Optics & Laser Technology aims to provide a vehicle for the publication of a broad range of high quality research and review papers in those fields of scientific and engineering research appertaining to the development and application of the technology of optics and lasers. Papers describing original work in these areas are submitted to rigorous refereeing prior to acceptance for publication.The scope of Optics & Laser Technology encompasses, but is not restricted to, the following areas:development in all types of lasersdevelopments in optoelectronic devices and photonicsdevelopments in new photonics and optical conceptsdevelopments in conventional optics, optical instruments and componentstechniques of optical metrology, including interferometry and optical fibre sensorsLIDAR and other non-contact optical measurement techniques, including optical methods in heat and fluid flowapplications of lasers to materials processing, optical NDT display (including holography) and optical communicationresearch and development in the field of laser safety including studies of hazards resulting from the applications of lasers (laser safety, hazards of laser fume)developments in optical computing and optical information processingdevelopments in new optical materialsdevelopments in new optical characterization methods and techniquesdevelopments in quantum opticsdevelopments in light assisted micro and nanofabrication methods and techniquesdevelopments in nanophotonics and biophotonicsdevelopments in imaging processing and systems