The Journal of Laser Applications (JLA) is the scientific platform of the Laser Institute of America (LIA) and is published in cooperation with AIP Publishing. The high-quality articles cover a broad range from fundamental and applied research and development to industrial applications. Therefore, JLA is a reflection of the state-of-R&D in photonic production, sensing and measurement as well as Laser safety. Due to the current grand societal challenges such as resource saving, energy, mobility, health and defense the foci and trends of applied photonics have been changing over the past years, significantly. Hence, the structure of JLA has been improved to meet these trends, yet maintaining the structure according to scientific areas of competence. The following international and well known first-class scientists serve as allocated Editors in 9 new categories:
High Precision Materials Processing with Ultrafast Lasers – Andreas Ostendorf
Laser Additive Manufacturing – Milan Brandt
High Power Materials Processing with High Brightness Lasers – Christoph Leyens
Emerging Applications of Laser Technologies in High-performance/Multi-function Materials and Structures – Dongdong Gu
Surface Modification – Minlin Zhong
Lasers in Nanomanufacturing / Nanophotonics & Thin Film Technology – Lan Jiang
Spectroscopy / Imaging / Diagnostics / Measurements – Dave Farson
Laser Systems and Markets – Klaus Löffler
Medical Applications & Safety – Dave Sliney

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Yongfeng Lu
College of Engineering
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Honorary Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Reinhart Poprawe, M.A.
Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik 
Lehrstuhl für Lasertechnik der RWTH Aachen
Senior Editors
Milan Brandt
RMIT University
David Farson
The Ohio State University
Dongdong Gu
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Lan Jiang
Beijing Institute of Technology
Christoph Leyens
Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS
Klaus Löffler
TRUMPF Laser
Andreas Ostendorf
Ruhr-University Bochum
David Sliney
Consulting Medical Physicist
Minlin Zhong
Tsinghua University