APL光子學這個名字是關于價值觀和共同體的。“APL”代表我們與我們的父母(應用物理快報)和姐妹(APL材料)雜志共享的價值觀——通過同行評審推動的研究報告，促進我們領域的重大進展和新的理解。APL光子學作為一種面向光子學社區的新型開放獲取期刊，擴展了這些價值，是光子學基礎和應用多學科研究的大本營，也是該領域下一代創新的平臺。

The name APL Photonics is about values and community. “APL” stands for the values we share with our parent (Applied Physics Letters) and sister (APL Materials) journals - promoting significant advances and novel understandings in our fields through research reports that are driven forward by peer-review. As a new, open access journal for the photonics community, APL Photonics expands on these values and is the home for fundamental and applied multidisciplinary research anchored in photonics, and the platform for next-generation innovations in the field.