Journal of the Optical Society of America B

Irina Novikova, Editor-in-Chief

Journal of the Optical Society of America B

Irina Novikova, Editor-in-Chief

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Publish Open Access in 2026. No APCs for JOSA B Authors.

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Photonics North 2026

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Submissions Open: 01 July 2026; Submission Deadline: 01 October 2026
Editors
Jinyang Liang, Antonio Calà Lesina, Pablo Bianucci, Gabriella Tessitore, Sendy Phang, Jon Bradley, Heide Ibrahim, Parsin H. Reza, Hieu P. Nguyen, Radovan Korcek, Philip Bustard, and Lora Ramunno

Twisted Light in Quantum and Nanophotonic Systems

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Submissions Open: 01 March 2026; Submission Deadline: 01 May 2026
Editors
Andrei Afanasev, Natalia Litchinitser, Dmitry Budker, Sonja Franke Arnold, Ferdinand Schmidt Kaler, and Andrey Surzhykov

Photonics for Sensing and Controlling Chirality

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Submissions Open: 15 December 2025; Submission Deadline: 01 April 2026
Editors
Ivan Fernandez-Corbaton, Emilija Petronijevic, Satoshi Tomita, and Jean-Michel Nunzi

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29 APR 2026	Last Call for nominations for the Applied Optics Best Paper Prize. Nominations due 1 May.

31 MAR 2026	COPP 2025 Invited Review Series Highlights Recent Advances in Optics and Photonics

29 JAN 2026	Optica Publishing Group Announces New Editors-in-Chief for Four Journals

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1	Brillouin scattering—theory and experiment: tutorial

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4	Hyperspectral dark-field optical microscopy correlated to atomic force microscopy for the analysis of single plasmonic nanoparticles: tutorial

5	Design principles for high-speed barium titanate on-insulator electro-optic modulators

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Fiber Optics (1)
Light Sources and Amplifiers (3)
Light-induced Phenomena (1)
Metamaterials (6)
Optical Materials (3)
Optics Modes, Structured Light, and Beam Shaping (3)
Photonics (3)
Physical Optics (2)
Quantum Optics (3)
Surface Optics (1)

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Simulation of ultrashort pulse propagation using geometrical optics
Summary by Jeremy R. Gulley

Recent extensions to the open-source Geometrical Optical Analysis Tool (GOAT) bring ultrashort pulse propagation into a...

Transfer of entanglement from a nonlocal photon to non-Gaussian quantum states
Summary by Davide Bacco

Quantum entanglement is the uniquely quantum phenomenon in which two physically separated systems share a common...

Theoretical research of a dual-function terahertz metasurface based on graphene and VO2: from electromagnetically induced transparency to multi-band absorption
Summary by Hai-Feng Zhang

In this paper, a terahertz metasurface that can be switched between transparency and absorption is proposed, offering a...

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2025 Impact Factor:: 1.9
Google Scholar h5-index:: 41
Time to Publication:: 104 days

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ISSN:: 0740-3224 (print)
ISSN:: 1520-8540 (online)
Frequency:: Article-at-a-time publication; Monthly issues

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Topic Scope: JOSA B emphasizes scientific research on the fundamentals of the interaction of light with matter such as quantum optics, nonlinear optics, and laser physics. Topics include atom optics and cold atoms, integrated and fiber optics, metamaterials, nanophotonics, photonic crystals, photorefractive optics and holography, physics of optical materials, spectroscopy, THz optics, ultrafast phenomena, and other related subjects.

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The Journal of the Optical Society of America celebrated OSA's Centennial in 2016. View the most cited articles, historical editorials, and much more.

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The JOSA B Emerging Researcher Best-Paper Prize recognizes one outstanding paper published by an emerging researcher each year. Learn more and view all Prize winners.

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