ACS Photonics is an interdisciplinary forum to communicate on the latest advances in the field of photonics, all the way from basic research to applied research and technology. Embracing the transversality of photonics, it connects scientists and technologists from a broad scientific spectrum, at the interface between physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering. It also aims at bridging the gap between the academic and industrial worlds.

The first goal of ACS Photonics is to publish original and timely research which addresses important questions in the field of photonics. Novelty, high technical quality, significance, potential impact, and readability are among the main criteria considered for acceptance.

Areas targeted by the journal include the following:

Nanophotonics, including plasmonics and polaritonics, optical metamaterials and metasurfaces
Optical materials, including quantum/topological materials, 2D materials and phase change materials
AI for photonics (e.g. inverse design) and photonics for AI (e.g. optical computing)
Integrated photonics
Light sources including new classes of lasing devices and LED with improved performance and new integration strategies
Photodetection including new device principles, device physics and device architectures
Nonlinear optics
Quantum photonics
Photonics-based wearables
Virtual and augmented reality
Photonics for energy, including photonic enhancement to solar energy harvesting, waste heat harvesting (thermophotovoltaics), and wireless photonic energy transmission
Biophotonics, advanced optical imaging, photonics-based biosensing
Optical trapping and optical manipulation
Optomechanics
Fundamentals of light-matter interaction
Electron-beam spectroscopies and ultrafast electron microscopy
Terahertz Photonics, including devices, imaging and spectroscopy

Articles
Letters
Perspectives
Reviews

Editor-in-Chief
Harry A. Atwater
California Institute of Technology
Howard Hughes Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science
Editor's Office: (919) 650-1459
E-mail: eic@photonics.acs.org
Executive Editor
Romain Quidant
ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences
E-mail: quidant-office@photonics.acs.org

Managing Editor
Carlos Toro
E-mail: c_toro@acs.org
Associate Editors
Che Ting Chan
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
E-mail: chan-office@photonics.acs.org
Yidong Huang
Tsinghua University
E-mail: huang-office@photonics.acs.org
Stefan Maier
Department of Physics
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
E-mail: maier-office@photonics.acs.org
Edward Sargent
University of Toronto
E-mail: sargent-office@photonics.acs.org
Jelena Vuckovic
Stanford University
E-mail: vuckovic-office@photonics.acs.org