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SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering - http://spie.org
SPIE is dedicated to advancing the scientific research and engineering applications of optics, optical, photonic, imaging and optoelectronic technologies through international conferences, education programs and publications. |
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Center for Adaptive Optics - http://cfao.ucolick.org/
An NSF Science and Technology Center dedicated to removing the blurring of images caused by changing distortions in optical systems with applications to Astronomy and Vision Science. |
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School of Optics/CREOL - http://www.creol.ucf.edu/
Graduate school/Research center in optics and photonics. |
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Optical Sciences Center - http://www.optics.arizona.edu/
Education, research and outreach in the science and application of light. |
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Quantum Optics - http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~qoptics/
Provides an overview of the research, the people and publications in the field at Caltech. |
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University of Rochester: The Institute of Optics - http://www.optics.rochester.edu/
Institute of Optics at Rochester. |
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The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) - http://www.icfo.es
Spanish research institution that aims at advancing the limits of scientific and technological knowledge in optical sciences. Areas of research include bio photonics, quantum optics, nonlinear optics and nano photonics. |
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Laser Optics and Spectroscopy Group - http://www.imperial.ac.uk/research/qols/
Physics Department of Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, London, UK. |
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GAP-Optique - http://www.gap-optique.unige.ch/
Research and Development center for Quantum Optics at the Group of Applied Physics (GAP), University of Geneva. Projects, prototypes, publications, members. |
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The Group of Applied Physics (GAP) at Geneva University (GAP-Optique) - http://www.gapoptique.unige.ch/
Research and Development center for Quantum Optics at the Group of Applied Physics (GAP), University of Geneva. Projects, prototypes, publications, members. |
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Karlsruhe University: Wegener Group - http://www.aph.uni-karlsruhe.de/wegener/
Research is focused on metamaterials, photonic crystals, optical near-field spectroscopy and ultra-short pulse spectroscopy. |
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The Institute of Photonics - http://www.photonics.ac.uk
A commercially-oriented research unit, working as part of the University of Strathclyde, but with industrial requirements significantly influencing the research agenda. |
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Photonics Communication Research Laboratory - http://www.telecom.ece.ntua.gr/photonics/
Includes research areas, staff and publications. |
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Vahala Research Group at Caltech - http://www.vahala.caltech.edu
The Vahala Research Group at the California Institute of Technology currently focuses on silica high-Q and ultra-high-Q microresonators. |
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Visual Optics and Biophotonics Group. Institute of Optics, CSIC, Madrid - http://www.vision.csic.es
Research activities on: Optical quality of the human eye; New technology for non-invasive assessment of the visual system. Ocular aberrations: normal eye, pathological and surgical eyes; Ocular biometry and biophotonics. |
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Chair for BioMolecular Optics at the Physics Department of Ludwig-Maximilians University - http://www.bmo.physik.uni-muenchen.de/
München, Germany. Current research and development information on femtosecond laser technology, jobs, tour, faculty, and contact details. |
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Applied Optics Group - http://dau.ing.univaq.it/~laser
University of L'Aquila (Italy). Activities involve NDT on works of art and optical metrology. Staff, research areas, publications, links and lateral thinking section. |
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Research Group on Semiconductors - http://www.science.unitn.it/~semicon/
Group of Prof. Lorenzo Pavesi. Research on Porous Silicon. Photonics Devices. University of Trento (Italy) |
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Laboratory of Nonlinear Optics of Nanostructures and Photonic Crystals - http://www.shg.ru/
Laboratory of nonlinear optics of nanostructures and photonic crystals, Aktsipetrov O.A., Murzina T.V., Fedyanin A.A., Maidykovsky A.I. |
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Diffraction by Periodic Structures - http://physics.usyd.edu.au/theory/dif/dif.html
Research at the University of Sydney. In particular involves studies of diffraction by periodic structures, photonic and phononic crystals, transport properties of composite materials, and modes in systems of optical fibres. |
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Engineering Photonics Group, Cranfield University - http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/soe/departments/processsystems/engineeringphotonics/
Topics include: fibre optic sensors, fiber Bragg gratings, long period gratings optical coherence tomography, flow measurement and speckle interferometry. |
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Photonics Engineering and Health Technology Research - http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/el/research/photonics/
Specialises in non-invasive optical monitoring systems for medical, surgical and personal health applications. Page contains list of staff and current projects, A part of the Loughborough University in the UK. |
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Nonlinear Optics and Photonics Group - http://www.theory.nipne.ro/NLO/
Nonlinear Optics and Photonics Group is part of the Department of Theoretical Physics at the National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering "Horia Hulubei", Bucharest, Romania. |
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High-Field Science Group, University of Michigan - http://www.eecs.umich.edu/USL-HFS/
Physics of ultra-high fields produced by intense and ultrashort-pulse-duration lasers. Applications to relativistic nonlinear optics, compact sources of ultrashort-duration x rays, protons and relativistic electrons. |
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NASA JPL Optical Communications Group - http://lasers.jpl.nasa.gov
The Optical Communications Group at NASA / JPL is developing the next generation of optical communications systems that are 10 to 100 times faster than current state-of-the-art systems. |
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Vasily Astratov - http://maxwell.uncc.edu/astratov/astratov.htm
Research at the Astratov lab, Department of Physics and Optical Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, is focused on microcavities and mesoscopic systems. |
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Laboratory of Adaptive Optics of Moscow State University - http://www.optics.ru
Devoted for research and development in adaptive optics, adive optical elements such as bimorph mirrors, wavefront sensors, etc.; optics of the human eye, nonliner dynamics, nonlinear properties of polimers, etc. |
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Adaptive Optics - http://www.activeoptics.ru
Bimorph correctors with electronic control blocks and design of Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor and M-square sensor for analysis of wavefronts. |
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GUESS Research Group - http://www.guess.h1.ru/
High-resolution monochromatic optical system design, based on conventional and unconventional (diffractive and gradient-index) elements. |
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Group for Characterization and Development of Materials for Photonics and Optoelectronics (CSMFO) - http://www.science.unitn.it/%7egcsmfo/
Research is focalized on preparation and characterization of dielectric glass-based materials for photonics and optoelectronics. University of Trento, Italy. |
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University of Reading, Infrared Multilayer Laboratory - http://www.irfilters.reading.ac.uk/
Design, manufacture and testing of infrared optical filters and coatings for atmospheric sensing instrumentation. |
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Laboratory Optical Means of Information - http://losi.itgo.com/
Fundamental and applied research in image restoration, quality assessment, theory of nondepolarizing optical systems, light scattering and radiation transfer at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. |
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Electro-Optics Research Center - http://www.uta.edu/optics/index.htm
University of Texas at Arlington, nonlinear optics research in second harmonic generation, ionic selfassembled monolayer (ISAM) films, ellipsometry, waveguides, atomic force microscopy, and optical anisotropy. |