Journal of Lightwave Technology
Last updated ISSN 0733-8724
Journal of Lightwave Technology is published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in engineering. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $2,645.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Lightwave Technology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Optical Network Technologies
- Photonic and Optical Devices
- Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
- Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
- Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
- Advanced Optical Network Technologies
- Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
- Optical Wireless Communication Technologies
- Photonic Crystals and Applications
Key facts
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0733-8724, 1558-2213 |
| Subject area | Engineering |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $2,645 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 25,276 |
| Publishing since | 1983 |
| Journal website | www.opticsinfobase.org/jlt/journal/JLT/about.cfm |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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