About Optics
What are Optics and Photonics?
Optics and photonics are specialized fields of physics and engineering.
Optics and Photonics TV
OSA has partnered with the American Institute of Physics (AIP) to develop television news segments on the latest advances in optics and photonics.
This interactive education web site is devoted to everything optics! It is a resource for young students, parents, and educators that includes: experiments & tutorials, an optics timeline, career profiles, an optical illusions section and much more!
This resource guide is a collaboration between the OSA Foundation and Girl Scouts of the USA.
Optics & Photonics in the News
Biomedical Optics
Defense & Security
General Optics
Imaging
Invisibility Cloaking
LEDs
Laser Fusion
Lasers
Nanophotonics
Optical Fiber Communications
Quantum optics