Optics and Laser Technology

Optics and Laser Technology is a monthly peer-reviewed journal from Elsevier covering optics, laser science and photonics, launched in 1968 as Optics Technology and renamed in 1971, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.2.《光学与激光技术》（Optics and Laser Technology）是（Elsevier）出版的月刊，覆盖光学、激光科学与光子学，1968 年以《光学技术》创刊，1971 年改为现名，2025 年影响因子 5.2。

Scope

• All types of lasers are covered, from new gain media and resonator designs to ultrafast, fibre and semiconductor sources.涵盖各类激光器，从新型增益介质与谐振腔设计到超快、光纤与半导体光源。
• Optoelectronic devices and photonics form a second core area, including detectors, modulators and light sources.光电子器件与光子学构成第二个核心方向，包括探测器、调制器与光源。
• New photonic and optical concepts are in scope, such as metamaterials, plasmonics and integrated photonic circuits.超材料、表面等离激元与集成光子回路等新光子学与光学概念均在范围之内。
• Conventional optics, optical instruments and components remain central to the journal.传统光学、光学仪器与光学元件依然是本刊的核心内容。
• Optical metrology is covered, including interferometry, fringe analysis and optical fibre sensors.光学计量亦在收录之列，包括干涉测量、条纹分析与光纤传感器。
• LIDAR and other non-contact optical measurement techniques, including optical methods in heat and fluid flow, are welcomed.激光雷达等非接触光学测量技术受到欢迎，包括热流与流体流动中的光学方法。
• Laser applications are a mainstay, notably materials processing, optical non-destructive testing, holographic display and optical communications.激光应用是重点，尤其是材料加工、光学无损检测、全息显示与光通信。

History

• The journal began in November 1968 as Optics Technology, with volume 1 carrying the ISSN 0374-3926.本刊于 1968 年 11 月以《光学技术》之名创刊，第 1 卷使用 ISSN 0374-3926。
• It took its present title in 1971, and volume numbering continued without a break from volume 3.1971 年改用现名，卷号未中断，直接从第 3 卷延续。
• Elsevier has published it throughout, and the journal now supports open access alongside subscription.本刊始终由（Elsevier）出版，目前采用订阅与开放获取并行的模式。
• Publication is monthly, with 12 volumes in 2022 alone, numbered 145 to 156.刊物按月出版，仅 2022 年就出版 12 卷，卷号为第 145 至 156 卷。
• The Journal Impact Factor rose from 3.867 in 2021 and 4.939 in 2022 to 5.0 in 2024 and 5.2 in 2025.影响因子从 2021 年的 3.867、2022 年的 4.939，升至 2024 年的 5.0 与 2025 年的 5.2。
• Review papers are published alongside original research, and the 2025 CiteScore stood at 9.2.除原创研究外也发表综述，2025 年 CiteScore 为 9.2。

Editors

• M. Schmidt of the Institute of Photonic Technologies at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany is editor-in-chief, working on laser technology.主编 M. Schmidt 任职于德国埃尔朗根-纽伦堡大学（Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg）光子技术研究所，研究方向为激光技术。
• Martin Hohmann, at the same university, serves as assistant editor.同校的 Martin Hohmann 担任助理编辑。
• Seven editors cover laser processing, fibre sensors, nanophotonics and biomedical optics, and are based in France, Italy, Greece and China.七位编辑分驻法国、意大利、希腊与中国，覆盖激光加工、光纤传感、纳米光子学与生物医学光学。
• Around twenty associate editors handle manuscripts, among them specialists in organic lasers, optical metrology and additive manufacturing.约 20 位副编辑负责稿件处理，其中包括有机激光、光学计量与增材制造领域的专家。
• An editorial advisory board of long-standing members advises on instrumentation and optical systems, among them K. T. V. Grattan of City St George's University of London.由资深成员组成的顾问委员会就仪器与光学系统提供咨询，其中包括伦敦大学城市圣乔治分校（City St George's University of London）的 K. T. V. Grattan。
• The journal states that original papers undergo rigorous refereeing before acceptance.本刊明确原创论文须经严格同行评审后方可录用。