| Journal of Lightwave Technology | |
| Editor: | Gabriella Bosco |
| Discipline: | Optical engineering |
| Abbreviation: | J. Light. Technol. |
| Publisher: | Optical Society and the IEEE Photonics Society |
| Frequency: | Biweekly |
| History: | 1983–present |
| Impact: | 4.439 |
| Impact-Year: | 2021 |
| Website: | http://www.opticsinfobase.org/jlt/journal/JLT/about.cfm |
| Link1: | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/aboutJournal.jsp?punumber=50 |
| Link1-Name: | Online access |
| Link2: | http://www.opticsinfobase.org/jlt/browse.cfm |
| Link2-Name: | Online archive |
| Oclc: | 859585039 |
| Lccn: | 83645426 |
| Coden: | JLTEDG |
| Issn: | 0733-8724 |
| Eissn: | 1558-2213 |
The Journal of Lightwave Technology is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering optical guided-wave science, technology, and engineering.[1] It is published jointly by the Optical Society and the IEEE Photonics Society.[2] It was established in 1983 and the editor-in-chief is Gabriella Bosco (Politecnico di Torino). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 4.439.[3]