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| Commonly known as OSA, the organization exemplifies the self-governing, mutual-assistance ] that fostered development of science and technology through the 20th century to the present. Founded in ] by 30 optical scientists and instrument makers based in Rochester, New York, the society soon began publication of a journal of research results and established an annual meeting. During 2005, OSA reported nearly14,000 individuals members, published 28,600 pages of research in its journals, and hosted 22,000 attendees at conferences and meetings. | Commonly known as OSA, the organization exemplifies the self-governing, mutual-assistance ] that fostered development of science and technology through the 20th century to the present. Founded in ] by 30 optical scientists and instrument makers based in Rochester, New York, the society soon began publication of a journal of research results and established an annual meeting. During 2005, OSA reported nearly14,000 individuals members, published 28,600 pages of research in its journals, and hosted 22,000 attendees at conferences and meetings. | ||
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| '''Optics & Photonics News''' (OPN), 1989-present (] 1047-6938, online ] 1541-3721). Distributed to all OSA members. Broad selection of research and industry trends on all topics, OSA news, book reviews, employment and commercial advertising. Articles solicited under guidance of an editorial advisory committee. | '''Optics & Photonics News''' (OPN), 1989-present (] 1047-6938, online ] 1541-3721). Distributed to all OSA members. Broad selection of research and industry trends on all topics, OSA news, book reviews, employment and commercial advertising. Articles solicited under guidance of an editorial advisory committee. | ||
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The Optical Society of America (OSA) is a scientific society dedicated to advancing the study of light—optics and photonics—in theory and application, by means of worldwide research, academic publishing, conferences and exhibitions, partnership with industry, and the education of new generations of scientists. The organization's members reside in over 100 nations and span many disciplines: physicists, biologists, medical researchers, electrical engineers, display component engineers, communications specialists, vision scientists, astronomers, meteorologists, materials scientists, and technical specialists in imaging, to name just a few.
Commonly known as OSA, the organization exemplifies the self-governing, mutual-assistance professional associations that fostered development of science and technology through the 20th century to the present. Founded in 1916 by 30 optical scientists and instrument makers based in Rochester, New York, the society soon began publication of a journal of research results and established an annual meeting. During 2005, OSA reported nearly14,000 individuals members, published 28,600 pages of research in its journals, and hosted 22,000 attendees at conferences and meetings.
Scientific Publishing
Scientific publishing, also known as scholarly or academic publishing, is a core activity of the Optical Society of America. Guided by this structured discipline, optics and photonics scientists submit their research results to OSA for peer review and publication in one of the society's journals. The majority of primary journal authors reside outside the United States.
OSA's Member Guide states that "manuscripts are judged on the basis of significance, originality, and form; they should not have been previously published." Submission and review are conducted through an Internet-based system. Authors are asked to select keywords for their papers from the Optics Classification and Indexing System (OCIS) to aid readers in the search process.
Access to OSA journals. All primary journals are published in online format and four in printed format (AO, JOSA A, JOSA B, OL). Many university and research libraries with optics and photonics interests maintain institutional subscriptions for their constituents. Readers should contact their organization's library to determine what journal holdings are available and how they may be accessed. Individual subscriptions are available through membership in the society.
Access to individual journal articles. Optics InfoBase is the OSA online portal to past and current articles published in primary journals, co-published journals, and many conference digests. Optics InfoBase is structured as a search engine which uses the criteria of author, title keyword, abstract keyword, journal selection, and date range. Abstracts are freely viewable; full text is offered under various fee arrangements.
Open access journal. The full text of all articles in Optics Express is freely available.
Primary Journals
- Applied Optics (AO), 1962-present (ISSN 0003-6935, online ISSN 1539-4522). Research on optical technology and biomedical optics (fiber optics; optical testing and instrumentation; lens design; x-ray optics; radiometry and detectors; thin films; biomedical optics), information processing (Fourier optics; holography; pattern recognition; machine vision; optical neural networks; statistical optics; speckle and optical signal processing), and laser, photonics, and environmental optics (laser systems, materials, design and instrumentation; optoelectronics; atmospheric optics and propagation, LIDAR and remote sensing; meteorological and ocean optics).
- Journal of Optical Networking (JON), 2002-present (ISSN 1539-5379). Rapid publication of research on theory and application of fiber optics and optical communication networks, links and subsystems.
- Journal of the Optical Society of America A (JOSA A), 1984-present (ISSN 1084-7529, online ISSN 1520-8532). Research on optics, image science and vision (specifically atmospheric optics, image processing, scattering and coherence theory, machine vision, physiological optics, statistical optics, gratings, polarization, thin films, color vision, design, and diffraction).
- Journal of the Optical Society of America B (JOSA B), 1984-present (ISSN 0740-3224, online ISSN 1520-8540). Research on optical physics (specifically ultrafast phenomena; optical coherent transients; multiphoton processes; effects of laser radiation; ultraviolet and x-ray physics; atomic, molecular and laser spectroscopy; nonlinear optical materials, science, and technology).
- Optics Express (OpEx), 1997-present (ISSN 1094-4087). Open access, rapid publication of short, peer-reviewed papers in all fields of optical science and technology. Multimedia content available.
- Optics Letters (OL), 1977-present (ISSN 0146-9592, online ISSN 1539-4794). Concise, rapid publication on all areas of optics including measurements, components and devices, processing, storage, holography, optoelectronics, lasers, ultrafast phenomena, nonlinear optics, fiber optics, integrated optics, quantum optics and spectroscopy, and optics in biology and medicine.
- Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics (VJBO), 2006-present (ISSN 1931-1532). Compilation of all biomedical articles published in OSA's peer-reviewed journals.
Co-published Journals
- Applied Spectroscopy (AS), 1951-present (ISSN 0003-7028). Jointly published by the Society for Applied Spectroscopy and OSA. Full-length articles, notes and spectroscopic techniques.
- Chinese Optics Letters (COL), 2006-present (ISSN 1671-7694). Published by Science Press of China, distributed by OSA. Novel experimental and theoretical results from all fields of optics.
- Journal of Display Technology (JDT), 2006-present (ISSN 1551-319X). Jointly published by IEEE and OSA. Studies on all aspects of display technologies, spanning many disciplines.
- Journal of Lightwave Technology (JLT), 1998-present (ISSN 0733-8724). Jointly published by IEEE and OSA. Studies on fiber and cable technology, active and guided-wave components, integrated optics and optoelectronics, systems and subsystems, networks and switching.
- Journal of Optical Technology (JOT), 1999-present (ISSN 1070-9762). English translation of Opticheskii Zhurnal (S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute and D. S. Rozhdestvensky Optical Society, St. Petersburg, Russia). Design of optical instruments and computational optics.
Magazine
Optics & Photonics News (OPN), 1989-present (ISSN 1047-6938, online ISSN 1541-3721). Distributed to all OSA members. Broad selection of research and industry trends on all topics, OSA news, book reviews, employment and commercial advertising. Articles solicited under guidance of an editorial advisory committee.
See also
- International Commission for Optics
- IEEE. In particular, see IEEE/LEOS (IEEE/Lasers and Electro-Optics Society) and IEEE Communications Society.
- SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering
- Society for Imaging Science and Technology
Notes
Colleen Morrison, "Societies: the Optical Society of America," The Industrial Physicist, Dec. 2003/Jan. 2004, pp. 29-30.
"Why 1916?," files of W. Lewis Hyde, Optics & Photonics News, Vol. 17, No. 1, Jan. 2006, pp. 18-19.
Stephen D. Fantone. "OSA 2005 Audited Financial Report," Optics & Photonics News, Vol. 17, No. 7, p. 58.
Member Guide 2003, Optical Society of America, p. 6.
Ibid., p. 64.
External links
Publications Sites
- Optics InfoBase – Search engine for OSA journals, magazine, and conference papers.
- JON Online
- Optics & Photonics News web site
- Optics Express
Conferences and Exhibits Sites
- CLEO/QELS Conference – Site cosponsored by APS, and IEEE/LEOS, and OSA.
- OFC/NFOEC Conference – Site cosponsored by IEEE Communications Society, and IEEE/LEOS, and OSA.
- PhAST Conference – Site cosponsored by APS, and IEEE/LEOS, and OSA.
Education Sites
- Optics Education Directory – Site cosponsored by OSA and SPIE
- Optics for Kids
- Optics for Teens
- Hands on Optics
- OSA Foundation
Career Services Site
- Work In Optics – Services for employers and job candidates.
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