Infrared and Laser Engineering is the journal of Chinese Society for Optical Engineering, edited and published monthly by Editorial Office of Journal of Infrared and Laser Engineering, managed by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Limited and sponsored by Tianjin Jinhang Institute of Techincal Physics. Starting publication in 1972, it is a state-level academic publication authorized by General Administration of Press and Publication, PRC and the Ministry of Science and Technology, PRC. It is one of the source journals of Chinese Core Journals, Engineering Index (EI Compendex, US), Science Abstracts (SA, UK), Cambridge Science Abstracts (CSA, US), Abstract Journal (AJ, Russia), Japan Science & Technology Agency (JST, Japan) and Scopus (Netherlands)