Applied Physics B: Lasers & Optics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Springer Science+Business Media.

Interest also includes laser spectroscopy pertaining to atoms, molecules, and clusters.

The journal publishes original research articles, invited reviews, and rapid communications.

[2] Lotsch edited the journal up to volume 25 and split it thereafter into the two part A26(Solids and Surfaces) and B26(Photophysics and Laser Chemistry).

Starting in 1995 the two journal parts were continued under separate editorships: Applied Physics B: Photophysics and Laser Chemistry (ISSN 0721-7269), in existence from September 1981 (volume B: 26 no.