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About OPN

Optics & Photonics News (OPN) is the Optical Society of America's monthly news magazine. It provides in-depth coverage of recent developments in the field of optics and offers busy professionals the tools they need to succeed in the optics industry, as well as informative pieces on a variety of topics such as science and society, education, technology and business. OPN strives to make the various facets of this diverse field accessible to researchers, engineers, businesspeople and students. Contributors include scientists and journalists who specialize in the field of optics. We welcome your submissions.

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Subscriptions to OPN and OPN Online are exclusive Optical Society of America (OSA) membership benefits. You’re invited to initiate your subscriptions by joining the Optical Society of America’s global network of science and business leaders. OSA membership helps you to build and maintain professional contacts through members-only online services and special events. Member benefits include: free subscriptions, registration discounts, members-only access to the OSA Member Directory, career services, and much more!

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Letters to the Editor

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After Image

OPN is always on the lookout for exciting, high-resolution photos of optics phenomena for publication in our After Image department and/or online photo gallery. Please send your submission in the form of a TIFF, EPS or JPEG file with a resolution of 300 dpi or greater to opn@osa.org.

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Please forward article ideas, submissions and editorial questions to opn@osa.org.

 

PUBLISHER
John Childs

ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER
Alan N. Tourtlotte

MANAGING EDITOR
Christina E. Folz

CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Alessia Hawes Kirkland

SENIOR WRITER/EDITOR
Patricia Daukantas

GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Marko G. Batulan

PRODUCTION MANAGER
Stu Griffith

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Carlos X. Izurieta

ADVERTISING SALES
Anne Jones
adsales@osa.org
202-416-1942

EDITORIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

James Zavislan
EAC CHAIR
University of Rochester

Judith Dawes
Macquarie University, Australia

Madeleine Glick
Intel Research

Julio Gutierrez-Vega
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico

Rongguang Liang
Carestream Health

Carlos Lopez-Marsical
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Lynne Molter
Swathmore College

Brian Monacelli
the Optical Sciences Company

Ali Serpenguzel
Koç University, Turkey

Maria Yzuel
University Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS

François Busque
Fovea Technologies Inc.

Alexandre Fong
Optronic Laboratories Inc.

G. Groot Gregory
Optical Research Associates

Bob D. Guenther
Duke University

John N. Howard
Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (Retired)

Bob Jopson
Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies

R. John Koshel
Photon Engineering LLC

Brian Monacelli
the Optical Sciences Company

Stephen R. Wilk
Lincoln Labs