Background

The field of optics and photonics, as a long-standing subject of physics, has ushered in a new era and seen its applications rapidly grow in this century. The exploration of the nature of light has led to revolutionary achievements in physics, chemistry, astronomy, and biology. Such abundant achievements in science and applications continue to inspire researchers to explore the unknown areas of photonics and related interdisciplinary subjects.

Review articles offer significant new insights based on systematic comparison of multiple studies. For most postgraduate study and advanced research, review articles are a premiere teaching and reference resource and have become the ‘must read’ research material.

On the whole, this dedicated review journal is expected to cover the key scientific developments in the main and related areas of optics and photonics study. Photonics Insights will undoubtedly illuminate all fields of optics and photonics in the foreseeable future.

Aims and Scope

Photonics Insights is a peer-reviewed, Diamond Open Access, quarterly journal co-published by Chinese Laser Press (CLP) and SPIE, and hosted by Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Photonics Insights covers the traditional core subjects of the field, including laser optics, quantum optics, nonlinear optics, optical communication and sensing, imaging, nanophotonics, and near-field optics, as well as the intersection of optics and photonics.

Photonics Insights publishes high-quality, comprehensive review articles, rapid review articles, and perspectives covering the whole area of optics and photonics and relevant interdisciplinary topics.

Article Types

Review articles published in Photonics Insights present the current status of a given topic, with background, research progress, conclusions, and possible future developments. The purpose of the review article is to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge in the field of optics. The journal publishes the following article types:

• Full Review: This type of article includes long review articles and comprehensive tutorials. It should typically be approximately 30,000 words in length, and a longer papers are acceptable.
• Mini-Review: This type of article can include short timely reviews of recent advances in established fields, or new and emerging areas of optics. These papers should be approximately 12,000 words in length.
• Perspective: These are historical viewpoints on notable past and present scientific achievements, or speculation on possible future academic, technological, or societal advancements. Perspectives should typically be approximately 5,000 words in length.