Applied Optics
Published by The Optical Society of America

Topics within each Applied Optics division

The Optical Technology division of Applied Optics publishes papers pertaining to optical testing and instrumentation (including interferometry, metrology, moire techniques, speckle, and diffraction); lens design; x-ray optics; micro-optics; gradient-index optics; radiometry and detectors; fiber optic sensors; thin films; and optical materials (excluding lasing and nonlinear materials that belong to the Lasers Photonics, and Environmental Optics division).

The Information Processing division publishes papers in the broad areas of optical computing and information processing. Specific topics include image-detection devices and systems; Fourier optics; holography; optical image processing, restoration, enhancement, and quality measurement; pattern recognition; image understanding; machine vision; statistical optics and speckle; optical neural networks; optical data recording and storage; optical signal processing; photonic networks; optical interconnection systems, packaging, and subsystems; and optical materials, devices, algorithms, and architectures relevant to these technologies.

The Lasers, Photonics, and Environmental Optics division publishes papers relating to lasers and laser systems, optoelectronic and photonic components and systems, and environmental optics. Specific topics include laser materials and design; nonlinear optics and wavelength conversion; optical and infrared spectroscopy; optoelectronics; integrated optics; fiber-optic technology; laser instrumentation, measurements, and metrology; laser materials processing; atmospheric optics and propagation; lidar and remote sensing; ocean optics and propagation; and atmospheric scattering and meteorological optics.

The Biomedical Optics division publishes papers related to medical, biological, and physiological optics, including optical technologies for sensing, imaging, and manipulation of cells and tissues. Specific topics include tissue optics, diffuse optical imaging, spectroscopic imaging and diagnosis, optical microscopy (including confocal, multiphoton, and optical micromanipulation technologies), endoscopic imaging, optical coherence tomography, molecular imaging, optical nanotechnology, lasers in medicine, remote sensing of physiological parameters, ophthalmic optics, and vision.