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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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Key Journal Metrics
Google Scholar h5-index: 76†
Impact Factor: 3.3*
Immediacy Index: 1*
Total Citations: 76,109*
Journal Citation Indicator: 1.04*
Median Time to First Decision: 29 days
Median Time to Web Publication: 76 days
*Source: 2025 Journal Citation Reports® (Clarivate, 2025).
†2025 Google Scholar Optics & Photonics Top Publications.
Editorial Board Back to top
Editor-in-Chief
Carsten Rockstuhl
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany
Deputy Editors
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Antonella Bogoni Scuola Superiore San'Anna (SSSA), Italy |
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William Shieh Westlake University, China |
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Thomas Weiss University of Graz, Austria |
Features Editor
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Ed Whittaker Stevens Institute of Technology, USA |
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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Cristian Antonelli University of L'Aquila, Italy (Fiber Optics and Optical Communications) |
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Satoshi Ashihara Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan (Ultrafast Optics and Spectroscopy) |
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Seung-Whan Bahk University of Rochester, USA (High-power Lasers) |
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John Fredy Barrera Ramírez Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia (Optical Information Processing, Optical Methods for Information Encryption and Validation, Optical Data Compression, Holography, Visual Optics, Diffractive Optics, and Holographic Displays) |
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Liheng Bian Beijing Institute of Technology, China (Computational Imaging and Computational Sensing) |
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Karima Chah Université de Mons, Belgium (Sensors) |
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Hongwei Chen Tsinghua University, China (Opto-electronic Signal Processing, Photonic Intelligence, Silicon Photonics and Microwave Photonics) |
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Ke Chen Nanjing University, China (Metamaterials and Metasurfaces, Microwave and Radio Frequency Devices) |
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Yung-Fu Chen National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan (Solid-state Laser and Spectroscopy) |
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Maria Chernysheva Leibniz Institute of Photonics Technology, Germany (Ultrafast Fiber Lasers) |
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Matteo Clerici University of Insubria, Italy (Quantum Optics, THz Photonics, and Epsilon-near-zero Physics) |
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Ran Ding Jilin University, China (Organic/Hybrid Single-Crystalline Semiconductors; Multifunctional Optoelectronic Devices; Applied Optics) |
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Ana Doblas University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA (Imaging Systems and 3D Optical Microscopy) |
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Liang Dong Clemson University, USA (Fiber Optics and Optical Communications, Lasers and Laser Optics, Nonlinear Optics) |
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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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Maria Farsari Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL), Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) Greece (Nonlinear Lithography) |
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Sébastien Février University of Limoges, France (Fiber Optics and Fiber Lasers) |
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Matthew Foreman Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Multiple Scattering; Microscopy; Polarization Optics and Polarimetry; Surface Plasmonics and Nanoparticles; Microresonators and Nanophotonics; Biosensors; Imaging and Focusing Theory; Information Theory) |
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Laurent Gallais Ecole Centrale Méditerranée and Institut Fresnel, France (High-power Lasers and Laser-matter Interaction) |
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Patrice Genevet CNRS, France (Nanophotonics, Plasmonics, Metamaterials, Nonlinear Optics) |
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Marc Guillon Paris Cité University, France (Singular Optics and Complex Media) |
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Ming Han Michigan State University, USA (Fiber-optic Sensing/Actuation Devices and Systems) |
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Qian Hu Nokia Bell Labs, USA (Optical Communications, Optical Systems and Subsystems, Digital Signal Processing) |
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Shu-Wei Huang University of Colorado Boulder, USA (Ultrafast Nonlinear Dynamics in Photonic Structures) |
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Yi-Jun Jen National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT), Taiwan (Optical Coatings of Metamaterials; Dielectric Anisotropic Thin Films; Novel Polarization Devices; Surface Plasmon Resonance; 2-D and 3-D Nanosculptured Thin Films) |
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Igor Jovanovic University of California, Berkeley, USA (Ultrafast Optics, High-Intensity Lasers, Nonlinear Optics, Laser-Produced Plasmas) |
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Hideaki Kano Keio University, Japan (Microscopy and Imaging) |
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Antonio Khoury Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil (Quantum Optics) |
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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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Anand Kumar Harvard Medical School, USA (Medical Optics and Biotechnology, Spectroscopy, Imaging Systems, and Microscopy) |
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Hamza Kurt Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Republic of Korea (Nanophotonics, Photonic Computing, Silicon Photonics, Inverse Design and Deep Learning Methods in Photonics, Optical Phased Arrays, Metasurfaces, Photonic Integrated Circuits, Biochemical Optical Sensors, Photovoltaics, Optical Displays, Waveguide Optics) |
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Naoya Kuse Tokushima University, Japan (Optical Frequency Combs, Optical Signal Processing, Linear and Nonlinear Integrated Photonics) |
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Mayukh Lahiri Oklahoma State University, USA (Quantum Optics and Information Science; Quantum Imaging) |
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Martin Lavery University of Glasgow, UK (Space Division Multiplexed Communication Systems, Structured Light in Turbulent Environments) |
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Qiang Li Cardiff University, UK (MOCVD Epitaxy of Quantum Dot Lasers for Optical Communications, Tunnel Epitaxy for Si Photonics Integration, Sb-based Type-II Superlattice Infrared Detectors, Nanowires and Quantum Materials) |
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Xiaoyan Liang Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, China (Ultrafast and Solid-state Lasers) |
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Klas Lindfors University of Cologne, Germany (Nano-optics, Plasmonics, Optical Microscopy) |
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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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Xavier Mateos Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Spain (Solid-state, Fiber, Waveguide, and Semiconductor Lasers; Materials for Lasers; Integrated Optics and Photonics; and Spectroscopy) |
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Pasquale Memmolo Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems "Eduardo Caianiello" (ISASI), Italy (Computational Microscopy) |
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Paolo Minzioni University of Pavia, Italy (Integrated Photonics) |
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Yosuke Mizuno Yokohama National University, Japan (Optical Fiber Sensors) |
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Geert Morthier Ghent University, Belgium (Laser Diodes for Optical Data and Telecommunications) |
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Abdoulaye Ndao University of California San Diego, USA (Nanophotonics, Integrated Optics, Nanomaterial/structure Design, Biophotonics, Passive and Active Devices) |
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Razvigor Ossikovski Ecole Polytechnique, France (Polarimetry, Mueller Matrices, Ellipsometry) |
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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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Stefania Residori CNRS, France (Nonlinear Optics; Optical Feedback Systems; Holography and Slow Light) |
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Dibakar Roy Chowdhury Anurag University, India (Terahertz; Metamaterials and Metasurfaces, and Topological Photonic Crystals) |
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Michelle Sander Boston University, USA (Ultrafast Optics) |
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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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Tomoyoshi Shimobaba Chiba University, Japan (Holography and Display) |
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Grzegorz Soboń Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland (Lasers and Laser Optics, Nonlinear Optics, and Ultrafast Optics) |
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Andrey A. Sukhorukov Australian National University, Australia (Nonlinear and Quantum Photonics) |
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Abderrahmen Trichili University of Oxford, UK (Indoor Optical Wireless communication and Free Space Optics) |
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Ranjith R. Unnithan University of Melbourne, Australia (Nanophotonics, Plasmonics, Sensors, Optical Devices) |
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Cheng Wang City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (Thin-film Optics, Modulators and Frequency Combs, Microwave and Millimeter-wave Photonic Devices, and Photon-pair Sources for Quantum Computation and Communication Systems) |
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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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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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Yiwen Xie Zhejiang University, China (Hybrid Platform Combining Integrated Electronics and Photonics For Energy-Efficient Optical Communication Systems, Wide-Band Microwave Photonics, and High-Speed Optical Computing) |
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Alison Yao University of Strathclyde, UK (Interaction of Structured Light with Different Nonlinear Media) |
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Yang Zhao University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (Bionanophotonics) |
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Yuanlin Zheng Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China (Integrated Photonics, Nonlinear Optics, Quantum Optics) |
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Chao Zuo Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China (Computational Imaging, Optical Metrology, and Biomedical Imaging) |
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