Nonlinear Optics) |
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Olga Kosareva M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia (Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics and Laser-induced Filamentation) |
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Anand Kumar Harvard Medical School, USA (Medical Optics and Biotechnology, Spectroscopy, Imaging Systems, and Microscopy) |
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Xiaoying Li Tianjin University, China (Quantum Optics) |
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Xun Li McMaster University, Canada (Integrated Optics and Optical Communication) |
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Xiaoyan Liang Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, China (Ultrafast and Solid-state Lasers) |
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Weiwei Liu Nankai University, China (Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics and THz Photonics) |
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Hans-Peter Loock University of Victoria, Canada (Molecular Spectroscopy and Spectrometers, Optical Resonators, Fiber-optic Sensors) |
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Cuicui Lu Beijing Institute of Technology, China (Nanophotonics) |
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Hanne Ludvigsen Aalto University, Finland (Optical Fibers) |
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Christos Markos DTU Electro, Denmark (Optical Materials, Optical Fibers and Sensors, Nonlinear Optics, Spectroscopy) |
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Cristina Masoller Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain (Lasers and Laser Optics, Optoelectronics) |
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Pasquale Memmolo Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems "Eduardo Caianiello" (ISASI), Italy (Computational Microscopy) |
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Owen Miller Yale University, USA (Nanophotonics, Optimization, Plasmonics, Scattering Theory, Photovoltaics, Optical Materials) |
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Yosuke Mizuno Yokohama National University, Japan (Optical Fiber Devices and Sensors) |
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Nobuhiko Nishiyama Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (Integrated Photonics) |
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Eric Numkam Fokoua University of Southampton, UK (Optical Fibers, Optical Waveguides, Fiber Lasers, Imaging Systems and Endoscopy) |
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Yoshitomo Okawachi Columbia University, USA (Nonlinear Optics and Ultrafast Photonics) |
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Razvigor Ossikovski Ecole Polytechnique, France (Polarimetry, Mueller Matrices, Ellipsometry) |
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Francesca Parmigiani Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK (Optical Communications, Optical Fibers, Optical Transmission, and Optical Signal Processing) |
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Wei Peng Dalian University of Technology, China (Photonic and Biomedical Sensors, Fiber Sensors, Surface Plasmons) |
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Soma Venugopal Rao University of Hyderabad, India (Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics, Photonics, and Ultrafast Spectroscopy) |
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Brandon Redding US Naval Research Laboratory, USA (Coherent Sensing and Imaging Systems) |
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Stefani Residori CNRS, France (Nonlinear Optics; Optical Feedback Systems; Holography and Slow Light) |
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Dibakar Roy Chowdhury Mahindra University, India (Terahertz; Metamaterials and Metasurfaces, and Topological Photonic Crystals) |
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Christina Schwarz University of Tübingen, Germany (Vision and Adaptive Optics) |
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Harald Schwefel University of Otago, New Zealand (Nonlinear Light-Matter Interaction, Frequency Conversion, Frequency Combs, Applications in Sensing) |
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Andriy Shevchenko Aalto University, Finland (Light Propagation, Coherence and Polarization, Light-matter Interaction at Nanoscale, and Optical Metamaterials) |
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Tomoyoshi Shimobaba Chiba University, Japan (Holography and Display) |
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Valentina Shumakova Photonics Institute, TU Wien, Austria (Nonlinear Optics, Optical Parametric Amplification, Mid-IR Optics, Atmospheric Optics, Laser Technology, Structured Light, Spectroscopy) |
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Enrique Tajahuerce Universitat Jaume I, Spain (Holography, Compressive Sensing, and Diffractive Optical Elements) |
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Lei Tian Boston University, USA (Computational Imaging and Sensing, Neurophotonics, Microscopy, Biomedical Imaging) |
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Juan P. Torres Universidad Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain (Quantum and Nonlinear Optics) |
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Ranjith R Unnithan University of Melbourne, Australia (Nanophotonics, Plasmonics, Sensors, Optical Devices) |
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Stephen Warren-Smith University of South Australia, Australia (Fiber Optics and Optical Communications; Optical Sensors, Measurements, and Metrology) |
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Thomas Weiss University of Graz, Austria (Plasmonics, Sensors, Metamaterials, Gratings, and Fibers) |
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Chao-Hsin (Wayne) Wu National Taiwan University, Taiwan (Optoelectronics, Lasers, Optical Communications, Silicon Photonics) |
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Dong Wu University of Science and Technology of China, China (Femtosecond Laser Micro/Nanofabrication) |
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Heping Zeng East China Normal University, China (Optical Fiber Laser and Optical Device) |
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Quing (Ching) Zhu Washington University, St. Louis, USA (Photoacoustics) |
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