The ''Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics'' is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by

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. It was established in 1968 from the division of the earlier title, ''

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''. In 2006, the '' Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics'' was merged with the ''Journal of Physics B''. The

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is Marc Vrakking (Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy).

Scope

The journal covers research on atomic, molecular, and

optical physics Atomic, molecular, and optical physics (AMO) is the study of matter-matter and light-matter interactions; at the scale of one or a few atoms and energy scales around several electron volts. The three areas are closely interrelated. AMO theory in ...

. Topics include atomic and molecular structure, spectra and collisions, ultracold matter,

quantum optics Quantum optics is a branch of atomic, molecular, and optical physics dealing with how individual quanta of light, known as photons, interact with atoms and molecules. It includes the study of the particle-like properties of photons. Photons have ...

and non linear optics,

quantum information Quantum information is the information of the state of a quantum system. It is the basic entity of study in quantum information theory, and can be manipulated using quantum information processing techniques. Quantum information refers to both t ...

, laser physics, intense laser fields, ultrafast and

x-ray An X-ray, or, much less commonly, X-radiation, is a penetrating form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation. Most X-rays have a wavelength ranging from 10 picometers to 10 nanometers, corresponding to frequencies in the range 30&nb ...

physics and atomic and molecular physics in plasmas. The journal publishes research papers, fast track communications, topical reviews, tutorials, and invited articles. It occasionally publishes special issues on developing research fields.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://iopscience.org/jphysb
''Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics'' website
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Scope

Abstracting and indexing

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