Topic Scope: COL is one of the leading journals for optics in China. Published in English, it promotes the generation, application, and archiving of knowledge in optics and disseminates research worldwide. Its subject coverage includes fiber optics and optical communications, lasers and laser optics, nonlinear optics, image processing, instrumentation, measurement and metrology, integrated optics, materials, quantum optics, ultrafast optics, etc. COL is published by Chinese Laser Press and is available from CLP and OSA

Chinese Optics Letters
Zhizhan Xu, Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Board | Staff
About Chinese Optics Letters
Chinese Optics Letters (COL) is an international journal aimed at the rapid dissemination of latest, important discoveries and inventions in all branches of optical science and technology. It is considered to be one of the most important journals in optics in China. It is collected by The Optical Society (OSA) Publishing Digital Library and also indexed by Science Citation Index (SCI), Engineering Index (EI), etc.
COL is distinguished by its short review period (~30 days) and publication period (~100 days).
With its debut in January 2003, COL is published monthly by Chinese Laser Press, and distributed by OSA outside of Chinese Mainland.
Sponsor
The journal is sponsored by Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Optical Society (COS). Their information can be found on the websites: www.siom.ac.cn and www.cncos.org, respectively.
Key Journal Metrics
Impact Factor: 1.907*
Google Scholar h5-index: 22†
*According to Optics category rankings in the 2018 Journal Citation Reports® (Clarivate Analytics, 2019)
†July 2019 Google Scholar Optics & Photonics Top Publications.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Zhizhan Xu, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Executive Editors-in-Chief
David Hagan, University of Central Florida, USA
Yanqing Lu, Nanjing University, China
Deputy Editor
Feng Chen, Shandong University, China
Topical Editors
Yuping Chen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Xinyu Fan, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Shaobo Fang, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 
Ling Fu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Qiaoqiang Gan, University at Buffalo, USA
Bai-Ou Guan, Jinan University, China
Rongqing Hui, The University of Kansas, USA
Jianhua Jiang, LightSoft LLC., USA
Jianlang Li, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Tao Li, Nanjing University, China
Patrick L. LiKamWa, University of Central Florida, USA
Jiao Lin, University of Melbourne, Australia
Rafael Espinosa-Luna, CIO, Mexico
Baolong Lyu, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Xiaosong Ma, Nanjing University, China
Gero A. Nootz, United States Naval Research Laboratory, USA
Jean-Michel Nunzi, Queen's University, Canada
Shilong Pan, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Mingying Peng, South China University of Technology, China
Pascal Picart, Université du Maine, France
Li Qian, University of Toronto, Canada
Fabian Rotermund, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Hua Shen, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China
Jung-Tsung Shen, Washington University, St. Louis, USA
Limin Tong,	Zhejiang University, China
Maria Antonietta Vincenti, University of Brescia, Italy
Taco Visser, Technical University, Delft, Netherlands
Huitian Wang, Nanjing University, China
Jian Wang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Jun Wang, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Jian Wu, East China Normal University, China
Yunfeng Xiao, Peking University, China
Jing Xu, Zhejiang University, China
Ge Zhang, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Weili Zhang, Oklahoma State University, USA
Jiangfeng Zhu, Xidian University, China 
Manuscript Office
Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences,
390 Qinghe Rd., Jiading,
P. O. Box 800-211,
201800, Shanghai, China
E-mail: col@siom.ac.cn
Tel: 0086-21-69918428
Fax: 0086-21-69918705