Photonics WWW links

Here are some useful links to web pages that are related to Optics and Photonics:

A widely used online encyclopedia of photonics related topics

This trade journal contains current news about the photonics industry, with information about applications of lasers, fiber optics, and other photonics-related topics. It also contains many tutorial articles. This WEB site also contains information about job possibilities in the photonics area.

Photonics Spectra home page

Another popular trade journal with content similar to Laser Focus World. This WEB site includes recent news of the photonics industry, an employment guide, a searchable Photonics Directory (Corporate Guide and Buyers' Guide) and Photonics Dictionary (5000+ words and terms).

Photonics Spectra magazine

Up-to-date online version of this trade magazine, with brief but useful summaries of articles.

Optical Society of America

This is the major optics-related professional society in the US, with a strong international emphasis as well. There are many additional links to be found at this site.

SPIE -- International Society for Optical Engineering

This is another major optics-related professional society in the US, with more of an emphasis on engineering applications, as opposed to basic research. There are many additional links here as well.

Harnessing Light: Optical Science and Engineering for the 21st Century

This report, sponsored by the U.S. National Research Council, was written by the Committee on Optical Science and Engineering and highlights the tecnological revolution that can be expected from optics and that will considerably impact life and society. (report is in pdf format)

Optics & Photonics: Essential Technologies for Our Nation

The U.S. National Academy of Sciences' Harnessing Light Committee has released this landmark report discussing the current state of optical sciences and goals for the future. It is a follow up to the Harnessing Light report published in 1998, and identifies the technological and economic opportunities the science has enabled, assesses trends in market needs, gives examples of where progress in photonics innovation has translated into economic benefits, and makes recommendations for future research and policies that are intended to advance the optics and photonics discipline.