Optical Society of America

Join OSA and put this interdisciplinary network to work for you today.

Your Strongest Connection to Technical Information

• Electronic products and services
• Peer-reviewed journals
• Technical books

• Employment assistance
• Technical groups
• Major conferences and specialized topical meetings
• Technical exhibits
• Monthly magazine, Optics Photonics News
• Affiliation with the American Institute of Physics (AIP)

• Reduced meeting registration fees
• Substantial discounts on journal subscriptions and publications
• Low-cost insurance programs

OSA-Your Strongest Connection to Colleagues in Your Profession

As an interdisciplinary society, OSA offers you a unique synergy between all components of optics-from basic research to commercial applications. OSA gives you the opportunity to network with others in your field, staying up-to-date on the breakthroughs leading to tomorrow's technology.

Technical Groups

As an OSA member, you may join 3 OSA technical groups free. These groups are your link to the information and people most important to your career. Be sure to make your technical group selections on the attached membership application.

American Institute of Physics (AIP)

As an OSA member, you are also a member of AIR You'll receive the monthly magazine, Physics Today, plus discounts on other AIP publications.

Employment Assistance

OSA membership gives you free access to key employment information:

• Employment centers at major OSA-sponsored and co-sponsored meetings;
• Employment Marketplace, published monthly in Optics & Photonics News,
• Employment Roundup, a listing of OSA undergraduate and graduate students' resumes, on OSA OpticsNet accessible through Mosaic/World Wide Web on the Internet (see next page);
• "On-Line Career Fair," a free employment service for OSA members to use in their job search. For more information on this service, call Response Technologies, (603) 236-4934.

OSA's monthly magazine, brings you timely articles on research and industry trends, along with:

• Engineering & Laboratory Notes
• Previews of research breakthroughs
• Highlights of upcoming OSA meetings and exhibits
• Employment opportunities
• 1995 features special issues on: optical remote sensing (January); fiber optics technology: past, present, and future (February); and CCD technology (April).

OSA's peer-reviewed journals and technical publications lead the industry, setting the standard for optics information and its dissemination worldwide. You can order OSA journals using the membership application on the back page.

Journals

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics, Image Science, and Vision-covering such topics as:

• Atmospheric optics
• Scattering & coherence theory
• Image processing
• Machine vision
• Diffraction & gratings
• Clinical vision & visual optics

• Fiber optics
• Modern quantum optics
• Lasers
• Spectroscopy
• Nonlinear optics

• Optical technology
• Information processing
• Lasers, photonics, & environmental optics

• Fiber & cable technologies
• Active & passive guided wave components
• Integrated optics & optoelectronics
• Systems & subsystems
• Networks & switching
• New applications & unique field trials

• Atmospheric optics
• Quantum electronics
• Fourier optics
• Integrated optics
• Fiber optics

Journal of Optical Technology- the English translation of Optcheskiy Zhurnal, includes design details of optical instruments and computational optics.

The Handbook of Optics

Providing a comprehensive overview of modem optics, the second edition of The Handbook of Optics presents the basic concepts of optics as well as practical information on components devices, and materials. The 83 chapters of this two-volume set are cross referenced, making related material easy to find, and grouped into 17 convenient sections prepared by specialists in their field.

Book Club

Membership Categories

Student Membership is open to any undergraduate or graduate student devoting more than halftime to academic studies. Student dues are $30, based on the calendar year.

Teacher Membership is open to any primary or secondary school science educator who maintains an interest in optics education. Call us at (800) 762-6960 for more information. Companies may also affiliate with OSA as Corporate Associates. Call (800) 762-6960 for details on special programs and benefits.