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Advances in Optics and Photonics (AOP)

Designed to capture the most significant advances in optics and photonics, the journal will include:

• Invited, long review articles with internal navigational links and external reference linking
• Peer-reviewed tutorials with multimedia enhancements
• Peer-reviewed letters to the editor and replies pertaining to published review articles or tutorials
• Prominent and respected authors at the forefront of their fields
• OSA's network of distinguished topical editors and dedicated peer review support
• High standards of production quality and reliability

A world-renowned editorial board led by Dr. Bahaa Saleh and advised by the distinguished topical editors of all OSA journals will solicit all articles and oversee peer review. Coverage will encompass fundamental and experimental optics along with applications of optics and photonics technology. Submissions of long reviews and tutorials are invited only. Tutorials will feature interactive components such as animation and video to maximize their reach. Each article will have navigational links and external reference linking for easy sourcing and enhanced learning.

Articles scheduled to appear in the inaugural (January 2009) issue include:

Optical fiber nanowires and microwires
Gilberto Brambilla, Fei Xu, Peter Horak, Yongmin Yung, Neil P. Sessions, Elena Koukharenko, Ganapathy S. Murugan, James S. Wilkinson, and David J. Richardson, University of Southampton

Understanding leaky modes: Slab waveguide revisited
Jonathan Hu and Curtis Menyuk, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Recent progress in coherent optical communication
Guifang Li, University of Central Florida

Engineering nonlinearities in nanoscale optical systems: Physics and applications in dispersion-engineered Si nanophotonic wires
R. M. Osgood, Jr, N. C. Panoiu, and J. I. Dadap, Columbia University
W. M. J. Green and Y. A. Vlasov, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center

Characterization of ultrashort pulses
Ian Walmsley, University of Oxford
Christophe Dorrer, University of Rochester

Cylindrical vector beams: from mathematical concepts to applications
Qiwen Zhan, University of Dayton