''Laser Physics'' is a monthly
peer-reviewed
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scientific journal
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Content
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covering research on the
physics and technology of lasers and their applications. It is owned and editorially managed by Astro Ltd. and published on their behalf by
IOP Publishing
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. The journal was established in 1990 with
Alexander M. Prokhorov as founding
editor-in-chief
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until 2002. The current editor-in-chief is Vanderlei S. Bagnato. It is a sister journal to ''
Laser Physics Letters''.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
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Science Citation Index Expanded
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Current Contents
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History
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Scopus
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History
The journal was published by
MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica from 1991 to 2005, by
Springer Science+Business Media
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Originally founded in 1842 in ...
from 2006 to 2012, and since then by
IOP Publishing
IOP Publishing (previously Institute of Physics Publishing) is the publishing company of the Institute of Physics. It provides publications through which scientific research is distributed worldwide, including journals, community websites, maga ...
. Its sister journal, ''
Laser Physics Letters'', was established in 2004.
See also
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Laser
A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation. The word "laser" is an acronym for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation". The fir ...
External links
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Optics journals
IOP Publishing academic journals
Laser science
Monthly journals
Academic journals established in 1990
English-language journals
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