Article Grouping by Subject Sections

 
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics has introduced subject sections into which research papers are categorized. Below is a list of subfields that define the content of these sections. Please note that this list is not exhaustive and while we hope it will help our readers access the content of the journal, we recognize that some papers may fit into more than one subject section. Ulitmately the primary focus of a particular paper will determine in which category this paper should appear. We will undertake to inform our authors when we believe that their paper is more suitable for publication in a subject section different from the one originally chosen.

We would like to invite authors who are unsure where to submit their papers to keep closely in mind the audience they are addressing. For instance a paper presenting data obtained following a collision experiment, but of use to astro- or plasma physicists, should be submitted to our "Astrophysics and Plasma Physics" section.

Please contact us at jphysb@iop.org if you would like to receive more information on these sections.

• Atomic Physics
  Atomic structure (wavefunctions, energy levels, Rydberg states, etc.)
  Atomic spectra (line identification, wavelengths, transition probabilities, oscillator strengths etc.)
  Atoms in external fields
  Mathematical methods in atomic physics
  Physics of fundamental constants and physical laws (symmetries, conservation, etc.)
  Exotic atoms
  

• Molecular and Cluster Structure, Properties and Dynamics
  Structure of molecules and clusters
  Molecular and cluster spectroscopy
  Molecular dynamics
  Coherent and optical control of molecular dynamics
  Macromolecules, fullerenes, helium droplets
  Exotic molecules

• Atomic and Molecular Collisions
  Elastic scattering
  Electron and positron scattering
  Ionic, atomic and molecular collisions, excitations, ionizations and reactions
  Photo-induced processes
  

• Cold Matter
  Atom optics
  Bose-Einstein condensation (including quantum gases)
  Cold collisions
  Optical lattices
  Laser cooling and trapping
  Cold atoms and molecules (including Rydberg gases)

• Optical and Laser Physics
  Physics of lasers
  Laser theory and applications (including laser spectroscopy)
  Optical high precision measurements
  Nonlinear optics
  Dynamical laser instabilities
  Dynamics of nonlinear optical systems: optical instabilities, optical chaos and complexity
  Optical effects in nonlinear optical systems, metamaterials and photonic crystals

• Quantum Optics, Information and Control
  Cavity QED
  Electromagnetic induced transparency, lasing without inversion, slow and fast light
  Quantum state control, engineering and reconstruction
  Quantum information and computing
  Quantum measurement and decoherence
  Entanglement and quantum nonlocality
  Control of wavepackets
  Quantum interference phenomena

• Ultrafast, High-Field, and X-Ray Physics
  Multiphoton processes
  Ultrashort pulse generation and characterization
  High-order harmonic generation and XUV radiation processes
  Intense pulse propagation
  Effects of short laser pulses and intense laser fields on atoms, molecules and clusters
  Relativistic effects in strong fields
  Above-threshold ionization
  Laser-plasma interactions

• Astrophysics and Plasma Physics
  Atomic and molecular data for astrophysics and plasma physics
  Elementary processes in plasmas (including collisional-radiative modelling)
  Plasma radiation and opacity effects
  Spectroscopic diagnostics of laboratory and astrophysical plasmas