Chinese Optics Letters (COL) is an international journal aimed at the rapid dissemination of latest, important discoveries and inventions in all branches of optical science and technology. It is considered to be one of the most important journals in optics in China. It is collected by The Optical Society (OSA) Publishing Digital Library and also indexed by Science Citation Index (SCI), Engineering Index (EI), etc.

COL is distinguished by its short review period (~30 days) and publication period (~100 days).

With its debut in January 2003, COL is published monthly by Chinese Laser Press, and distributed by OSA outside of Chinese Mainland.

《Chinese Optics Letters》是一本由OSA-OPTICAL SOC出版商出版的专业物理期刊，该刊创刊于2003年，刊期Monthly，该刊已被国际权威数据库SCIE收录。在中科院最新升级版分区表中，该刊分区信息为大类学科：物理 3区，小类学科：光学 3区；在JCR（Journal Citation Reports）分区等级为Q2。该刊发文范围涵盖光学等领域，旨在及时、准确、全面地报道国内外光学工作者在该领域取得的最新研究成果、工作进展及学术动态、技术革新等，促进学术交流，鼓励学术创新。2021年影响因子为2.56，平均审稿速度约1.8个月。