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Journal of Lightwave Technology

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ6295445 ↗
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The Journal of Lightwave Technology is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering optical guided-wave science, technology, and engineering. It is published jointly by the Optical Society and the IEEE Photonics Society. It was established in 1983 and the editor-in-chief is Magnus Karlsson (Chalmers University of Technology). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 4.8.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1983, 2024—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1983-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Journal, Lightwave and Technology providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Journal of Lightwave Technology” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.