Applied Optics

{{Infobox journal

| title = Applied Optics

| cover = Applied_Optics_Journal_Cover.jpg

| abbreviation = Appl. Opt.

| discipline = Optics

| editor = Gisele Bennett

| publisher = Optica (society)

| country =

| history = 1962–present

| frequency = 36/year

| openaccess = Hybrid

| license =

| impact = 1.7

| impact-year = 2023

| ISSN = 1559-128X

| eISSN = 2155-3165

| CODEN = APOPAI

| JSTOR =

| LCCN = 2004252118

| OCLC = 01481728

| website = https://opg.optica.org/ao/home.cfm

| link1 = http://opg.optica.org/ao/issue.cfm

| link1-name = Online access

| link2 = http://opg.optica.org/ao/browse.cfm

| link2-name = Online archive

}}

Applied Optics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Optica three times a month. It was established in 1962 with John N. Howard as founding editor-in-chief and Patricia Wakeling as managing editor. Wakeling worked on the journal for over three decades. The editor-in-chief is Gisele Bennett.{{cite web |url=https://opg.optica.org/ao/journal/ao/about.cfm |title=Editorial Board |author= |date= |website=optica.org |publisher=Optica (society) |access-date=2023-04-24 |quote=}} The journal covers all aspects of optics, photonics, imaging, and sensing. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 1.7.{{cite book |year=2024 |chapter=Applied Optics |title=2023 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate Analytics |edition=Science |series=Web of Science}}