Applied Optics

Gisele Bennett, Editor-in-Chief

Applied Optics

Gisele Bennett, Editor-in-Chief

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Laser Applications to Chemical, Security and Environmental Analysis 2024

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Submissions Open: 01 September 2024; Submission Deadline: 01 January 2025
Editors
Caroline Winters, Naibo Jiang, Aamir Farooq, Christoph Arndt, Anil Patnaik, and Anna-Lena Sahlberg

Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT)

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Submissions Open: 01 October 2024; Submission Deadline: 15 January 2025
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Steven Fiorino, Jack McCrae, Santasri Bose-Pillai, Kevin Keefer, Benjamin Akers, and Jeremiah Lane

Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging 2024

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Submission Opens:1 July 2024; Submission Deadline: 14 October 2024
Editors
Seung Ah Lee, Liang Gao, Lars Loetgering, Ashley Lyons, and Prasanna Rangarajan

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07 JAN 2025	Optica Publishing Group Announces New Editors-in-Chief for Two Journals

27 SEP 2024	Applied Optics Research - Combining AI and thermal video offers a new window into weightlifting

10 SEP 2024	Applied Optics Research - Smartphone-based microscope rapidly reconstructs 3D holograms

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1	Numerically stable algorithm for discrete-ordinate-method radiative transfer in multiple scattering and emitting layered media

2	Liquid-crystal-based diffractive optical elements with high Pancharatnam-Berry phase accuracy for holographic displays fabricated using an optimized liquid crystal on silicon device

3	Modeling of intensity-modulated continuous-wave laser absorption spectrometer systems for atmospheric CO2 column measurements

4	Silicon photonics 2 × 2 trench coupler design and foundry fabrication

5	Optical fiber couplers for precision spaceborne metrology

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Diffraction and Gratings (3)
Fiber Optics, Fiber Sensors, and Optical Communications (4)
Imaging Systems, Image Processing, and Displays (4)
Instrumentation and Measurements (5)
Integrated Optics (1)
Materials (2)
Optical Design and Fabrication (1)
Optical Devices, Sensors, and Detectors (2)
Physical Optics (1)
Surface Optics and Plasmonics (1)
Terahertz and X-ray Optics (4)

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Temporal contrast degradation from mid-spatial-frequency surface error on stretcher mirrors
Summary by Frédéric Druon

Achieving high-temporal contrast is essential for next-generation laser facilities aiming for intensities of...

Renormalizing the high-harmonic interference via double-slit and grating
Summary by Richard Ciesielski

The study of novel material candidates for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography is at the heart of the semiconductor...

Four-color fiber-coupled mid-infrared laser-absorption sensor for temperature, CO, CO2, and NO at 5 kHz in internal combustion engine vehicle exhaust
Summary by Johann Toudert

Tunable infrared lasers enable monitoring the exhaust gas transients of internal combustion engines. Combustion in the...

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2023 Impact Factor:: 1.7
Google Scholar h5-index:: 49
Time to Publication:: 91 days

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ISSN:: 1559-128X (print)
ISSN:: 2155-3165 (online)
Frequency:: Article-at-a-time publication; 3 issues per month on the 1st, 10th, and 20th

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