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SPIE Joins LaserFest as Founding Partner
27 August 2009
The organizers of LaserFest, the celebration in 2010 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first working laser, announced today that SPIE will be participating as a founding partner of the initiative.
Open Wide and Say 'Zap'
19 August 2009
A group of researchers in Australia and Taiwan has developed a new way to analyze the health of human teeth using lasers. Described in the latest issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society’s (OSA) open-access journal.
OSA Announces 2009-2010 Congressional Science and Engineering Fellows
24 July 2009
The Optical Society (OSA), along with co-sponsors SPIE and the Materials Research Society (MRS), have selected their 2009-2010 Congressional Science and Engineering Fellows.
Two Pioneers of the Science of Optical Nonlinearities in Fiber Optic Communications Systems Win Marconi Prize
21 July 2009
Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs scientists Andrew R. Chraplyvy and Robert W. Tkach, research partners for more than two decades, have been awarded the 2009 Marconi Fellowship and Prize for their research into optical fiber nonlinearities and their development of novel mitigation techniques that vastly increased the transmission speed and capacity of optical fiber communications systems.
OSA Launches Spotlight on Optics to Highlight Research Articles in OSA Journals
21 July 2009
The Optical Society (OSA) today announced the launch of a new interactive Web page called Spotlight on Optics.
OSA Foundation Announces New Funding for Optics Programs
10 July 2009
The OSA Foundation today announced the details of the programs it will fund in 2010. The programs include new and continuing grants for optics education programs, OSA student member activities and student travel to OSA-sponsored meetings.
Industry Newsmakers Second Quarter 2009
09 July 2009
The optics and photonics industry is continuing to change and evolve, all the while offering innovative solutions for real-world applications and manufacturing processes. OSA Corporate Members featured in this edition of Industry Newsmakers include Coherent, Corning, Edmund Optics and more
Cheaper Solar Technology, Flexible Lighting and Other Energy Breakthroughs to Be Featured at MIT Meeting
24 June 2009
Experts from academia and industry are gathering this week for the Optics and Photonics for Advanced Energy Technology meeting at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to discuss the future of solar energy, cutting-edge developments in solid-state lighting, and the application of new sensors and technologies used to generate and store energy.
OSA Members Meet with Legislators to Discuss R&D Funding
04 June 2009
Members of the Optical Society (OSA) are on Capitol Hill today calling on their elected officials to support continued federal investments in scientific research and development (R&D) for fiscal year (FY) 2010.
Theodore Maiman Student Paper Competition Winner Announced
03 June 2009
The OSA Foundation, HRL Laboratories LLC, the IEEE Photonics Society and the APS Division of Laser Science are pleased to announce Georg Anetsberger of the Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics in Germany as the winner of the first annual Theodore Maiman Student Paper Competition.