1 Universal manuscript template for Optica

2 Publishing Group journals

3 AUTHOR O NE , 1 AUTHOR T WO, 2,* AND AUTHOR T HREE 2,3
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1 PeerReview, Publications Department, Optica Publishing Group, 2010 Massachusetts Avenue NW,
5 Washington, DC 20036, USA
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2 Publications Department, Optica Publishing Group, 2010 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
7 20036, USA
8
3 Currently with the Department of Electronic Journals, Optica Publishing Group, 2010 Massachusetts
9 Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA
10
* opex@optica.org

11 Abstract: This template contains important information on submissions to Optica Publishing

12 Group journals. We encourage authors to focus foremost on their content and not on formatting.
13 The template is provided as a guide, but following the visual styling is optional. Each manuscript
14 will be formatted in a consistent way during production. Authors also have the option to submit
15 articles to the Optica Publishing Group preprint server, Optica Open. You may find it helpful
16 to use our optional Paperpal manuscript readiness check and language polishing service. Note
17 that copyright and licensing information should not be added to your journal or Optica Open
18 manuscript.

19 1. Introduction
20 We encourage authors preparing submissions to focus foremost on their content and not on
21 formatting. This template is provided as a guide, but following the visual styling is optional.
22 Each manuscript will be formatted in a consistent way during production. Authors also have the
23 option to submit articles to the Optica Publishing Group preprint server, Optica Open. You may
24 find it helpful to use our optional Paperpal manuscript readiness check and language polishing
25 service.

26 2. Corresponding author
27 We require manuscripts to identify only a single corresponding author. The corresponding author
28 typically is the person who submits the manuscript and handles correspondence throughout
29 the peer review and publication process. Alternatively, you may choose not to identify a
30 corresponding author and instead use an author note to indicate equal author contributions. Only
31 the corresponding author will have an asterisk attached to their e-mail address. Additional
32 co-author e-mail addresses will have a superscript number in the numerical order of the affiliations.

33 \author{Author One\authormark{1} and

34 Author Two\authormark{2,*}}
35

36 \address{\authormark{1}Peer Review, Publications Department,

37 Optica Publishing Group, 2010 Massachusetts Avenue NW,
38 Washington, DC 20036, USA\\
39 \authormark{2}Publications Department, Optica Publishing Group,
40 2010 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA\\
41

42 \email{\authormark{*}xyz@optica.org}

43 This format will generate the following appearance:

44 AUTHOR O NE 1 AND AUTHOR T WO 2,*
45
1 PeerReview, Publications Department, Optica Publishing Group, 2010 Massachusetts Avenue NW,
46 Washington, DC 20036, USA
47
2 Publications Department, Optica Publishing Group, 2010 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
48 20036, USA
49
* xyz@optica.org

50 If other statements about author contribution and contact are needed, they can be added in
51 addition to the corresponding author designation.

52 \author{Author One\authormark{1,$\dag$} and

53 Author Two\authormark{2,$\dag$,*}}
54

55 \address{\authormark{1}Peer Review, Publications Department,

56 Optica Publishing Group, 2010 Massachusetts Avenue NW,
57 Washington, DC 20036, USA\\
58 \authormark{2}Publications Department, Optica Publishing Group,
59 2010 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA\\
60 \authormark{$\dag$}The authors contributed equally to
61 this work.\\
62 \authormark{*}xyz@optica.org}}

63 This format will generate the following appearance:

64 AUTHOR O NE 1,† AND AUTHOR T WO 2,†,*
65
1 Peer Review, Publications Department, Optica Publishing Group, 2010 Massachusetts Avenue NW,
66 Washington, DC 20036, USA
67
2 Publications Department, Optica Publishing Group, 2010 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
68 20036, USA
69
† The authors contributed equally to this work.
70
* xyz@optica.org

71 3. Abstract
72 The abstract should be limited to approximately 100 words. If the work of another author is cited
73 in the abstract, that citation is written out as, for example, Opt. Express 32, 32643 (2024), and a
74 separate citation should be included in the body of the text. The first reference cited in the main
75 text must be [1].There is no need to include numbers, bullets, or lists inside the abstract. Do not
76 add the licensing or copyright statement at submission.

77 4. Assessing final manuscript length

78 The Universal Manuscript Template is based on the Express journal layout and will provide
79 an accurate length estimate for Optics Express, Biomedical Optics Express, Optical Materials
80 Express, Optica Quantum, and Optics Continuum. Applied Optics, JOSAA, JOSAB, Optics
81 Letters, Optica, Optica Quantum, Optics Continuum, and Photonics Research publish articles
82 in a two-column layout. To estimate the final page count in a two-column layout, multiply the
83 manuscript page count (in increments of 1/4 page) by 60%. For example, 11.5 pages in the
84 Universal Manuscript Template are roughly equivalent to 7 composed two-column pages. Note
85 that the estimate is only an approximation, as treatment of figure sizing, equation display, and
86 other aspects can vary greatly across manuscripts. Authors of Letters may use the length-check
87 template for a more-accurate length estimate.
 Fig. 1. Sample caption (Fig. 2, [1]).

88 5. Figures, tables, and supplementary materials

89 5.1. Figures and tables
90 Figures and tables should be placed in the body of the manuscript. Standard LATEX environments
91 should be used to place tables and figures:
92 \begin{figure}[htbp]
93 \centering\includegraphics[width=7cm]{opticafig1}
94 \caption{Sample caption (Fig. 2, \cite{Yelin:03}).}
95 \end{figure}

96 For figures that are being reprinted by permission of the publisher, include the permission line
97 required by that publisher in the caption. Please refer to the information on permissions and
98 reprints for guidance on figure permissions and image use.
99 Table 1, below, provides a formatting example. Note that tables should have titles and not
100 captions. To include additional information, use footnotes as shown in this example:

Table 1. Shape Functions for Quadratic Line Elements

Local Node {𝑁 } 𝑚 {Φ𝑖 } 𝑚 (𝑖 = 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧)

𝑚=1 𝐿 1 (2𝐿 1 − 1) Φ𝑖1
𝑚=2 𝐿 2 (2𝐿 2 − 1) Φ𝑖2
𝑚=3 𝐿 3 = 4𝐿 1 𝐿 2 Φ𝑖3

101 See Table 2 for examples of how to format different types of table cells.
 Table 2. Examples of Table Markup𝑎,𝑏

Ten normal cells

cell1 cell2 cell3 cell4 cell5
cell6 cell7 cell8 cell9 cell10
cell1 and cell2 merged.
cell1 and cell2 cell3 cell4 cell5
cell6 cell7 cell8 cell9 cell10
cell1 and cell6 merged

cell1 cell2 cell3 cell4 cell5

cell6
cell7 cell8 cell9 cell10
A mix of the two over twenty cells
cell1 and cell2 cell3 cell4 cell5
cell7 cell8 cell9 cell10
cell6
cell11 cell12 cell13 cell14 cell15
cell16
cell17 cell18 cell19 cell20
Math environments in merged cells
cell1 cell2 cell3 √
−𝑏± 𝑏2 −4𝑎𝑐
2𝑎
cell6 cell7 cell8
𝑎 Please see the source of this file for macros used.
𝑏 You can find further table support at Overleaf.

102 5.2. Supplementary materials in Optica Publishing Group journals

103 Our journals allow authors to include supplementary materials as integral parts of a manuscript.
104 Such materials are subject to peer-review procedures along with the rest of the paper and should be
105 uploaded and described using our Prism manuscript system. Please refer to the Author Guidelines
106 for Supplementary Materials in Optica Publishing Group Journals for more information on
107 labeling supplementary materials and your manuscript. For preprints submitted to Optica Open a
108 link to supplemental material should be included in the submission.
109 Authors may also include Supplemental Documents (PDF documents with expanded
110 descriptions or methods) with the primary manuscript. At this time, supplemental PDF files are
111 not accepted for partner titles, JOCN and Photonics Research.

112 5.3. Sample Dataset Citation

113 1. M. Partridge, "Spectra evolution during coating," figshare (2014), http://doi.org/10.6084/
114 m9.figshare.1004612.

115 5.4. Sample Code Citation

116 1. C. Rivers, "Epipy: Python tools for epidemiology," figshare (2014), http://doi.org/10.6084/
117 m9.figshare.1005064.
118 6. Mathematical and scientific notation
119 6.1. Displayed equations
120 Displayed equations should be centered. Equation numbers should appear at the right-hand
121 margin, in parentheses:
∞
𝛾2 ∑︁ (1 + 𝑘𝜏)
𝐽 (𝜌) =  3/2 . (1)
2 
(1 + 𝑘𝜏) 2 + (𝛾𝜌) 2
𝑘 (even)=−∞

122 All equations should be numbered in the order in which they appear and should be referenced
123 from within the main text as Eq. (1), Eq. (2), and so on [or as inequality (1), etc., as appropriate].

124 7. Back matter

125 Back matter sections should be listed in the order Funding/Acknowledgment/Disclosures/Data
126 Availability Statement/Supplemental Document section. An example of back matter with each
127 of these sections included is shown below. The section titles should not follow the numbering
128 scheme of the body of the paper.
129 Funding. Content in the funding section will be generated entirely from details submitted to Prism.
130 Authors may add placeholder text in this section to assess length, but any text added to this section will be
131 replaced during production and will display official funder names along with any grant numbers provided.
132 If additional details about a funder are required, they may be added to the Acknowledgment, even if this
133 duplicates some information in the funding section. For preprint submissions, please include funder names
134 and grant numbers in the manuscript.
135 Acknowledgment. Additional information crediting individuals who contributed to the work being
136 reported, clarifying who received funding from a particular source, or other information that does not fit the
137 criteria for the funding block may also be included; for example, “K. Flockhart thanks the National Science
138 Foundation for help identifying collaborators for this work.”
139 Disclosures. Disclosures should be listed in a separate nonnumbered section at the end of the manuscript.
140 List the Disclosures codes identified on the Conflict of Interest policy page, as shown in the examples below:
141 ABC: 123 Corporation (I,E,P), DEF: 456 Corporation (R,S). GHI: 789 Corporation (C).
142 If there are no disclosures, then list “The authors declare no conflicts of interest.”
143 Data Availability Statement. A Data Availability Statement (DAS) is required for all submissions
144 (except JOCN papers). The DAS should be an unnumbered separate section titled “Data availability” that
145 immediately follows the Disclosures section. See the Data Availability Statement policy page for more
146 information.
147 Optica has identified four common (sometimes overlapping) situations that authors should use as guidance.
148 These are provided as minimal models. You may paste the appropriate statement into your submission and
149 include any additional details that may be relevant.
150 1. When datasets are included as integral supplementary material in the paper, they must be declared
151 (e.g., as "Dataset 1" following our current supplementary materials policy) and cited in the DAS, and
152 should appear in the references.

153 Data availability. Data underlying the results presented in this paper are available in Dataset 1,
154 Ref. [8].

155 2. When datasets are cited but not submitted as integral supplementary material, they must be cited in
156 the DAS and should appear in the references.

157 Data availability. Data underlying the results presented in this paper are available in Ref. [8].
158 3. If the data generated or analyzed as part of the research are not publicly available, that should be
159 stated. Authors are encouraged to explain why (e.g. the data may be restricted for privacy reasons),
160 and how the data might be obtained or accessed in the future.
161 Data availability. Data underlying the results presented in this paper are not publicly available at
162 this time but may be obtained from the authors upon reasonable request.

163 4. If no data were generated or analyzed in the presented research, that should be stated.
164 Data availability. No data were generated or analyzed in the presented research.

165 Data availability statements are not required for preprint submissions.
166 Supplemental document. A supplemental document must be called out in the back matter so that a link
167 can be included. For example, “See Supplement 1 for supporting content.” Note that the Supplemental
168 Document must also have a callout in the body of the paper.

169 8. References
170 Proper formatting of references is important, not only for consistent appearance but also for
171 accurate electronic tagging. Please follow the guidelines provided below on formatting, callouts,
172 and use of BibTEX.

173 8.1. Formatting reference items

174 Each source must have its own reference number. Footnotes (notes at the bottom of text pages)
175 are not used in our journals. List up to three authors, and if there are more than three use et al.
176 after that. Examples of common reference types can be found in the Author Style Guide.
177 The commands \begin{thebibliography}{} and \end{thebibliography} for-
178 mat the section according to standard style, showing the title
179 References. Use the \bibitem{label} command to start each reference.

180 8.2. Formatting reference citations

181 References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are referenced in the
182 body of the paper. Set reference callouts with standard \cite{} command or set manually
183 inside square brackets [1].
184 To reference multiple articles at once, simply use a comma to separate the reference labels, e.g.
185 \cite{Yelin:03,Masajada:13,Zhang:14}, produces [1–3].

186 8.3. BibTEX

187 BibTEX may be used to create a file containing the references, whose contents (i.e., contents of
188 .bbl file) can then be pasted into the bibliography section of the .tex file. A BibTEX style file,
189 opticajnl.bst, is provided.
190 If your manuscript already contains a manually formatted \begin{thebibliography}...
191 \end{thebibliography} list, then delete the latexmkrc file (if present) from your
192 submission files.

193 9. Conclusion
194 After proofreading the manuscript, compress your .tex manuscript file and all figures (which
195 should be in EPS or PDF format) in a ZIP, TAR, or TAR-GZIP package. All files must be
196 referenced at the root level (e.g., file figure-1.eps, not /myfigs/figure-1.eps). If
197 there are supplementary materials, the associated files should not be included in your manuscript
198 archive but be uploaded separately through the Prism interface.
199 Add references with BibTeX or manually [1–8].
200 References
201 1. D. Yelin, D. Oron, S. Thiberge, et al., “Multiphoton plasmon-resonance microscopy,” Opt. Express 11, 1385–1391
202 (2003).
203 2. J. Masajada, M. Bacia, and S. Drobczyński, “Cluster formation in ferrofluids induced by holographic optical tweezers,”
204 Opt. Lett. 38, 3910–3913 (2013).
205 3. Y. Zhang, S. Qiao, L. Sun, et al., “Photoinduced active terahertz metamaterials with nanostructured vanadium dioxide
206 film deposited by sol-gel method,” Opt. Express 22, 11070–11078 (2014).
207 4. Optica Publishing Group, “Optica,” https://opg.optica.org.
208 5. P. Forster, V. Ramaswamy, P. Artaxo, et al., “Changes in atmospheric consituents and in radiative forcing,” in Climate
209 Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group 1 to the Fourth Assesment Report of
210 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, S. Solomon, D. Qin, M. Manning, et al., eds. (Cambridge University
211 Press, 2007).
212 6. B. H. Dean, D. L. Aronstein, S. J. Smith, et al., “Phase retrieval algorithm for JWST flight and testbed telescope,” in
213 Space Telescopes and Instrumentation I: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter, vol. 6265 (2006), p. 17.
214 7. R. McKay, “X-ray crystallography,” Ph.D. thesis, Princeton University (1982).
215 8. C. Rivers, “Epipy: Python tools for epidemiology,” figshare (2014) [retrieved 13 May 2015], http://dx.doi.org/10.
216 6084/m9.figshare.1005064.