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Optica Adds Former EPIC CTO Pozo to Executive Team
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 1, 2022 — Optica has named Jose Pozo, former CTO of the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC), to the same position on its executive team. Pozo will lead efforts to build relationships across the diverse community of optics and photonics companies around the globe, Optica said. The organization added that Pozo will be responsible for driving the growth of Optica’s portfolio of industry-focused programs. Connecting Optica corporate members with end users of photonics will be one of his
Optica Foundation Establishes $2M Women's Scholarship Fund
WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 28, 2022 — The Optica Foundation launched the Optica Women Scholars program. The program provides visibility, community, and resources for 20 women annually via financial support of $10,000. Additionally, the scholars will receive professional development...
OSA Announces 2016 Speaker Series
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 8, 2016 — The Optical Society (OSA) will be celebrating its 100th anniversary with a “Light the Future” speaker series throughout 2016. Beginning on Feb. 9 at OSA’s Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., the program will be featured at...
Quantum Optics Professor Ian Walmsley Chosen as Future President of OSA
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 21, 2015 — Ian Walmsley of Oxford University in England has been elected to serve as president of The Optical Society (OSA) in 2018. The election means a four-year commitment for Walmsley, who will first serve as vice president in 2016, president-elect in 2017...
OSA Elects 2015 Vice President
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2014 — Professor Dr. Eric Mazur of Harvard University has been named the 2015 vice president of The Optical Society (OSA). Mazur’s appointment to this position enlists him into future roles within the organization’s board of directors. He will...
Washington Launches Integrated Photonics Manufacturing Initiative
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2014 — The White House today announced a $200 million competition to create an integrated photonics manufacturing institute. The Department of Defense will award more than $100 million in federal money, matched by $100 million or more in private...
Duncan Named OSA Senior Science Advisor
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2014 — Optical scientist Michael D. Duncan has joined The Optical Society (OSA) staff as a senior science advisor, the society announced Wednesday. Duncan will provide strategic direction on the scientific and technical aspects of OSA’s programs and...
Trojan Technologies Wins OSA’s ‘Enabled by Optics’ Contest
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2013 — Trojan Technologies has won first place in the corporate division of Enabled by Optics, a new contest designed by the Optical Society (OSA) to raise public awareness of the importance of optics and photonic technologies. The contest, which also has...
Looking Back, Seeing the Future
Aug 1, 2013 — We were saddened to hear of the passing of James P. Gordon on June 21. Gordon, whose contributions to quantum electronics and photonics included work on the first demonstration of the maser in 1954, was 85. As a student in the lab of Charles Townes,...
Optics and Photonics Pioneer James Gordon Dies
RUMSON, N.J., June 26, 2013 — James P. Gordon, co-inventor of the maser and a seminal contributor to optics and quantum electronics, died June 21. He was 85.
Societies Applaud Year of Light Progress
WASHINGTON, D.C., & BELLEVUE, Wash., June 12, 2013 — Progress is being made in having 2015 declared the International Year of Light by the United Nations, international optics and photonics leaders report.
Photonics Societies Launch National Initiative
WASHINGTON, May 23, 2013 — The National Photonics Initiative — an alliance seeking to unite experts from industry, academia and the government to advance photonics R&D, to grow the US economy, and to improve national security — officially launched today.
Optics Community Hails Obama’s Brain Mapping Initiative
WASHINGTON, April 4, 2013 — Neuroscientists and bioengineers — including the inventor of a neuronal control technique involving gene therapy and lasers — voiced support this week for the BRAIN Initiative, unveiled by President Barack Obama at a White House press conference on...
OSA, Scientists, Engineers Meet with Lawmakers
WASHINGTON, March 15, 2013 — Optical Society (OSA) members met Wednesday with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to discuss science policy issues including increased federal investments in R&D and proposed funding levels for fiscal 2013.
As Sequester Nears, OSA Organizes ‘Week of Action’
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2013 — With across-the-board federal spending cuts — known as the sequester — set to take effect March 1, The Optical Society (OSA) announced Monday that it will organize a "week of action" for the scientific community.
Photonics Pioneer Tingye Li Dies
BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 4, 2013 — Tingye Li, renowned for his contributions to lightwave technology and optical fiber communications, died Dec. 27, 2012. He was 81.
Matsuura Named OSA Senior Science Adviser
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 2012 — Anne Matsuura, former chief executive of the European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF) in Belgium, has been named senior science adviser at The Optical Society (OSA), the organization announced Monday.
UN Committee Endorses International Year of Light in 2015
PARIS, Oct. 26, 2012 — A resolution declaring 2015 as the International Year of Light was endorsed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and backed by 28 other nations, at the organization’s 190th session in Paris last week. Its...
First OSA Director, Jarus Quinn, Dies at 81
DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 16, 2012 — Physicist Jarus W. Quinn, who served as the first executive director of OSA from 1969 through 1994, died Aug. 11 at home, shortly before his 82nd birthday.
Strategies Unlimited’s Hausken Joins OSA
WASHINGTON, June 25, 2012 — Former Strategies Unlimited Director Tom Hausken has joined the staff of The Optical Society (OSA) as senior adviser of engineering and applications, the society announced Monday. Hausken will support a number of OSA’s industry-focused...
CLEO 2013 Moves to June, Stays in San Jose
WASHINGTON, April 26, 2012 — In 2013, the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) will take place June 9-14 to accommodate Messe Munich’s decision to change the event date for Laser: World of Photonics 2013. The locale, San Jose, Calif., will remain the same, however.
OSA to Participate in Science Festival
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2012 — The Optical Society will be a partner and exhibitor at the USA Science and Engineering Festival from April 28-29 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
Laser Pioneer Anthony Siegman Dies at 79
STANFORD, Calif., Oct. 17, 2011 — Anthony Siegman, laser pioneer and professor emeritus of electrical engineering at Stanford University, died Oct. 7 at his Stanford home. He was 79. During his career, Siegman made many significant research contributions to microwave and quantum...
Frontiers in Optics to Highlight Optics Advances
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 13, 2011 — Frontiers in Optics (FiO) 2011, the Optical Society of America’s (OSA) 95th annual meeting, will highlight the latest advances in photonics, optical science and engineering. Held in conjunction with Laser Science XXVII, the annual meeting of...
President Obama Recognizes Laser’s 50th
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2010 — President Barack Obama sent a Presidential Message to the founding partners of LaserFest, a year-long initiative created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first working laser, recognizing the laser as “one of the most important and...
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