Received 17 July 2020, Revised 21 October 2020, Accepted 24 October 2020, Available online 28 October 2020. After waiting a long time, I received the review comments on September 3. There were two reviewers, one required a major revision and one minor revision; it was resubmitted on September 26, and I waited for another 20 days. On October 19, I received the second review opinions, and then it was submitted after minor revision was made; it was accepted on October 24.

(19) Thank | prevail

It is a pure optical simulation [Spin wave content is also involved]. It was submitted to OE at the end of last year and was rejected (one minor revision and one rejection were required). It is estimated that the one who rejected the manuscript is an expert. The opinions are not friendly, and it is difficult to revise. Thus, I transferred it to some journals in Q2, but it was rejected by the editor. When it was transferred to JPA and JO from IOP, it was still rejected by the editor. Finally, it was delayed until submitted to OC in March. Submitted on March 14 (it seemed to be sent for review at the end of March). Major revision made on April 24 (one minor revision and one major revision were required). There were 78 questions raised for the major revision, some of which should be considered for a while, and it was submitted a week later, on April 30. Accepted on May 10 It feels different for different editors. I have submitted an article that was rejected by the editor before. This time I think this editor is quite nice! [Summary] This journal is in Q3 and has a low IF. Those who are in a hurry can consider it, and those who do pure simulations can also consider it, but there must be some innovations! A theoretical simulation article must have a deep understanding of the topic, otherwise it will be difficult to respond to the reviewers' questions!

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Content: fiber optic and light source. Here’s the timeline. Submission on 2019.01.25. Sent for review on 2019.02.05. First review comments received on 2019.03.07. Major revision was required and there was 1 reviewer with 4 questions, which were not difficult to answer. Revised submission on 2019.03.13. The format had some problems and it was sent back. With editor on 2019.03.18. Second review comments received on 2019.04.08. Accepted. Other notes: OC number is: **-###, ** is the abbreviation of the editor's name, and ### is the number. Because the article was required for the purpose of graduation, we urged the editors for the first review and the second review of the manuscript. They were very responsible, and returned the review comments quickly in these two times.

(2) Thank | pwu9

This journal can be tough if you are not a native English speaker; my writing is typically pretty good and it was still tough for me to get a paper accepted.

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8.15 under review

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Can this journal be better than AO? That's funny, even rejected submissions from AO are asked to be redirected here.

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8.11 resubmit to journal

Please resubmit to the journal.

(0) Thank | 12321rr

I am in the field of fiber optic sensing. When submitting a paper, you will be asked to choose a category. You can take a look and see if there is one that fits.

(0) Thank | 12321rr

May I ask which field your paper belongs to? And does the journal accept articles on deep learning for image processing?

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8.6 Minor repairs

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7.10 under review.

(0) Thank | wsh131

2025.7.9 submit to journal

2025.7.6 with editor

I will update the progress later.

(0) Thank | wsh131

Sure enough, the editor was changed and the second piece was rejected straight away.

(0) Thank | FKM

Employed on June 3rd.

(0) Thank | Mingliang Zhang

Several reviewers are reviewing the manuscript.

(0) Thank | 周周周末

You are all reviewers.

(0) Thank | 周梦远

Please return the revised draft on May 8 for major revisions. The revisions were completed on May 28 and are now under review. The Word template submitted is the one requested by the junior colleague.

(0) Thank | Mingliang Zhang

I also submitted the revised draft on May 28th and encountered the same issue with the link not opening. I didn't pay much attention to it afterwards and just sent over the revised paper and instructions. I have never seen such a requirement when submitting to other journals before, so I didn't think it was very important. I believe there should still be time to submit the missing information when the paper is finally accepted.

(0) Thank | Mingliang Zhang

Hello! I have a question. The email says that it is necessary to provide the data shown in the image, "interactive plots provide easy access to the data behind plots." Do I have to upload this, and the provided website link ---- (and to submit it as supplementary material on http://authortools.elsevier.com/interactiveplots/verification for online testing). However, I cannot access it. Hello, how should I proceed?

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Hello! I have a question. The email says that we need to provide the data in the image, "interactive plots provide easy access to the data behind plots." Do we have to upload this data? Also, the website provided -- (and to submit as supplementary material http://authortools.elsevier.com/interactiveplots/verification) -- cannot be accessed. How can this be resolved? Thank you.

(0) Thank | @HKYhky

Do you have the Word version?

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