The Journal of Modern Optics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established as Optica Acta in 1954.

It obtained its current name in 1987 and is published by Taylor & Francis with 21 issues per year.

The journal covers most branches of classical and quantum optics including lasers, diffraction, holographs, nonlinear optics, and photon statistics.

The editor-in-chief is Thomas Brown (University of Rochester).

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 1.3.