The Optical Society (OSA) publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed articles in its portfolio of journals, which serve the full breadth of the optics and photonics community.
The Journal of the Optical Society of America B (JOSA B) is a general optics research journal that complements JOSA A. It emphasizes scientific research on the fundamentals of the interaction of light with matter such as quantum optics, nonlinear optics, and laser physics. Topics include:
- Advanced Instrumentation and Measurements
- Fiber Optics and Fiber Lasers
- Lasers and Other Light Sources from THz to XUV
- Light-Induced Phenomena
- Nonlinear and High Field Optics
- Optical Materials
- Optics Modes and Structured Light
- Optomechanics
- Metamaterials
- Nanomaterials
- Photonics and Semiconductor Optics
- Physical Optics
- Plasmonics
- Quantum Optics and Entanglement
- Quantum Key Distribution
- Spectroscopy and Atomic or Molecular Optics
- Superresolution and Advanced Imaging
- Surface Optics
- Ultrafast Optical Phenomena
- Wave Guiding and Optical Confinement
JOSA B considers original research articles, feature issue contributions, invited reviews and tutorials, and comments on published articles.
Submission Information
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SubmitKey Journal Metrics
Impact Factor: 2.180*
Total Citations: 13,608*
Cited Half-Life Years: 10.3 years*
Google Scholar h5-index: 41†
Median Time to Web Publication: 100 days
†2020 Google Scholar Optics & Photonics Top Publications.
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Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Kurt Busch,Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
Deputy Editor
Igor I. Smolyaninov,University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Topical Editors and Content Areas
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Antonio Agnesi |
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Lora Ramunno |
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Esben Andresen |
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Sergey Sergeyev |
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Jiefei Chen |
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Wei Shi |
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Xuewen Chen |
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Andrey Sukhorukov |
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Ramy El-Ganainy |
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Dawn Tan |
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József Fülöp |
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Xiaodi Tan |
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Oleg Kornilov |
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Yasuo Tomita |
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Andrei Lavrinenko |
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Alfred U'Ren |
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Qingqing Liang |
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Hong Wei |
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Xavier Mateos |
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Gustavo Wiederhecker |
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Martin McCall |
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Yanhong Xiao |
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Igor Muševič |
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Yuping Yang |
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Christopher Poulton |
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Liangliang Zhang |
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Li Qian |
Assistant Editors
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Shuo Sun |
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Nahid Talebi |
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Christos Tserkezis |
Staff
Editorial and Production | Phone | |
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Nicole Williams-Jones, Peer Review Coordinator | jbmss@osa.org | 202-416-1969 |
Feature proposals | dmcdonold@osa.org | |
Scott Mullin, Managing Editor | smullin@osa.org | 202-416-1936 |
Reprints | https://caesar.sheridan.com/osa/eoc | |
Page charges | billing@osa.org | |
General Information |
Phone | |
Copyright permission requests | copyright@osa.org | |
Online Journal Technical Support | elec@osa.org | |
Elizabeth Nolan, Chief Publishing Officer | ||
Alison Taylor, Executive Editor | ||
M. Scott Dineen, Senior Director, Publishing Production & Technology | ||
Jennifer Mayfield, Deputy Senior Director, Electronic Publications | ||
Christopher Videll, Director, Production and Technology | ||
Carmelita Washington, Peer Review Manager | ||
Daphne Greenwood, Senior Director of Marketing & Sales, Publishing |