光學(xué)學(xué)會（OSA）在其期刊組合中發(fā)表高質(zhì)量的同行評議文章，為光學(xué)和光子學(xué)界提供全方位的服務(wù)。應(yīng)用光學(xué)出版了深入的同行評審的內(nèi)容，以應(yīng)用為中心的光學(xué)研究。這些文章涵蓋了光學(xué)技術(shù)、光子學(xué)、激光、信息處理、傳感和環(huán)境光學(xué)的研究。應(yīng)用光學(xué)的研究文章應(yīng)該：專注于科學(xué)技術(shù)的實際應(yīng)用，通過增加對現(xiàn)有研究的了解或報告新的應(yīng)用，引進新的科學(xué)或技術(shù)，包括應(yīng)用理論時技術(shù)的發(fā)展和性能，提供足夠的背景、細節(jié)和解釋，以便其他人能夠復(fù)制結(jié)果，并使工作的意義明確。除了最初的研究文章、受邀的評論文章和對已發(fā)表文章的評論之外，應(yīng)用光學(xué)現(xiàn)在還出版工程和實驗室筆記（E&L筆記）。E&L注釋是一篇關(guān)于設(shè)計、分析、制造、集成、校準和測量技術(shù)的簡短文章，用于創(chuàng)建光學(xué)組件和系統(tǒng)。E&L筆記提供了一種獨特的方法，可以在應(yīng)用光學(xué)中發(fā)布工程筆記本上的觀察結(jié)果。

The Optical Society (OSA) publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed articles in its portfolio of journals, which serve the full breadth of the optics and photonics community.Applied Optics publishes in-depth peer-reviewed content about applications-centered research in optics. These articles cover research in optical technology, photonics, lasers, information processing, sensing and environmental optics.Applied Optics' research articles should:Concentrate on practical applications of science and technology,Introduce new science or technology by either increasing understanding of existing research or reporting novel applications,Include the development and performance of technologies when applying theories,Provide sufficient background, detail, and explanation so that others can reproduce the results, and so that the significance of the work is clear.In addition to original research articles, invited review articles, and comments on published articles, Applied Optics is now publishing Engineering and Laboratory Notes (E&L Notes). E&L Notes are brief articles devoted to the design, analysis, fabrication, integration, alignment, and measurement techniques used when creating optical components and systems. E&L Notes offers a unique way to publish observations from your engineering notebook in Applied Optics.