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. Ultimately the primary focus of a particular paper will determine in which category it 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