WWW Virtual Library for Optical Science & Engineering - Contains extensive lists of links to various resources that useful to people working in the optics industry. These links include university and national research labs, archives of documents and images.
Optics.org - Online resource on optical, photonic, imaging, electronic, and optoelectronic technologies.
Optics Express - Electronic, peer-reviewed, journal.
Optoelectronics World - Several magazines on optoelectronics.
School of Optics/CREOL - Graduate school for optics and photonics education and research.
Optical Tweezers and Laser Scalpel - Collection of links.
On-line Optical Library - On-line Optical Library with a lot of links to papers on the net for beginners to researchers.
Diffraction by Periodic Structures - Research at the University of Sydney.
Optoelectronics Group - University of California, Los Angeles.
Photonics Online - Daily news and product updates for professionals in the optoelectronics industry: manufacturing, technology, equipment, supplies, discussion forums, chat, newsletter and software.
Incite - SPIE (the International Society for Optical Engineering), an electronic search service and online purchasing center, contains more than 90,000 SPIE papers and abstracts.
Photonics Spectra - Magazine on optics, lasers, imaging, fiber optics, electro-optics, and optoelectronics; Laurin Publishing.
Optoelectronics Industry Development Association - Information on the optoelectronics industry, which includes research and development in areas such as fiber optic communications, digital imaging, and storage.
Optical Sciences Center - Education, research and outreach in the science and application of light.
THz Group - Department of Molecular and Optical Physics, University of Freiburg, Germany. Time-resolved experiments with subpicosecond time resolution.
The Photonics Dictionary - Browse or search.
Photonics Cozy Cafe - Bookshelf contains several links. Also chat, messages, email.
Photonics.com - Photonics news; Laurin Publishing.
Optoelectronic Computing Systems Center - University of Colorado, Boulder. Photonics research and education.
University of Reading, Infrared Multilayer Laboratory - Design, manufacture and testing of infrared optical filters and coatings for atmospheric sensing instrumentation.
GUESS Research Group - High-resolution monochromatic optical system design, based on conventional and unconventional (diffractive and gradient-index) elements.
Optics Resources - Directory of links: design, properties of light, components, manufacturers, applications, references, industry.
PhotonicsFiber - Fiber optics industry news; Laurin Publishing.
Mission Research Corporation, Los Angeles - Laser remote sensing research in the ocean and the atmosphere. Coherent laser radar.
Applied Optics Group Home Page - This site provides information about the Applied Optics Group at the University of L'Aquila (Italy). Activities involve NDT on works of art and optical metrology. A list of many useful links is given
Optical Society of America - A professional society of optical engineers and scientists devoted to advancing the fields of optics and photonics.
Zeelase, the best place to learn about lasers, optics, and light - Join MIT Professor Shaoul "Ziggy" Ezekiel to learn about Lasers, Optics, Fiberoptics and light.
Optoelectronic Devices Group at TU Delft - Research activities, education, publications, people.
Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy - Technical tutorial about 3-D laser scanning confocal microscopy, from the University of British Columbia.
Laser Physics Group - A collection of links to the fields of laser, quantum, atomic, molecular physics and optics.
Laser Optics and Spectroscopy Group - Physics Department of Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, London, UK.
Gamma FAQ - In video, computer graphics and image processing, gamma represents a numerical parameter that describes the nonlinearity of intensity reproduction.
New Materials for Optoelectronics - Research laboratory for synthesis and characterization of new optical materials; University of Rome.
Mossberg Research Group - Cavity quantum electrodynamics, lasing without inversion, optical memory, spectral holography (frequency-selective optical memory), atomic trapping and cooling.
Photonics Jobs - Employment resources for optical industries.
European Optical Society - The EOS represents all national optical societies in Europe and its individual members.
The Optics - An interactive, fun information source on optics, not just about simple theory but also includes practicals. A section for autodidactic learning, a book, much applets, images and flash animations
International Commission for Optics - Contributes on an international basis to the progress and diffusion of knowledge in optics.
