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Applied Optics Editor-in-Chief: Joseph N. Mait, US Army Research Laboratory ISSN: 1559-128X (print) ISSN: 2155-3165 (online) 36 issues per year

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Applied Optics publishes peer-reviewed articles related to applications-centered research in optics, photonics, imaging, and sensing. Topics germane to the journal include optical technology, lasers, photonics, environmental optics, and information processing.

Articles should concentrate on moving the potential of science and technology to the practical. Articles introduce new science or technology in an optics discipline in the form of increased understanding or a novel application of an existing topic.

Articles are in-depth and should include the development and performance of technologies when applying theories. In-depth for Applied Optics means the authors provide sufficient background to convey context, provide sufficient detail so that others can reproduce the results, and provide sufficient explanation so that the significance of the work is clear.

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Joseph N. Mait, US Army Research Laboratory

Division Editors Eugenio Mendez, CICESE Nasser Peyghambarian, University of Arizona Ting-Chung Poon, Virginia Tech

Topical Editors Ali Adibi, Georgia Institute of Technology (Nanophotonics and Optical Fabrication) Emmanuel A. Anagnostakis, Hellenic Air Force Academy (Optoelectronics, Photonic Nanodevices, and Detectors) Partha Banerjee, University of Dayton (Dynamic Holography and Polymers) James B. Breckinridge, California Institute of Technology Geoffrey Cranch, Naval Research Laboratory (Optical Fiber and Waveguide Devices; Optical Sensors) Augusto Garcia-Valenzuela, Univ. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (Light Scattering) Francois Goudail, Institut d'Optique (Target Detection and Recognition; Statistical Image Processing) James G. Grote, Air Force Research Laboratory (Sensors and Instrumentation) L. Michael Hayden, University of Maryland—Baltimore County(Nonlinear Optics; THz Generation) Warren N. Herman, Laboratory for Physical Sciences (Nonlinear Optics, Devices, and Instrumentation) Chuanmin Hu, University of South Florida (Ocean Optics; Ocean Color Remote Sensing) Huabei Jiang, University of Florida (Imaging and Image Reconstruction Techniques) Shibin Jiang, AdValue Photonics Inc. (Glass Optics and Lasers) Myung Keun Kim, University of South Florida (Optical Tomography and Biomedical Imaging) Rongguang Liang, University of Arizona (Optical Design and Imaging Systems) Duncan MacFarlane, University of Texas at Dallas (Optics and Computing) Tariq Manzur, US Navy (Optical Devices, Lasers, and Imaging Systems) Mario Carlos Marconi, Colorado State University (Extreme UV and Soft-X-Ray Lithography) Daniel Marks, Duke University (Compressive Sensing, Microscopy, and Spectroscopy) Gualtiero Nunzi Conti, Institute of Applied Physics—CNR (Lasers, Fiber Optics, and Optoelectronics) Jae-Hyeung Park, Chungbuk National University (3D Display and Optical Information Processing) Prasanna Pavani, Arecont Vision (Computational Imaging) Giancarlo Pedrini, Stuttgart University. (Digital Holography and Speckle Interferometry) Andre Persoons, Catholic University of Leuven (Organic Optics; Chemical Diagnostics) Angela Piegari, ENEA (Optical Coatings Technology) Oliver Reitebuch, German Aerospace Center DLR (Atmospheric Physics, Wind Lidar, Spaceborne Lidar, and Remote Sensing) Giancarlo C. Righini, CNR—IFAC (Integrated Optics) Joseph Rosen, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Digital Holography, 3-D Sensing, and Display) Kenneth Schepler, U.S. Air Force Research Lab. (Lasers; Nonlinear Optics) Martin Schnaiter, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Atmospheric Optics) Axel Schulzgen, University of Central Florida (Ultrafast Lasers and Optics) Wei Shi, Tianjin University (Nonlinear Optics and Lasers) Guohai Situ, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (Optical Imaging and Optical Signal Processing) Feng Song, Nankai University (Lasers) Ching-Cherng Sun, National Central University (Lighting and Display Optics; Volume Holography) Catherine E. Towers, University of Leeds (Optical Metrology and Interferometry) Peter Tsang, City University of Hong Kong (Computer-Generated Holography) Erik Vartiainen, Lappeenranta University of Technology (Spectroscopy and Optical Materials) Timothy D. Wilkinson, University of Cambridge (Displays, Liquid Crystals, and Reconfigurable Photonic Materials) Hiroshi Yoshikawa, Nihon University (Computer-Generated Holography and 3D Display) Qiwen Zhan, University of Dayton Plasmonics, Metamaterials, Nano-Metallic Photonics, and Polarization)

Staff

Peer Review	E-mail	Phone
Nicole Williams-Jones, Peer Review Coordinator	nwjones@osa.org	202-416-1969
General peer review questions	aomss@osa.org
Applied Optics Fax Number		202-416-6129
Feature Proposals	jricha@osa.org
Editorial Production	E-mail	Phone
Cristina Kapler (copy editing, proofs, scheduling), Managing Editor	ckapler@osa.org	202-416-1489
Reprints	https://caesar.sheridan.com/osa/eoc
Page charges	billing@osa.org
Copyright permission requests	copyright@osa.org
Online Journal Technical Support	E-mail
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General Information
Dan Dawes, Sr. Production Editor
Elizabeth Nolan, Chief Publishing Officer
Kelly Cohen, Publisher
M. Scott Dineen, Publishing Production & Technology
Jennifer Mayfield, Director, Electronic Publishing
Christopher Videll, Assoc. Director, Production & Technology
Joseph Richardson, Peer Review Manager
Keith Allen, Deputy Sr. Director of Publishing Sales and Marketing

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