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Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ6840492 ↗
Source-derived summary

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Wiley-Blackwell. The editor-in-chief is Kai Chang (Texas A&M University). The journal covers technology that operates in wavelengths ranging from radio frequency to the optical spectrum.

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According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 1.2.

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The public source identifies “Microwave and Optical Technology Letters” as journal. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Microwave, Optical and Technology.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2024—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1988-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Microwave, Optical and Technology providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Microwave and Optical Technology Letters” 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.