The ''Journal of Optics'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of modern and classical

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

, experimental and theoretical studies, applications and

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. It is the official journal of the European Optical Society and is published by

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. The

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is Andrew Forbes (

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). According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 2.516.

History

The journal was established in 1912 as the ''Revue Générale d'Optique et de Mécanique de Précision''. Publication was suspended during the

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and only resumed in 1921, when the name was shortened to ''Revue d'Optique''. Due to the

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, publication was again suspended in 1944, but resumed in 1947. After another suspension in 1968, the journal re-appeared in 1970 as the ''Nouvelle Revue d'Optique Appliquée''. In 1977 it was renamed ''Journal of Optics''. In 1998 it merged with the European Optical Society's '' Pure and Applied Optics'' and was renamed ''Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics''. As part of the merger, the other publication of the European Optical Society, '' Quantum and Semiclassical Optics'', was renamed ''Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics''. In 2006, ''Journal of Optics B'' was merged into '' Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics''. ''Journal of Optics A'' was renamed ''Journal of Optics'' in January 2010, (editorial) as it is now the only journal continuing the ''Journal of Optics'' series.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

References

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External links

''Journal of Optics'' website
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''Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics'' website
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''Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics'' website

European Optical Society
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