Journal updates

This Europhoton 2024 topical issue will cover the latest breakthroughs in the field of solid-state, fibre and waveguide light sources.
Please click here to find more information.

"2nd International Congress and Expo on Optics, Photonics, and Lasers (EUROPL2024)" aims to showcase cutting-edge research and developments in the dynamic fields of optics, photonics, and lasers. We invite researchers, experts, and participants of EUROPL2024 to contribute feature papers that reflect the latest progress in their respective research areas or to extend invitations to colleagues who can make significant contributions. Click here for more info!

Each issue, Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics features a visually striking figure or image on its cover. To further highlight this, we will be collecting them here.

Read this month's article highlights here!

Prof. Hanson receiving the Julius Springer Prize at CLEO in Munich.

Congratulations!!

Prof. Ronald K. Hanson will be awarded the Julius Springer Prize 2023 which will take place at CLEO Europe during the EQEC Plenary Talk and Award Ceremony which was on June 27, 2023, Neue Messe München, ICM, Munich, Germany. 

This topical issue covers the latest breakthroughs in the field of thermal light-particle interaction and its use as a diagnostic technique. Please click here to find more information.

This topical issue covers the latest breakthroughs in the field of solid-state, fibre and waveguide light sources. 

Impact Factor for 2021 has been released, APHB increased from 2.070 to 2.171!

This prize, to be awarded annually since 1998, has been established by the Editors of Applied Physics A - Materials Science and Processing and Applied Physics B - Lasers and Optics and Springer. See here the winners from former years.

Dr. Richard E. Russo wins Springer Prize award in Applied Physics – join the ceremony on 14 October 2022 at the Magnus Haus in Berlin.

Marking the 40th anniversary of Applied Physics B, a new Best Student paper prize has been introduced. You will find their names here.

Check out this great interview with Jacob Mackenzie

Celebrate with us the 40th Anniversary of Applied Physics B!  

To celebrate this occasion, we invited our top-cited and downloaded authors to contribute to a collection of review/tutorial papers. Click HERE to read the latest invited papers published in this collection.

We also prepared a special promotional VIDEO. Enjoy watching!  

Former Editor-in-Chief, Dieter Meschede and new Editor-in-Chief of Applied Physics B, Jacob Mackenzie reflect together on the past and future challenges of the journal.

We are pleased to announce that Dr Jacob Mackenzie has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of Applied Physics B.  His tenure begins in January 2021, taking over from Dr Dieter Meschede who steps down in December after 8 years in the role.

Publishing essential research results in one of the most important areas of applied physics, Applied Physics B: Laser and Optics places among the most cited journals in its field.

Please find here a list of current published Topical Collections for APHB

Watch the video of the Julius Springer Prize virtual ceremony and Dr. Jun Ye's lecture on "Measuring the gravitational red shift within a 1-mm atomic sample"!  

Go here to see the taped ceremony!