光學材料有一個開放的訪問鏡期刊光學材料：X，共享相同的目標和范圍，編輯團隊，提交系統和嚴格的同行審查。光學材料的目的是在對材料感興趣的研究人員之間提供一種通信和技術轉移的方法，用于潛在的設備應用。該雜志發表有關光學材料的設計、合成、表征和應用的原著和評論文章。光學材料的重點是：?材料系統的光學特性；?光學現象的材料方面；?設備和應用的材料方面。作者可以將描述其數據的獨立研究元素簡單地提交給數據，并將方法提交給方法X。

Optical Materials has an open access mirror journal Optical Materials: X, sharing the same aims and scope, editorial team, submission system and rigorous peer review.The purpose of Optical Materials is to provide a means of communication and technology transfer between researchers who are interested in materials for potential device applications. The journal publishes original papers and review articles on the design, synthesis, characterisation and applications of optical materials.OPTICAL MATERIALS focuses on:? Optical Properties of Material Systems;? The Materials Aspects of Optical Phenomena;? The Materials Aspects of Devices and Applications.Authors can submit separate research elements describing their data to Data in Brief and methods to Methods X.