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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: 77,059*
Journal Citation Indicator: .95*
Median Time to First Decision: 28 days
Median Time to Publication: 81 days
*Source: 2026 Journal Citation Reports® (Clarivate, 2026).
†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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Andrew Ellis Aston University, UK |
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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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Antonio Agnesi University of Pavia, Italy (Fiber Lasers and Solid-State Lasers) |
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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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Chao Chang Peking University, China (THz Photonics, Biophotonics, and Novel Materials) |
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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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Marcus Cicerone Georgia Institute of Technology, USA (Microscopy, Imaging, and Spectroscopy) |
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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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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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Marc Guillon Paris Cité University, France (Singular Optics and Complex Media) |
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Jie Guo Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (High-Power and High-Energy Ultrashort Pulsed Lasers, Gas Lasers, and Nonlinear Optical Effects in Laser Systems) |
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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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Guangwei Hu Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2D Materials Nanophotonics; Theory and Computation of Nanophotonics; Photonic Computing and Inverse Design; Metasurface and Metamaterials) |
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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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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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Deming Kong Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (Optical Computing, Optical Communication, and Optoelectronic Signal Processing) |
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Vladimir Konotop Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal (Nonlinear Optics) |
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Hamza Kurt Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Republic of Korea (Nanophotonics; Metasurfaces, Diffraction, and Holography; Photonic Integrated Circuits and Integrated Optics; Photonics in Computing; Structured Photonic Materials) |
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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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Chiara Lasagni Università di Parma, Italy (Optical Transmission, Space-division Multiplexing, Fiber-optic Communication Systems) |
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Tatiana Latychevskaia Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland (Holography, Fourier Optics, Mathematical Optics, and Classical Coherence) |
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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 Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, UK (Compound Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Optoelectronics, Silicon Photonics) |
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Klas Lindfors University of Cologne, Germany (Nano-optics, Plasmonics, Optical Microscopy) |
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Yong-Chun Liu Tsinghua University, China (Metrology; Quantum Optics and Quantum Communication) |
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Tingting Liu Nanchang University, China (Nanophotonics, Metasurfaces, Nonlinear Optics, Optical Signal Processing) |
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Weiwei Liu Nankai University, China (Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics and THz Photonics) |
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Robert Löw University of Stuttgart, Germany (Atomic and Molecular Physics, Optical Lattices, and Rydberg Atoms) |
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Yufei Ma Harbin Institute of Technology, China (Optical Fiber Devices and Sensors) |
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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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Jincheng Ni University of Science and Technology of China, China (Femtosecond Laser Micro/Nanofabrication, Holography, and Singular Optics) |
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Jonas Osório Universidade Federal de Lavras, Brazil (Fiber Optics and Optical Communications; Optical Devices; Optical Sensors, Measurements, and Metrology; Photonic Crystals and 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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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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Christian Schmiegelow Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina (Structured Light) |
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Christina Schwarz University of Tübingen, Germany (Vision and Adaptive Optics) |
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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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Judith Su University of Arizona, USA (Optical Resonators; Biophotonics; and Optical Sensing) |
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Chaitanya Kumar Suddapalli Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India (Nonlinear Optics, Optical Parametric Oscillators, Frequency Conversion, Utrafast Spectroscopy, and Mid-infrared Photonics) |
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Andrey A. Sukhorukov Australian National University, Australia (Nonlinear and Quantum Photonics) |
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V R Supradeepa Indian Institute of Science, India (Fiber Optics, Sensor Devices, and Nonlinear Phenomena in Fibers) |
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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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Yiwei 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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Huadan Zheng Jinan University, China (Photoacoustic Spectroscopy, Optical Sensors, and Optical Force) |
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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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