''Optics & Photonics News'' is the membership

magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...

The Optical Society Optica (formerly known as The Optical Society (OSA) and before that as the Optical Society of America) is a professional society of individuals and companies with an interest in optics and photonics. It publishes journals and organizes conferen ...

. It is published monthly (with a double issue in July/August) and covers developments in

optics Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behaviour and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it. Optics usually describes the behaviour of visible, ultrav ...

photonics Photonics is a branch of optics that involves the application of generation, detection, and manipulation of light in form of photons through emission, transmission, modulation, signal processing, switching, amplification, and sensing. Though ...

, and related topics in physics and engineering. It was established in 1975 as ''Optics News''. The magazine adopted a regular bimonthly publication schedule beginning in 1982 and transitioned to monthly publication in 1985. The name of the publication was changed to ''Optics & Photonics News'' in January 1990, in light of the dramatic growth of photonics as a new discipline in the wake of the discovery of the

laser A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation. The word "laser" is an acronym for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation". The ...

. The format of the magazine has evolved from a newsletter format to a glossy magazine. Since 1982, the last issue of each year has included a "year in optics" feature, including summaries of some of the most notable work in optics and photonic science and engineering over the previous 12 months.

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*{{Official website, http://www.osa-opn.org Professional and trade magazines Optica (society) Monthly magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1975 English-language magazines Science and technology magazines published in the United States Magazines published in Washington, D.C.