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Template for preparing an article for submission to the journal Photonics Research:

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 Nine3,*

1Publications Department, OSA—The Optical Society, 2010 Massachusetts Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036

2College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China

3Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 07745 Jena, Germany

*Corresponding author: author_nine@uni-jena.de

Received Month X, XXXX; revised Month X, XXXX; accepted Month X, XXXX; posted Month X, XXXX (Doc. ID XXXXX); published Month X, XXXX

Articles prepared for submission to Photonics Research may 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 Photonics Research Author Style Guide for general information about manuscript preparation. © 2012 SIOM

OCIS codes: 000.0000, 999.9999.

1. INTRODUCTION

TO USE THIS TEMPLATE, YOU WILL NEED TO (1) APPLY THE EMBEDDED MANUSCRIPT 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.

How do you use the Word Styles? In this template, styles such as “01 Title” for Photonics Research 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.

2. 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" BETWEEN THE TWO COLUMNS. WITHIN THE BODY, APPLY ONE-COLUMN FORMATTING TO ANY FIGURES, TABLES, OR EQUATIONS THAT MUST SPAN COLUMNS. AUTHORS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO USE THE TWO-COLUMN TEMPLATE BUT SHOULD DO SO IF THE PAPER LENGTH IS A CONCERN.

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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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 if 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 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.

References

Set references at the back of the manuscript. 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.

|Table 1. Specifications for the Photonics Research Template |

|Item | | | | | |

|Paper Size |U.S. Letter, Portrait orientation | |

|Margins |Top 0.75, Bottom 0.75, Left 0.69, Right 0.69 | |

|Typography |Font Name |Font Size (pts.) |Indentation |Alignment |Notes |

| | | |(inches) | | |

|Title |Times New Roman |18 |0.63 |Center |Bold |

|Authors |Times New Roman |9 |0.37 |Center |Bold |

|Affiliations |Times New Roman |8 |0.37 |Center |Italic |

|Corresponding E-mail |Times New Roman |8 |0.37 |Center |Italic |

|History |Times New Roman |8. |1.6 |Center |Two lines |

|Abstract |Times New Roman |8. |0.68 |Justified | |

|OCIS |Times New Roman |8 |0.75 |Left | |

|Paragraph |Century |9 | |Justified |Two columns; Indent |

| | | | | |0.13 |

|Table |Century |8 | | |Table title bold |

|Figure Caption |Century |9 | | |6 pt above and below |

|Equation |Century |10 | |Center |Equation number flush |

| | | | | |right |

|References |Century |9 | |Justified |Bold heading |

3. Instruction Summary for Photonics Research Word Submissions

AUTHORS IN NEED OF A PRECISE LENGTH ESTIMATE BECAUSE OF PAGE CHARGE CONCERNS CAN USE THE PHOTONICS RESEARCH JOURNAL_BETA TEMPLATE. THE TEMPLATE WILL NOT YIELD AN EXACT ESTIMATE BUT SHOULD PROVIDE A GOOD APPROXIMATION OF THE LENGTH OF THE PAGE PROOF. FIGURES, LARGE TABLES, AND COMPLEX DISPLAY MATH MAY STILL AFFECT THE ESTIMATE.

To use the template, do the following:

1. Save ao_josa_template.dot to a local directory (such as your Microsoft Office templates folder). Double-click the template to create a new document.

2. Highlight each portion of the template—title, authors, author affiliations, and so on—and paste your own title, authors, etc. The style for each should be automatically applied; on the “Home” ribbon in MS Word, under Styles, the appropriate style will be highlighted.

3. If you are creating a new document, simply apply the appropriate styles as you type.  Otherwise, you can paste in content and then apply the styles as needed.

4. To ensure that display equations appear correctly, be sure to highlight each displayed equation and apply “Equation” from the available styles.

5. It is not necessary that the figures/captions appear near their respective callouts in the paper, however, it is fine to place them in the body of the paper. The figures can also be dropped at the end of the paper, following the references, coupled with their captions. The figures can appear either within the text (with their caption) or at the end of the manuscript. They should be sized as you wish them to appear in the published paper.

6. First, paste the figure into the template. Then, if your original document is a .doc file, right-click on the figure in the template and add the caption. If it is a .docx file, you will need to paste the caption below the figure manually.

7. In either case, after the caption has been added, choose the Figure Caption style from the template.

Fig. 1. Forward single pass experimental set-up for evaluating EDFA performance

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