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OSA membership delivers the highest quality information, resources and networking opportunities.

Join the leading professional society for optics & photonics…
OSA’s membership is comprised of the world’s leading scientists, educators, engineers, students and business professionals with an interest in optics and photonics. Members receive a wide range of benefits including:

    • Three free publication subscriptions
    • Members-only networking and online services
    • Substantial meeting registration and subscription discounts
    • Awards and distinctions
    • Career services
    • and much more!

Click here to view the full list of member benefits

Ways to join:

Online:

Phone: +1.202.416.1907 or 800.766.4672

Note: Customer Service Department days/hours of operation -- Monday-Friday, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern Time.

Mail or Fax:

Complete and return the member enrollment form:

Address: OSA
Membership Department
P.O. Box 1976
Baltimore, MD 21298-8329 USA
Fax: +1.202.416.6130

Forms of Payment
Payment is due upon receipt and may be paid by check, money order, bank transfer or credit card.  Please make checks payable to the Optical Society of America.  Foreign remitters, please pay in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. bank.  Bank fees are the responsibility of the member.

Monthly Membership Magazines - Your dues includes a non-deductible allocation of $3.29 for Physics Today and $7.00 for Optics & Photonics News.