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Optical Engineering

Ronald G. Driggers, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Editor-in-Chief

Editorial Board

Optical Engineering publishes papers reporting on research and development in optical science and engineering and the practical applications of known optical science, engineering, and technology.

Contributed papers cover a broad range of subject classifications encompassing the general fields of:

Imaging Components, Systems, and Processing

Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing
Adaptive Optics
Cameras
Focal Planes and Imaging Detectors
Human Vision
Infrared and Electro-Optical Systems
Image Quality and System Performance
Image Processing for Optical Engineering
Laser Radar
Machine Vision and Pattern Recognition
Millimeter Wave and Terahertz Technologies
Multispectral and Hyperspectral Technologies
Pattern Recognition
Persistent Surveillance Systems
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Systems
Target Acquisition Systems
Telescopes (Ground-Based, Airborne, and Space-Based)
Three-Dimensional Imaging, Visualization, and Display Tracking
Unconventional Imaging and Wavefront Sensing
Video and Display Technologies
Virtual Reality

Instrumentation, Techniques, and Measurement

Active and Passive Signatures
Astronomical Instrumentation
Atmospheric Propagation
Compressive Sensing
Biometric Technologies
Diffractive Optics
Fourier Optics and Optical Signal Processing
Holography
Interferometry
Photonic Integration
Physical Optics
Measurements
Metrology
Modeling and Simulation
Nondestructive Characterization of Materials
Radiometry
Spectroscopy

Optical Design and Engineering

Astronomical and Space Optical Systems
Illumination and Nonimaging Optics
Optics and Lens Design
Optical Countermeasures
Optical System Design
Optical Fabrication
Optical System Alignment
Optical and System Testing
Optomechanics
Thin Films
Unmanned Systems Technology
Zoom Lenses

Lasers, Fiber Optics, and Communications

Beam Control
Fiber Lasers
Fiber Optics
Fiber Optic Sensors
Fiber Optic Communications
Free Space Communications
High Power Lasers
Lasers and Laser Optics
Laser Applications
Laser Packaging
Nonlinear Optics
Quantum Optics and Photonics
Semiconductor Lasers
Slow Light
Ultrafast Optics
Vertical External Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VECSELs)

Materials, Photonic Devices, and Sensors

Detector Materials
Integrated Optics
Laser Materials
Liquid Crystal and LED Technology and Devices
Ocean and Atmospheric Sensing and Monitoring
Optical Components
Optical Computing and Optical Storage
Optical Materials
Optical Sensors
Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits (OICs)
Optoelectronic Materials and Devices
Photonic Devices
Chemical and Biological Sensors
Smart Materials
Smart Structures and Integrated Systems
X-Ray, Gamma Ray, and Particle Technologies
Introduction to Optical Engineering Introduction to Optical Engineering from the Editor-in-Chief, Ronald G. Driggers

Karolyn S. Labes, Managing Editor
SPIE
tel: +1 360 676 3290
journals@spie.org 

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ISSN: 0091-3286
E-ISSN: 1560-2303
Publisher: SPIE
Frequency: Monthly (12 issues/year)
Format: Print and Online
Impact Factor: 0.959*
5-Year Impact Factor: 0.885*
Subject Category Ranking: 51st out of 79 journals in Optics*
h5-index: 28

* From the 2011 Science Edition of Thomson Reuters' Journal Citation Report® 
h5-index is the h-index for articles published in the last 5 complete years. It is the largest number h such that h articles published in 2007-2011 have at least h citations each (from Google Scholar)

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