Advanced Optical Materials is issued as a section of Advanced Materials. Publishing formats for this section are three or four page (short) communications, detailed full papers, and reviews. The stated purpose of this section is to communicate significant discoveries which advance the fields of photonics, plasmonics, and metamaterials. Fundamental research is also covered.
This section also covers topics related to these fields such as optical structures and devices of various scales. Other complimentary topics include coatings, fluorescent materials, detectors, optical data storage, holography, laser materials, miniature resonators and cavities, fabrication methods, and other devices and principles.
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