Optics Express

Siddharth Ramachandran, Editor-in-Chief

Optics Express

Siddharth Ramachandran, Editor-in-Chief

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Optical Methods for Microplastic Detection and Aquatic Microorganisms Analysis

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Submissions Open: 15 January 2026; Submission Deadline: 15 March 2026
Editors
Pietro Ferraro, Vittorio Bianco, Edmund Lam, and Jay Nadeau

Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging 2025

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Submissions Open: 01 August 2025; Submission Deadline: 01 December 2025
Editors
Liang Gao, Ana Doblas, Seung Ah Lee, Ofer Levi, Yuan Luo, and Guoan Zheng

3D Image Acquisition and Display: Technology, Perception and Applications

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Submissions Open: 01 August 2025; Submission Deadline: 30 November 2025
Editors
Simon Thibault, Artur Carnicer, Ana Doblas, Osamu Matoba, and Yuzuru Takashima

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26 SEP 2025	Optics Express Research - Flexible optical touch sensor simultaneously pinpoints pressure strength and location

10 SEP 2025	Optics Express Research - New motion-compensation approach delivers sharper single-pixel imaging for dynamic scenes

31 JUL 2025	Optics Express Research - Light-based listening: researchers develop a low-cost visual microphone

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1	Programmable photonic processor for discrete fractional Fourier transform with π/8-order resolution

2	Polarimetric feature analysis of Mueller matrices for brain tumor image segmentation

3	Research on rotational velocity measurement performance enhancement based on an amplitude-phase joint modulation algorithm

4	Rapid design of terahertz stereo-metamaterial devices with tandem neural network for efficient polarization conversion

5	Prediction multimodal optical responses for ultrafast plasmonic based functional universal approximation theorem with exponential data efficiency

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Atomic and Molecular Physics (3)
Coherence, Statistical Optics, and Scattering (3)
Environmental Optics (5)
Fourier Optics, Image and Signal Processing (6)
Fundamental Electromagnetics and Mathematical Optics (1)
Holography, Gratings, and Diffraction (3)
Imaging Systems, Microscopy, and Displays (12)
Instrumentation, Measurement, and Optical Sensors (32)
Integrated Optics (6)
Laser Machining and Material Processing (3)
Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics (17)
Light-emitting Diodes (1)
Lighting (1)
Medical Optics and Biotechnology (2)
Nanophotonics, Metamaterials, and Photonic Crystals (5)
Nonlinear Optics (5)
Optical Communications and Interconnects (15)
Optical Design and Fabrication (3)
Optical Devices and Detectors (6)
Optical Fibers (1)
Optical Materials (1)
Optoelectronics (1)
Physical Optics (3)
Plasmonics (1)
Quantum Optics (14)
Solar Energy (1)
Spectroscopy and Spectrometers (1)
Terahertz and X-ray Optics (5)
Vision, Color, and Visual Optics (1)

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Streaming self-corrected dual-comb spectrometer
Summary by Israel Rebolledo-Salgado

Dual-comb spectrometers are stepping out of the lab and into ready-to-use instruments. Dual-comb...

Stereo hard X-ray ptychography
Summary by Jan Rothhardt

Stereo hard ptychography provides unique three-dimensional x-ray images. Inspired by the human vision, the researchers...

Nonlinear frequency conversion using common optical coatings and applications
Summary by Johann Toudert

There might be useful yet unexpected nonlinear optical materials on your shelf. While researchers strive for...

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Google Scholar h5-index:: 97
Time to Publication:: 77 days

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ISSN:: 1094-4087
Frequency:: Article-at-a-time publication; Bi-weekly issues

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Topic Scope: Peer-reviewed articles that emphasize scientific and technology innovations in all aspects of optics and photonics. The Energy and Environmental Optics Express dedicated section reports research on the science and engineering of light and its impact on sustainable energy development, the environment, and green technologies.

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