《中國光學快報》是一本國際性期刊，旨在將最新的重要發現和發明迅速傳播到光學科學技術的各個領域。它被認為是中國最重要的光學期刊之一。由光學學會（OSA）出版的數字圖書館收集，并由科學引文索引（SCI）、工程索引（EI）等索引。COL的特點是審查期短（約30天）和出版期短（約100天）。COL于2003年1月首次發行，由中國激光出版社每月出版，由OSA在中國大陸以外地區發行。

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.