| Optica | |
| Cover: | Optica_Journal_Cover_2014.jpg |
| Abbreviation: | Optica |
| Discipline: | Optical science, photonics |
| Editor: | Prem Kumar |
| Publisher: | Optica |
| History: | 2014–present |
| Frequency: | Monthly |
| Openaccess: | Yes |
| Impact: | 8.4 |
| Impact-Year: | 2023 |
| Eissn: | 2334-2536 |
| Oclc: | 1843247545 |
| Website: | https://opg.optica.org/optica/home.cfm |
| Link1: | https://opg.optica.org/optica/issue.cfm |
| Link1-Name: | Online access |
| Link2: | https://opg.optica.org/optica/browse.cfm |
| Link2-Name: | Online archive |
Optica is a monthly peer-reviewed open access scientific journal published by Optica. It covers the entire spectrum of theoretical and applied optics and photonics. It was established in July 2014. The founding editor-in-chief was Alexander Gaeta (Columbia University).[1]
In 2020, the editor-in-chief became Prem Kumar (Northwestern University, USA), assisted by an extended team of Deputy Editors: Thomas Krauss (University of York, UK), Curtis Menyuk (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA), Irina Novikova (College of William & Mary, USA), Nathalie Picqué (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Germany) and Eric Potma (University of California, Irvine, USA).[2]
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 8.4.[5]