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!

Optics in 2012

OPN’s special December issue, Optics in 2012, highlights the most exciting optics research to emerge in the preceding 12 months.

Submissions are now closed.

Reprints

OPN offers high-quality, custom reprints to fit your marketing or educational needs. Reprints are available from two pages and up, in increments of 100, and may be ordered as black-and-white or four-color. For prompt service, submit your order directly to Sheridan Press using the Sheridan Electronic Order Center. Single copies of OPN are also available for $15/issue. Please contact customer service to place a single copy order.

Letters to the Editor

Would you like to comment on an article you've read in OPN? We encourage reader feedback. Please e-mail your letter to opn@osa.org and include your name, affiliation and e-mail address. You can also add comments directly to online articles by clicking the "View/Add Comment" function following each article.

After Image and Image of the Week

OPN is always on the lookout for exciting, high-resolution photos of optics phenomena for our online Image of the Week and/or publication in our After Image department. Please use the electronic image submission form to upload/submit your image in the form of a TIFF, EPS or JPEG. Please note in the description whether submitting for Image of the Week or the After Image department. Images for print should be 300 dpi or greater.

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

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