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Advances in Optics and Photonics encompasses comprehensive review articles and multimedia tutorials appropriate for students, researchers, faculty, business professionals and engineers. Authoritative content covers advances in optics and photonics from fundamental studies to engineering applications. Submissions of long reviews and tutorials are invited only.

Editor-in-Chief: Bahaa E. A. Saleh, University of Central Florida
eISSN: 1943-8206
Frequency: Rapid article-at-a-time publishing; Quarterly issues

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Cryogenic optical refrigeration
We review the field of laser cooling of solids, focusing our attention on the recent advances in cryogenic... Advances in Optics and Photonics, Vol. 4 Issue 1, pp.78-107 (2012)

Local-field effects in nanostructured photonic materials
It is well known that the optical response of a medium depends on the local field acting on an individual... Advances in Optics and Photonics, Vol. 4 Issue 1, pp.1-77 (2012)

Selected Review Articles from OSA Journals

Optical two-dimensional Fourier transform spectroscopy of semiconductor nanostructures [Invited]
Optical two-dimensional Fourier transform (2DFT) spectroscopy has been developed over the last decade as a... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 2, pp.A69-A81 (2012)

Optical studies of ballistic currents in semiconductors [Invited]
We present a summary of recent studies of ballistic currents using nonlinear optical techniques. Quantum... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 2, pp.A43-A54 (2012)

Electromagnetically induced transparency from electron spin coherences in semiconductor quantum wells [Invited]
In this paper, we review our recent experimental studies on electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT)... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 2, pp.A6-A16 (2012)

The development and application of femtosecond laser systems
Some background as well as recent progress in the development of femtosecond lasers are discussed together... Optics Express, Vol. 20 Issue 7, pp.6989-7001 (2012)

Persistent luminescence mechanisms: human imagination at work
The present status and future progress of the mechanisms of persistent luminescence are critically treated... Optical Materials Express, Vol. 2 Issue 4, pp.371-381 (2012)