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Optica
Founded1916; 110 years ago (1916)
FounderPerley G. Nutting
Type501(c)3 organization
53-0259696
FocusOptics and photonics
Location
  • Washington, D.C., United States
Area served
Worldwide
MethodProfessional journals and conferences
Members22,000
Key people
James Kafka (2025 president)
Gerd Leuchs (2024 president)
Michal Lipson (2023 president)
Revenue$49,549,907[1][2]
Endowment$74,991,615
Employees150

Optica, founded as the Optical Society of America (later the Optical Society), is a professional society of individuals and companies with an interest in optics and photonics. It publishes journals, organizes conferences and exhibitions, and carries out charitable activities.

History

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Optica was founded in 1916 as the Optical Society of America, under the leadership of Perley G. Nutting,[3] with 30 optical scientists and instrument makers based in Rochester, New York. It soon published its first journal of research results and established an annual meeting.[4][5] The group's Journal of the Optical Society of America was created in 1918.[5] The first series of joint meetings with the American Physical Society took place in 1918.[5]

In 2008, it changed its name to the Optical Society.[6] In September 2021, the organization's name changed to Optica, in reference to the organization's journal by the same name and geographic neutrality to reflect the society's global membership.[7]

In 2024, following an employee whistleblower complaint, Bloomberg News reported that the Optica Foundation Challenge was funded entirely by Huawei.[8][9][10] In response, the United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology launched a probe and Optica announced that it would no longer accept money from Huawei, remove the company's representation on a panel of judges, return donations made by Huawei from 2022 onward, and remove Elizabeth A. Rogan as CEO.[11][12][13][14]

Scientific publishing

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Main category: Optica (society) academic journals

Optica Publishing Group

Optica Publishing Group is Optica's scientific publishing platform, which publishes peer-reviewed optics and photonics research. Optica Publishing Group's portfolio consists of 20 publications.[15]

Primary journals

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  • Advances in Optics and Photonics, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).; 2009–present — Publishing long review articles and tutorials.
  • Applied Optics, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (print); Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (online); 1962–present — Covering optical applications-centered research.
  • Biomedical Optics Express, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).; 2010–present — An open access journal covering optics, photonics and imaging in the life sciences.
  • Journal of the Optical Society of America, 1917–1983,[16] which was split into two journals in 1984:
    • Journal of the Optical Society of America A, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (print); Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (online); 1984–present — Covering research on optics, image science, and vision.
    • Journal of the Optical Society of America B, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (print); Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (online); 1984–present — Covering research on optical physics
  • Optica, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).; 2014–present — Rapid dissemination of high-impact results in all areas of optics and photonics.[17]
  • Optica Quantum, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).; 2023–present — An open access journal of high-impact results in quantum information science and technology enabled by optics.
  • Optical Materials Express, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).; 2011–present — An open access journal covering advances in novel optical materials, their properties, modeling, synthesis and fabrication techniques.
  • Optics Express, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).; 1997–present — An open access journal covering all areas of optics.
  • Optics Letters, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (print); Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (online); 1977–present — Providing rapid publication of short papers in all fields of optical science and technology.
  • Optics Continuum, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).; 2022–present — An open access journal that publishes research articles meeting the standards for technical accuracy, scientific rigor, and presentation quality without judgment of impact or significance.

Partnered journals

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Magazine

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  • Optics and Photonics News, ISSN 1047-6938; 1975–present. Publishes monthly news for recent developments in optics on topics related to science and society, education, technology, and business.

Legacy journals

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  • Journal of Display Technology, 2005–2016. Jointly published by OSA and IEEE. Available online.
  • Journal of Optical Networking, 2002–2009. Published by OSA. Available online.
  • Journal of Optical Society of Korea, 2007–2016. Published by the Optical Society of Korea. Available online.
  • OSA Continuum, 2018–2021. Published by Optica. Available online.
  • Optics News, 1975–1989. Published by Optica. Available online.

Recognitions

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Optica presents awards and honors, including Optica Fellow, Honorary Membership, and Awards/Medals. Optica's awards and medals program is endowed through the Optica Foundation, and includes more than 20 named awards; among them are the following:[18]

Presidents

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The following persons are or have been presidents of the society:[19]

Notable people

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  • Hilda Conrady Kingslake, optics researcher, author of the "History of the Optical Society of America, 1916-1966" and "The First 50 Years — the Institute of Optics 1929-1979."[20]
  • Delwin Lindsey, editor of the society journal[21]

See also

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References

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  4. ^ "Why 1916? A Look Back at OSA's Roots." Archived June 3, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, files of W. Lewis Hyde, Optics & Photonics News, Vol. 17, No. 1, January 2006, pp. 18-19.
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Archival collections

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