Welcome to Light: Science & Applications
Light: Science & Applications (LSA) publishes high quality optics and photonics research from around the world. The Journal covers fundamental research as well as the important issues in engineering and applied sciences that are related to optics and photonics.
Light: Science & Applications is an open access fully peer-reviewed publication.
Light: Science & Applications has received its 2015 Impact Factor of 13.600.
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Volume 5,
December 2016
ISSN (online): 2047-7538
2015 Impact Factor 13.600*
2/90 Optics
Editor-in-Chief:
Jianlin Cao
Co-Exec Editors-in-Chief:
Tianhong Cui, Stefan Kaierle
*2015 Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2016)
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Functional optoacoustic neuro-tomography for scalable whole-brain monitoring of calcium indicators OpenORIGINAL ARTICLE
Ultrahigh-speed distributed Brillouin reflectometry OpenORIGINAL ARTICLE
Excitation and propagation of surface plasmon polaritons on a non-structured surface with a permittivity gradient OpenLATEST RESEARCH SUMMARIES
Optoacoustics: brain imaging
Scientists from Germany and Israel have developed an optoacoustic tomography method that can directly image fast neural activity in whole scattering brains. The team led by Daniel Razansky at the Helmholtz Center and Technical University in Munich and Shy Shoham from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology discovered that genetically encoded calcium indicators have an optoacoustic signature and devised a rapid functional optoacoustic neuro-tomography system that can simultaneously record neural activity across volumes of 50 to 1000 cubic mm at 10 msec temporal resolution. The breakthrough technique was used to image the indicator GCaMP5G across adult zebrafish brains, thus overcoming the longstanding problem of light scattering that hindered penetration depth of fluorescence microscopy. The team says the technique could be readily customized to work with additional probes operating at longer wavelengths.
See related articleFibre sensors: ultrafast sampling
An optical fibre sensing scheme that measures strain with a high spatial resolution and a very high sampling rate has been developed. Optical fibre sensors based on Brillouin scattering are promising for monitoring structural health. The system built by Yosuke Mizuno of Tokyo Institute of Technology and colleagues measures the frequency shift induced in the fibre’s Brillouin gain spectrum on stretching the fibre. This frequency shift is converted into a phase delay of a sinusoidal waveform, which enables the direct detection of the frequency shift. The approach allows single-point strain measurements to be performed at a rate of up to 100 kilohertz at any point along the fibre. Distributed measurements at multiple points along the fibre are also possible, although at lower repetition rates. Importantly, the scheme only requires access from one end of the fibre.
See related articleFeatured Articles
Optical disassembly of cellular clusters by tunable 'tug-of-war' tweezers
Light Sci Appl 5: e16158; doi:10.1038/lsa.2016.158
High-dimensional entanglement between distant atomic-ensemble memories
Light Sci Appl 5: e16157; doi:10.1038/lsa.2016.157
Ca1−xLixAl1−xSi1+xN3:Eu2+ solid solutions as broadband, color-tunable and thermally robust red phosphors for superior color rendition white light-emitting diodes
Light Sci Appl 5: e16155; doi:10.1038/lsa.2016.155
A single Eu2+-activated high-color-rendering oxychloride white-light phosphor for white-light-emitting diodes
Light Sci Appl 5, e16024; doi:10.1038/lsa.2016.24
Energy transfer in plasmonic photocatalytic composites
Light Sci Appl 5, e16017; doi:10.1038/lsa.2016.17
Tunable synchrotron-like radiation from centimeter scale plasma channels
Light Sci Appl 5, e16015; doi:10.1038/lsa.2016.15
Label-free detection of single nanoparticles and biological molecules using microtoroid optical resonators
Light Sci Appl 5, e16001; doi:10.1038/lsa.2016.1
Correction-free remotely scanned two-photon in vivo mouse retinal imaging
Light Sci Appl 5, e16007; doi:10.1038/lsa.2016.7
News & Highlights
LSA editor, Professor Chunlei Guo leads laser processing research at the new AIM Photonics
Recent Article in LSA Highlighted by Media
Recently, Australia National University posted a press release and YouTube video titled "'Sticky tape and phosphorus the key to ultrathin solar cells", reported Dr Yuerui (Larry) Lu and his team's research in his recently article published in LSA entitled "Optical tuning of exciton and trion emissions in monolayer phosphorene". Followed by these posts, this article was discussed in Nanowerk, R&D Magazine (online), ABC (Australia).
Author of Light: Science & Applications won the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014
On October 7, 2014, the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 was announced. Shuji Nakamura, an author of Light: Science & Applications, won this prize jointly with other two scientists for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, enabling bright and energy-saving white light sources.
Light Conference: ICOME 2014 Explores Latest Research Progress
On July 3, 2014, Light Conference: ICOME 2014 (International Conference on Micro/Nano Optical Engineering 2014) opened in Changchun, with about 200 delegates attending from around the world, including scores of distinguished scientists in this field. The conference was organized by CIOMP in the name of Light: Science & Applications, a co-published journal with Springer Nature.
Light: Science & Applications Editorial Board Meeting in Changchun
On July 4, 2014, the 2014 Editorial Board Meeting of Light: Science & Applications (Hereinafter referred to as Light) was held on the campus of CIOMP to sum up the editorial work over the past two years and discuss the journal's blueprint for the future. Light is a high quality optics and photonics research journal, co-published by CIOMP and Springer Nature.
Light: Science & Applications ranks fourth in optics with first impact factor
Light: Science & Applications, the open access journal from Springer Nature has today received its first impact factor of 8.476, coming fourth among 82 journals in optics, according to the 2013 Journal Citation Report published by Thomson Reuters, a category that is led by NPG's Nature Photonics. Read more about the news in Springer Nature Press release.
Web Focus: advanced photonic integrated circuits is now live
Light: Science & Applications is proud to present a web focus on advanced photonic integrated circuits, which discusses the range of possible functionalities for these highly integrated optical chips, showing how fundamental work in areas such as transformation optics and materials technologies could lead to new applications for photonic integrated circuits.
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LSA Published Paper highlighted on the NFC Website
Prof. John Love accepted the invitation to be the topical editor of Light: Science & Applications
An editorial meeting of the CIOMP-NPG joint journal Light: Science & Applications was held at the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on September 16th, 2012. More information.
From March 2012, NPG will publish the new online only, Light: Science & Applications, in partnership with the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP). This journal is fully open access with papers published online within a week of becoming available.