Explore Photonics With AIP Publishing

Discover our extensive collection of journals, conference proceedings, and books that span photonics and its intersections with other disciplines.

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Featured Journals

Journals dedicated to research in photonics:

APL Photonics

Promotes fundamental, applied, and multidisciplinary research anchored in photonics.

Journal Impact Factor: 5.7*
Cited Half-Life: 3.9 Years*
CiteScore™: 7.6^†
Avg. Views/Article Per Year (2024-2025): 885+
Days to 1st Decision (Avg.): 32^‡
Days to Acceptance (Avg): 116^‡
Days to Publish (Avg.): 136^‡
Topics covered: Photonics, optics and optical physics, electronics, nanotechnology, materials science
Article types: Articles, Letters, Perspectives, Reviews, Tutorials
Access type: Gold open access
Indexed in: Web of Science, Scopus

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Harmonics and Scattering

Publishing open research that bridges fundamental physics and practical applications in harmonics and scattering.

Topics covered: Harmonics generation and control, scattering phenomena, nonlinear optics, photonic materials, optical detection technologies
Article types: Articles, Letters, Perspectives, Reviews
Access type: Diamond open access

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Journal of Laser Applications

Comprehensive coverage of the latest breakthroughs in laser applications

Journal Impact Factor: 2.1*
Cited Half-Life: 6.4 Years*
CiteScore™: 3.2^†
Avg. Views/Article Per Year (2024-2025): 150+
Days to 1st Decision (Avg.): 45^‡
Days to Acceptance (Avg): 115^‡
Days to Publish (Avg.): 144^‡
Topics covered: Optics and optical physics, electronics, materials science, particle physics
Article types: Articles, Reviews, Letters
Access type: Hybrid open access
Indexed in: Web of Science, Scopus

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Interdisciplinary Journals

Journals at the intersection of photonics and related disciplines:

Journal of Applied Physics

Significant results in cutting-edge applied physics

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Applied Physics Letters

Shaping the future of applied physics for over 60 years

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Review of Scientific Instruments

An indispensable resource for researchers invested in cutting-edge instrumentation

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AIP Advances

A peer-reviewed, open access journal covering all areas of the physical sciences

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Applied Physics Reviews

High-impact research and authoritative reviews in applied physics

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APL Materials

A high-impact open access journal embracing all research across materials science

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APL Quantum

Bridging fundamental quantum research with technological applications

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Chemical Physics Reviews

High-impact research and authoritative reviews in chemical physics

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AIP Conference Proceedings

AIP Conference Proceedings has been a trusted publishing partner for more than 40 years, delivering fast, affordable, and versatile publishing for maximum exposure of your meeting’s key research.

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Highlighted Research

Present and future of micro-transfer printing for heterogeneous photonic integrated circuits

The article reviews the current state of micro-transfer printing for heterogeneously integrated silicon photonic circuits. It emphasizes the technology’s flexibility and identifies steps toward making it a key enabler of next-generation photonic systems-on-chip.

Photonic neural networks and optics-informed deep learning fundamentals

Rapid growth in artificial intelligence and deep-neural-network workloads is creating demand for computing approaches that can overcome the limitations of conventional electronics. Silicon-based photonic neural networks are a promising alternative because they can provide fast, energy-efficient processing with terahertz-scale bandwidth and low latency.

High-power and narrow-linewidth laser on thin-film lithium niobate enabled by photonic wire bonding

Thin-film lithium niobate is becoming a promising platform for high-performance chip-scale optical systems used in fields ranging from optical communications to microwave photonics. These applications depend on integrating multiple components on a single platform.

Laser-assisted dry printing eco-friendly paper-based humidity and temperature sensors

Monitoring humidity and temperature is essential in many applications, including efforts to improve agricultural production in greenhouses and open fields. This creates a need for sensors that are environmentally friendly, affordable, and biocompatible.

Review on laser powder-based directed energy deposition for fabricating functionally graded materials: Microstructure, mechanical behavior, and defect analysis

Additive manufacturing has become a transformative method for producing complex geometries by building components layer by layer. Its capabilities support Industry 4.0 objectives and offer substantial advantages for major industries such as aerospace and automotive manufacturing.

Review of high-precision femtosecond laser materials processing for fabricating microstructures: Effects of laser parameters on processing quality, ablation efficiency, and microhole shape

Femtosecond lasers can process thin materials with high precision while limiting surface heating and bulk deformation. Nevertheless, thermal damage can still occur even when ultrashort laser pulses are used.

Roadmap on photonic metasurfaces

The article presents a research roadmap for photonic metasurfaces. It brings together perspectives addressing their applications, principal challenges, and underlying technologies.

Exceptional points in non-Hermitian systems: Applications and recent developments

Exceptional points are complex branching singularities in non-Hermitian bands that have recently attracted considerable attention, particularly in photonics. The article reviews developments across several non-Hermitian photonic platforms and considers how optical nonlinearities and exceptional bound states could guide future progress.

Simultaneously enhance electric and magnetic Purcell factor by strong coupling between toroidal dipole quasi-BIC and electric dipole

A larger electric or magnetic Purcell factor indicates that a structure can support electrically or magneto-optically driven emission. Achieving both enhancements simultaneously could enable selective photon sources in integrated circuits.

Fundamentals and recent developments of free-space optical neural networks

Machine learning with artificial neural networks has recently transformed many scientific fields by introducing new data analysis and information processing techniques. Despite these advancements, efficient implementation of machine learning on conventional computers remains challenging due to speed and power constraints.

Broadband optical modulation and control at millikelvin temperatures

Experiments examining radiation effects in cryogenic devices require precise characterization of position-dependent responses near the energy-detection threshold. The authors developed a compact cryogenic optical beam-steering system that creates microsecond pulses containing small numbers of photons and delivers them by optical fiber to selected locations on a cold detector.

High-finesse nanofiber Fabry–Pérot resonator in a portable storage container

The study presents methods for characterizing and storing a high-finesse nanofiber Fabry–Pérot resonator. Reflection spectroscopy performed from both ends makes it possible to evaluate the mirror transmittances and optical losses within the resonator.

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^‡Publication speeds vary depending on article type.