Optics & Laser Technology
Last updated ISSN 0030-3992
Optics & Laser Technology is published by Elsevier BV in physics and astronomy. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,230.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Optics & Laser Technology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
- Photonic and Optical Devices
- Laser Material Processing Techniques
- Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
- Solid State Laser Technologies
- Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
- Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
- Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses
- Optical measurement and interference techniques
- Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0030-3992, 0374-3926, 1878-7371, 1879-2545 |
| Subject area | Physics and Astronomy |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,230 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 19,155 |
| Publishing since | 1971 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/optics-and-laser-technolog |
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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