Microwave and Optical Technology Letters is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 scientific journal

Scientific journal

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 that is published monthly by Wiley Periodicals, Inc., (Wiley Online Library) and is edited by Kai Chang (Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University

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). It is a rapid publications journal.

Aims and scope

This journal covers technology that operates in wavelengths ranging from radio frequency

Radio frequency

Radio frequency is a rate of oscillation in the range of about 3 kHz to 300 GHz, which corresponds to the frequency of radio waves, and the alternating currents which carry radio signals...

 to the optical domain. With publishing formats of short papers and letters, the interest of the journal includes theory, applications, and systems pertaining to such technologies. Broad subject coverage spans:

• Radio frequency
  Radio frequency
  Radio frequency is a rate of oscillation in the range of about 3 kHz to 300 GHz, which corresponds to the frequency of radio waves, and the alternating currents which carry radio signals...
  
  , Microwave
  Microwave
  Microwaves, a subset of radio waves, have wavelengths ranging from as long as one meter to as short as one millimeter, or equivalently, with frequencies between 300 MHz and 300 GHz. This broad definition includes both UHF and EHF , and various sources use different boundaries...
  
  , and Millimeter waves
• Antennas and Propagation
  Propagation
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• Submillimeter wave and Infrared technology
  Infrared
  Infrared light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength longer than that of visible light, measured from the nominal edge of visible red light at 0.74 micrometres , and extending conventionally to 300 µm...
  
  
• Optical engineering
  Optical engineering
  Optical engineering is the field of study that focuses on applications of optics. Optical engineers design components of optical instruments such as lenses, microscopes, telescopes, and other equipment that utilizes the properties of light. Other devices include optical sensors and measurement...
  
  

The intended audience of this journal are engineers, scientists, professors, students, government agents, and technical people involved in these fields.

Abstracting and indexing

This journal is abstracted/indexed in the following databases:.

• Journal Citation Reports
  Journal Citation Reports
  Journal Citation Reports is an annual publication by the Healthcare & Science division of Thomson Reuters. It has been integrated with the Web of Knowledge, by Thomson Reuters, and is accessed from the Web of Science to JCR Web. It provides information about academic journals in the sciences and...
  
  
• Science Citation Index Expanded
• SCOPUS
  Scopus
  Scopus, officially named SciVerse Scopus, is a bibliographic database containing abstracts and citations for academic journal articles. It covers nearly 18,000 titles from over 5,000 international publishers, including coverage of 16,500 peer-reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical,...
  
  
• Web of Science
  Web of Science
  ISI Web of Knowledge is an academic citation indexing and search service, which is combined with web linking and provided by Thomson Reuters. Web of Knowledge coverage encompasses the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. It provides bibliographic content and the tools to access, analyze,...
  
  
• Academic Search
  Academic Search
  Academic Search is a monthly indexing service. It was first published in 1997 by EBSCO Publishing in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Its academic focus was international universities, covering social science, education, psychology, and other subjects. Publishing formats covered were academic journals,...
  
  
• Ceramic Abstracts
• Compendex
  Compendex
  Compendex, the computerized version of the Engineering Index, is a comprehensive engineering bibliographic database. Compendex is an index of engineering materials started in 1884, compiled by hand under the original title of Engineering Index. As Compendex it is now published by Elsevier. The...
  
  
• Advanced Polymer Abstracts

• Civil Engineering Abstracts
• Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts
• Current Abstracts
• Current Contents
  Current Contents
  Current Contents is a rapid alerting service database from the Institute for Scientific Information, now part of Thomson Reuters, that is published online and in several different printed subject sections.-History:...
  
   / Engineering, Computing & Technology
• Engineered Materials Abstracts
• INSPEC
  Inspec
  Inspec is a major indexing database of scientific and technical literature, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology , and formerly by the Institution of Electrical Engineers , one of the IET's forerunners....
  
  
• Computer & Information Systems Abstracts

• Materials Business File
  CSA (database company)
  CSA Illumina is a provider of online databases, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is now a division of ProQuest, which in turn is now a subsidiary of the Cambridge Information Group...
  
  
• METADEX
• NISEE: Earthquake Engineering Abstracts
• CSA International Aerospace Abstracts & Database
• CSA Technology Research Database
• CSA Computer information & Technology Abstracts