Fourier Ptychographic Microscopy: A Gigapixel Superscope for Biomedicine

A simple modification, combined with computational optics, can boost the resolving power of standard microscopes by more than an order of magnitude—and open up new applications in both the lab and the clinic.

by Guoan Zheng, Xiaoze Ou, Roarke Horstmeyer, Jaebum Chung and Changhuei Yang

Expanding OCT: Quanitifying the Cornea’s Optical Performance

Optical coherence tomography, a well-known method for imaging the retina, may allow physicians to perform quantitative metrology of the eye’s own optics.

by Ryan P. McNabb, Anthony N. Kuo and Joseph A. Izatt

Optics on the Brain: OSA’s Mulitphoton and Patterned Optogenetics Incubator

A December 2013 OSA incubator meeting highlighted the role of cutting-edge optics and photonics in solving the mysteries of neuroscience—and helped forge connections between researchers in the two communities.

by Hillel Adesnik, Laura Waller and Shy Shoham

Scatterings

Scatterings

Headliners, policy news and industry updates.

Career Focus

Keeping Tabs on Your Online Reputation

Today’s networked information environment is creating new responsibilities for “curating” your online record—and new tools to help do just that.

Conversations

Looking Inward with Optics

OSA Fellow Xingde Li, one of the BIOMED 2014  plenary speakers, talks with OPN about label-free imaging of tissue histology.

Conversations

Determining Tissue Health with Light

OSA Fellow and BIOMED 2014 plenary speaker Adam Wax talks with OPN about his work on assessing tissue health based on coherent detection of multiply scattered light.

Global Optics

Optics in Armenia

Yuri Kivshar experiences science in the shade of Mt. Ararat.

Light Touch

The Monocle

Is the monocle a legitimate optical device or merely an affectatious accessory?

Optical Feedback

Optical Feedback

Member News

Member News

OSA Foundation

Thank You OSA Foundation Contributors

The OSA Foundation would like to thank the 2013 donors. Our success is a direct result of the support we receive from members within the optics and photonics community. Together we impacted over 7,000 people last year through programs that inspire young minds, support career development and recognize distinguished achievement. To learn more about the Foundation and how to get involved as a volunteer or donor, please visit www.osa.org/foundation or follow us on Facebook.

President's Message

President's Message