APL Photonics is the dedicated home for open access multidisciplinary research from and for the photonics community. The journal publishes fundamental and applied results that significantly advance the knowledge in photonics across physics, chemistry, biology and materials science.
Diode-pumped ytterbium-based lasers have dramatically expanded the application space of lasers. From extremely high average power disk and fiber lasers to the production of ultrashort pulses, these light sources have…
Control and utilization of complex light fields are at the forefront of modern photonic research. This special issue explores light behavior and dynamics in both active and passive complex media,…
Analog computing via optics has energetically resurfaced recently thanks to new advances in nanophotonics, computational capabilities, and optical design technologies. This resurgence is driven by the need for alternative platforms…
Single-photon detectors (SPDs), whose sensitivity can reach the minimum energy unit of light, are a cutting-edge photodetector technology that endows humans with the ability to obtain information from the basic…