Laser Physics is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on the physics and technology of lasers and their applications. It is owned and editorially managed by Astro Ltd. and published on their behalf by IOP Publishing. The journal was established in 1990 with Alexander M. Prokhorov as founding editor-in-chief until 2002. The current editor-in-chief is Vanderlei S. Bagnato. It is a sister journal to Laser Physics Letters.