Home | Optica

Community

From the 2023 Optica President Michal Lipson.

The Optica global community mourns the lives lost in the Kahramanmaras earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

Read Now >

Award

Robert Byer named Optica Honorary Member.

For his exceptional contributions to laser science and technology as an academic, mentor and leader.

Read Now >

A one-stop source for discoveries of the latest works in optics and photonics.

Optica Publishing Group

Announcing Optica Open.

17 January 2023

A one-stop source for discoveries of the latest works in optics and photonics.

Learn More >

Award

Robert Boyd named Ives Medal / Quinn Prize...

Read Now

Community

Discover the values of Optica.

Read Now

Optica Publishing Group

Visit the Author Resource Center.

Advocacy

Optica supports Ukraine.

Optica strongly condemns the invasion of Ukraine by the Government of the Russian Federation and supports our community in Ukraine.

Learn More

OPN | Feature

Microscopy’s Cutting Edge

Meeri Kim

OPN | New Issue

April 2023

A new issue of Optics & Photonics News is available.

Credit: Aliaksei Kobylinskiy and Robert Brunner, Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena, Jena, Germany,

OPN | Image of the week

Folding the Light

White light experiences multipl

OPN | Book Reviews

Cognitive Sensors

Varun Bajaj and G.R. Sinha (Eds.)

OPN | Research News

Printable Electrode Heralds Cheaper Solar ...

Susan Curtis

News

Biophotonics Congress to highlight biomedical research

Meetings will focus on bio-optics, techniques in microscopy, optical manipulation, optical molecular probes, imaging and the brain.

Read Now

OPN | Careers

Senior Member Insights: Jisha Chandroth Pa...

Hannah Greenwood

OPN | Research News

New Meta-Devices Could Direct 6G Data Streams

Edwin Cartlidge

News

Researchers make biodegradable optical components from crab shells

Diffraction gratings made from seafood waste could enable disposable spectrometers that don’t harm the environment

Read Now

OPN | Research News

The Brightest Feathers in the Woods

Hannah Lanford

News | Obituary

In Memoriam: Paul L. Kelley, 1934-2023

Optica is deeply saddened by the passing of Paul L. Kelley, an Optica Fellow and Emeritus Member and a distinguished scientist...

Read Now

News

Spectroscopy probe could enhance deep brain stimulation procedure

To be presented at Biophotonics Congress 2023 - Optical fibers provide real-time information to help doctors navigate inside the brain.

Read Now

J. Ahn, KAIST

OPN | Research News

Playing Catch with Optical Tweezers

Patricia Daukantas

Credit: Alok Kumar Pandey, Laboratoire Iréne Joliot-Curie, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France,

OPN | Image of the week

Light-Beam Shaping

A large-dynamic-range deformabl

OPN | Research News

Organic Solar Cells to Power Smart Greenho...

Meeri Kim

Credit: Natalith Palacios-Ortega, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, USA,

OPN | Image of the week

Colorful Aberrations

Chromatic-aberration detail pro

News

Scientists throw and catch single atoms using light

Optica, 10, 401 (2023)

Free-flying atoms could enable new type of quantum computer and the study of single-atom collisions

Read Now

OPN | Research News

Metasurfaces Deliver Multichannel Terahert...

Susan Curtis

OPN | Book Reviews

Laser Safety: Practical Knowledge and Solu...

Ken Barat (Ed.)

OPN | Research News

Brighter Electron Beams for More Compact P...

Edwin Cartlidge

OPN | Careers

Senior Member Insights: Judith S. Birkenfeld

Hannah Greenwood

OPN | Research News

Catching Nanoplastics with Electric Fields...

Karen Kwon

Credit: Elizabeth Dreyer, Boston Consulting Group, Livonia, MI, USA,

OPN | Image of the week

360-Degree Rainbow

A photo of an almost 360-d

OPN | Research News

3D Printing Objects with Structural Color

Meeri Kim

OPN | Research News

Flames at a Billion Frames per Second

Patricia Daukantas

News

Metasurface enables multichannel terahertz transmission

Photonics Research 11, 485 (2023)

Tiny metasurface devices could help improve communication, terahertz imaging, manipulating particles and encoding of quantum information

Read Now

Award

Optica Names 17 Recipients for 2023 Awards and Medals

These awards celebrate significant technical, research, education, business, leadership and service accomplishments.

Read Now

OPN | Feature

Subsea Fiber: Into the Deep

Susan Curtis

OPN | New Issue

March 2023

A new issue of Optics & Photonics News is available.

OPN | Careers

US STEM Diversity Growing, but Inequality ...

Karen Kwon

News

Optica awards US$75,000 in scholarships to amplify Black scientists

Announcing the 2023 Class of students selected as this year’s Amplify Scholarship winners!

Read Now

IDloop

OPN | Industry News

Fingerprint-Sensing Startup Garners New Fu...

Stewart Wills

Luminar Tchnologies

OPN | Industry News

Luminar and Mercedes-Benz Expand Partnership

Stewart Wills

IBM Research / Flickr; CC-BY ND 2.0

OPN | Industry News

Sizing Up the Quantum Market

Stewart Wills

Credit: Katie Schwertz, Edmund Optics, Tucson, AZ, USA,

OPN | Image of the week

Glowing Raindrops

Droplets from a rainstorm

News

Optica special events at OFC 2023

At OFC 2023, Optica will host special events including networking meetups, Technical Talks, professional headshot services and more!

Read Now

News

The National Society of Black Physicists relocates to Optica HQ.

The NSBP relocates to the Optica HQ as part of the Societies' collaboration to support Black students & early career professionals.

Read Now

Award | Honorary Members

Robert Byer Named Optica Honorary Member

Optica names laser pioneer Bob Byer as an Optica Honorary Member.

Read Now

Industry | Information

Optica Online Industry Library

Access market reports, videos, tutorials, roadmaps and much more.

Learn More

OPN | Book Reviews

Light Scattering and Absorption by Particles

Christopher M. Sorensen

OPN | Research News

Metallic Platform Lights up Perovskite Per...

Susan Curtis

OPN | Research News

Thin-Film Photodetector Monitors Heartbeat...

Edwin Cartlidge

News

Optica members inducted as 2022 AAAS Fellows

Eleven Optica members—including 9 Fellows—honored by AAAS

Read Now

OPN | Careers

Senior Member Insights: Timothy Munks

Hannah Greenwood

Jenoptik

OPN | Industry News

Jenoptik Looks Back on a Strong 2022

Stewart Wills

Credit: Aliaksei Kobylinskiy, University of Applied Sciences Jena, Jena, Germany,

OPN | Image of the week

Coffee Interference

Images of the blue sky above a

OPN | Research News

Artificial Vision System Inspired by Cuttl...

Meeri Kim

OPN | Book Reviews

The Principles of Deep Learning Theory

Daniel A. Roberts, Sho Yaida and Boris Hanin

OPN | Research News

Structured Light without Distortion

Patricia Daukantas

News

Optica Publishing Group signs Read and Publish agreement with TIB

Authors at member institutions in Germany will have ongoing access to read and to publish in leading optics and photonics journals

Read Now

800 Found