''Optics Letters'' is a biweekly

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published by Optica (formerly known as Optical Society of America). It was established in July 1977. The

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is Miguel Alonso (

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). The journal covers all topics pertaining to

optics Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behaviour and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of optical instruments, instruments that use or Photodetector, detect it. Optics usually describes t ...

and photonics. Publishing formats are short and rapid communications, with articles being limited to four journal pages.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2023

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of 3.1.

References

External links

*{{Official website, https://opg.optica.org/ol/home.cfm Optics journals Optica (society) academic journals Academic journals established in 1977 Biweekly journals English-language journals