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Template for preparing an article for
submission
to the journal
Optics Letters
:
template designed to assist with length
estimate
Author One,
1
Author Two,
1
Author Three,
1
Author Four,
1
Author Five,
2
Author Six,
2
Author
Seven,
1
Author
Eight,
3
and Author
Nine
3,*
Publications
Department, OSA
—
The Optical
Society, 2010 Massachusetts Avenue N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20036
2
College of Physics, Jilin
University, Changchun 130012, China
3
Institute of Applied
Physics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena,
Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 07745 Jena, Germany
*Corresponding author:
author_nine@
Received Month X, XXXX; revised Month
X, XXXX; accepted Month X, XXXX;
posted
Month X, XXXX (Doc. ID XXXXX); published Month X,
XXXX
Optics
Letters
(OL)
is
a
journal
from
OSA
—
The
Optical
Society
that
imposes
a
three-page
limitation
on
article
length.
Articles prepared
for submission to OL should be prepared with this
template to help with length estimate. Note that
the
template provides an approximation
only and that article length will ultimately be
affected by sizing and placement of figures,
tables, and equations as well as the
composition software used to prepare file
articles. Authors should also consult the
OSA
Author Style
Guide
for general information about
manuscript preparation. ? 2010 Optical Society of
America
OCIS Codes: 000.0000, 999.9999
1
To
use
this
template,
you
will
need
to
(1)
apply
the
embedded
Optics Letters
(OL) styles
to each paragraph-
level item in your
manuscript
or
(2) use the
specifications
shown
in
Table
1
to
format
your
manuscript,
with
this
template as a visual
guide.
Using the Word
styles.
In this template, styles such
as
“01 Title” for OL appear in the MS
Word Styles ribbon (or
toolbar for
older versions of Word). Apply the appropriate
style before typing or apply it to
existing text. It is possible
to paste
manuscript text into this template or attach this
template to an existing manuscript.
One-
and
two-
column
text.
To
create
two-column
text
for
the
manuscript
body,
use
the
option
Page
Layout,
Columns, Two. Set the spacing to
0.25
columns. Within the body, apply
one-column formatting to
any figures,
tables, or equations that must span columns.
Front
matter.
The
title
should
be
formatted
in
an
hourglass style; the
first line longer than the second, the
second
line
shorter
than
the
third.
Use
numerical
superscript
callouts
as
shown
in
this
template
to
link
authors
with
their
affiliations.
Corresponding
author
should
be
denoted
with
an
asterisk
as
shown.
To
help
with
length
assessment,
include
two
lines
of
text
above
the
abstract
as
a
placeholder
for
manuscript
history
information.
Paragraphs.
Body paragraphs
should be indented (only
the
opening
paragraph
is
flush
left)
and
have
no
extra
space
in
between.
All
paragraph
text
within
the
body
should be set in two columns.
Equations.
Display
equations
should
be
broken
and
aligned
for
two-column
display
unless
spanning
across
two
columns
is
essential.
Equations
should
be
centered
with equation
numbers set flush right. If using MathType,
use the Format Equations feature to
format all equations
as Times + Symbol
10.
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b
?
4
a
c
2
a
2
(1)
Tables.
Styles for table
title, table head, and table text
are
provided.
Tables
should
be
set
in
one
column
wherever possible and be placed near
their first mention
in the body. Tables
and figures do
not
need to
be placed on
separate pages at the back
of the manuscript.
Figures.
As with tables and equations, figures should be
set
in
one
column
possible unless
two-column
display
is
essential.
Figure
captions
should
have
approximately
6
points
above
and
below.
Before
the
figures
are
dropped
into the template,
the main text and references in the the
template
should
be
set
to
one
column
(Page
Layout,
Columns,
One)
and
should
be
accurately
sized
(a
maximum
of 3.5 inches wide for one column, 7 inches for
two), and the caption should be added
by right-clicking on
the image and
choosing Insert Caption. Then the figure
and
its
caption
can
be
selected
and
dropped
into
the
template at the end of
the paper (following the references
but
before
the
“Information
Page”
that contains
the
full
references).
References.
Set references
at the back of the manuscript.
OL uses
an abbreviated reference style; full references
(to
aid
the
reviewer)
must
be
included
as
well
on
a
fourth
page that will not count against page
length. Please note
that
certain
types
of
references
do
require
full
titles
among
the
regular
reference
list:
patents,
papers
in
production, dissertations/theses, and
papers presented at
conferences
(but
not
published).
The
Citation
style
uses
automatic
numbering.
To
turn off
automatic numbering
(e.g.,
if
you
have
numbered
reference
items
manually),
simply
click
the
numbering
icon
in
Word’s
paragraph
toolbar.
Fourth
page.
Include
a
fourth
page
with
full
citation
listings.
This
page
will
not
count
against
manuscript
length.