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.
http://www.spie.org/wwwvl_optics.html
International Commission for Optics:
Contributes on an international basis to the progress and diffusion
of knowledge in optics.
http://www.ico-optics.org/
On-line Optical Library:
On-line Optical Library with a lot of links to papers on the net for
beginners to researchers.
http://www.optics2001.com
Gamma FAQ:
In video, computer graphics and image processing, gamma represents a
numerical parameter that describes the nonlinearity of intensity
reproduction.
http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~buc/brechbuehler/mirror/color/GammaFAQ.html
Photonics Online:
Daily news and product updates for professionals in the
optoelectronics industry: manufacturing, technology, equipment,
supplies, discussion forums, chat, newsletter and software.
http://www.photonicsonline.com/
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.
http://www.spie.org/incite/
Photonics Spectra:
Magazine on optics, lasers, imaging, fiber optics, electro-optics,
and optoelectronics; Laurin Publishing.
http://www.photonicsspectra.com/
Stereograms:
The site is stereograms explained, giving you all the necessary
information and diagrams included.
http://afiler.users.btopenworld.com/Shaun/perceptual_computing.htm
Optics Resources:
Directory of links: design, properties of light, components,
manufacturers, applications, references, industry.
http://www.opticsnotes.com/
PhotonicsFiber:
Fiber optics industry news; Laurin Publishing.
http://www.photonicsfiber.com/
Optical Society of America:
A professional society of optical engineers and scientists devoted
to advancing the fields of optics and photonics.
http://www.osa.org/
Sofia University OSA Student Chapter:
Chapter of the Optical Society of America at Sofia University,
Bulgaria, established to promote the Science of Light among the
students and to broaden their insight for post-graduate career.
http://www.osabg.org
Light Bullet Home Page:
The following Web pages discuss the phenomena of "light bullets,"
intense stable spherical pulses of laser light travelling through
certain bulk glass and gaseous media.
http://www.sfu.ca/~renns/lbullets.html
Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy:
Technical tutorial about 3-D laser scanning confocal microscopy,
from the University of British Columbia.
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/ladic/confocal.html
Photonics Jobs Inc.:
Photonics Jobs Inc. offers employment resources for photonics,
optical, laser and MEMS industries.
http://www.photonicsjobs.com/
European Optical Society:
The EOS represents all national optical societies in Europe and its
individual members.
http://www.EuropeanOpticalSociety.org/
The Optics:
An interactive information source on optics, theory and practice. A
section for autodidactic learning, a book, many applets, images and
flash animations.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C003776/
Optics Express:
Electronic, peer-reviewed, journal. Provides free access to full
text articles.
http://www.opticsexpress.org/
