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Journal of Lightwave Technology

The Journal of Lightwave Technology is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering optical guided-wave science, technology, and engineering. It is published jointly by the Optical Society and the IEEE Photonics Society. It was established in 1983 and the editor-in-chief is Magnus Karlsson. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 4.8.

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Journal of Lightwave Technology
DisciplineOptical engineering
LanguageEnglish
Edited byMagnus Karlsson
Publication details
History1983–present
Publisher
FrequencyBiweekly
4.8 (2024)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4 (alt· Bluebook (alt)
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ISO 4J. Light. Technol.
Indexing
CODEN (alt · alt2· JSTOR (alt· LCCN (alt)
MIAR · NLM (alt· Scopus · W&L
CODENJLTEDG
ISSN0733-8724 (print)
1558-2213 (web)
LCCN83645426
OCLC no.859585039
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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 Magnus Karlsson (Chalmers University of Technology). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 4.8.3

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  1. "Journal of Lightwave Technology". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  2. "About JLT". Optics InfoBase. Optical Society. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  3. "Journal of Lightwave Technology". 2024 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2025.
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