該雜志致力于出版紅外和毫米波領域的科學和技術發展，包括紅外物理學、凝聚態物質的光學性質和低能激發過程、飛秒光譜學、非線性光學、紅外光電、紅外光學、生物醫學光學、遠程傳感、圖像處理、紅外和毫米波技術以及跨學科研究。

The Journal is devoted to the publication of science and technology development in the area of infrared and millimeter waves, including infrared physics, the optical properties and low energy excitations processes in condensed matters, femtosecond spectroscopy, nonlinear optics, infrared opto-electronics, infrared optics, biomedical optics, remote sensing, image processing, infrared and millimeter wave technologies as well as interdisciplinary research.