Web Directory

» Adaptive Optics
   Bimorph correctors with electronic control blocks and design of Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor and M-square sensor for analysis of wavefronts.
   http://www.activeoptics.ru

» Applied Optics Group
   University of L'Aquila (Italy). Activities involve NDT on works of art and optical metrology. Staff, research areas, publications, links and lateral thinking section.
   http://dau.ing.univaq.it/~laser

» Center for Adaptive Optics
   An NSF Science and Technology Center dedicated to removing the blurring of images caused by changing distortions in optical systems with applications to Astronomy and Vision Science.
   http://cfao.ucolick.org/

» Chair for BioMolecular Optics at the Physics Department of Ludwig-Maximilians University
   München, Germany. Current research and development information on femtosecond laser technology, jobs, tour, faculty, and contact details.
   http://www.bmo.physik.uni-muenchen.de/

» Diffraction by Periodic Structures
   Research at the University of Sydney. In particular involves studies of diffraction by periodic structures, photonic and phononic crystals, transport properties of composite materials, and modes in systems of optical fibres.
   http://physics.usyd.edu.au/theory/dif/dif.html

» ETHZ Quantum Optics Group
   Homepage of the Quantum Optics Group at the ETHZ Institute for Quantum Electronics.
   http://www.quantumoptics.ethz.ch/

» Electro-Optics Research Center
   University of Texas at Arlington, nonlinear optics research in second harmonic generation, ionic selfassembled monolayer (ISAM) films, ellipsometry, waveguides, atomic force microscopy, and optical anisotropy.
   http://www.uta.edu/optics/index.htm

» Engineering Photonics Group, Cranfield University
   Topics include: fibre optic sensors, fiber Bragg gratings, long period gratings optical coherence tomography, flow measurement and speckle interferometry.
   http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/soe/departments/processsystems/engineeringphotonics/

» GAP-Optique
   Research and Development center for Quantum Optics at the Group of Applied Physics (GAP), University of Geneva. Projects, prototypes, publications, members.
   http://www.gap-optique.unige.ch/

» GUESS Research Group
   High-resolution monochromatic optical system design, based on conventional and unconventional (diffractive and gradient-index) elements.
   http://www.guess.h1.ru/

» Group for Characterization and Development of Materials for Photonics and Optoelectronics (CSMFO)
   Research is focalized on preparation and characterization of dielectric glass-based materials for photonics and optoelectronics. University of Trento, Italy.
   http://www.science.unitn.it/%7egcsmfo/

» Interdisciplinary Photonics Laboratories
   Research topics include optics, photonics, optical fibres and waveguides, fibre lasers, fibre sensors, gratings, self assembled photonics, silicon photonics. IPL is located within the School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Australia.
   http://www.iplaustralia.com

» Karlsruhe University: Wegener Group
   Research is focused on metamaterials, photonic crystals, optical near-field spectroscopy and ultra-short pulse spectroscopy.
   http://www.aph.uni-karlsruhe.de/wegener/

» Laboratory Optical Means of Information
   Fundamental and applied research in image restoration, quality assessment, theory of nondepolarizing optical systems, light scattering and radiation transfer at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
   http://losi.itgo.com/

» Laboratory of Adaptive Optics of Moscow State University
   Devoted for research and development in adaptive optics, adive optical elements such as bimorph mirrors, wavefront sensors, etc.; optics of the human eye, nonliner dynamics, nonlinear properties of polimers, etc.
   http://www.optics.ru

» Laboratory of FT and Laser Spectrometry
   Database of high resolution infrared spectra. Fourier transform spectrometry, optoacoustic detection, plasma and lasers. At the Jaroslav Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry.
   http://www.jh-inst.cas.cz/%7eftirlab/

» Laboratory of Nonlinear Optics of Nanostructures and Photonic Crystals
   Laboratory of nonlinear optics of nanostructures and photonic crystals, Aktsipetrov O.A., Murzina T.V., Fedyanin A.A., Maidykovsky A.I.
   http://www.shg.ru/

» Laser Optics and Spectroscopy Group
   Physics Department of Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, London, UK.
   http://www.imperial.ac.uk/research/qols/

» Laser Physics Group
   A collection of links to the fields of laser, quantum, atomic, molecular physics and optics.
   http://www.phys.umu.se/laser/physlink.htm

» NASA JPL Optical Communications Group
   The Optical Communications Group at NASA / JPL is developing the next generation of optical communications systems that are 10 to 100 times faster than current state-of-the-art systems.
   http://lasers.jpl.nasa.gov

» Nonlinear Optics Laboratory at ETH Zurich
   The nonlinear optics laboratory is part of the institute of quantum electronics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Switzerland. The main research topics are nonlinear optical materials and methods for frequency conversion and optical co
   http://www.nlo.ethz.ch

» Nonlinear Optics and Photonics Group
   Nonlinear Optics and Photonics Group is part of the Department of Theoretical Physics at the National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering "Horia Hulubei", Bucharest, Romania.
   http://www.theory.nipne.ro/NLO/

» Optical Sciences Center
   Education, research and outreach in the science and application of light.
   http://www.optics.arizona.edu/

» Photonics Communication Research Laboratory
   Includes research areas, staff and publications.
   http://www.telecom.ece.ntua.gr/photonics/

» Photonics Engineering and Health Technology Research
   Specialises in non-invasive optical monitoring systems for medical, surgical and personal health applications. Page contains list of staff and current projects, A part of the Loughborough University in the UK.
   http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/el/research/photonics/

» Quantum Optics
   Provides an overview of the research, the people and publications in the field at Caltech.
   http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~qoptics/

» Research Group on Semiconductors
   Group of Prof. Lorenzo Pavesi. Research on Porous Silicon. Photonics Devices. University of Trento (Italy)
   http://www.science.unitn.it/~semicon/

» SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering
   SPIE is dedicated to advancing the scientific research and engineering applications of optics, optical, photonic, imaging and optoelectronic technologies through international conferences, education programs and publications.
   http://spie.org/

» School of Optics/CREOL
   Graduate school/Research center in optics and photonics.
   http://www.creol.ucf.edu/

» Specialty Fiber Optics Development Laboratory at Rutgers University
   Development of specialty fiber optics for the transmission of infrared energy for a variety applications. Professor James A. Harrington
   http://irfibers.rutgers.edu/

» The Group of Applied Physics (GAP) at Geneva University (GAP-Optique)
   Research and Development center for Quantum Optics at the Group of Applied Physics (GAP), University of Geneva. Projects, prototypes, publications, members.
   http://www.gapoptique.unige.ch/

» The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO)
   Spanish research institution that aims at advancing the limits of scientific and technological knowledge in optical sciences. Areas of research include bio photonics, quantum optics, nonlinear optics and nano photonics.
   http://www.icfo.es

» The Institute of Photonics
   A commercially-oriented research unit, working as part of the University of Strathclyde, but with industrial requirements significantly influencing the research agenda.
   http://www.photonics.ac.uk

» The Ozcan Research Group
   The research group of Prof. Aydogan Ozcan at UCLA, focused on photonics and its applications to nano- and bio-technology.
   http://aozcan.net/

» University of Glasgow: Optics Group
   Information about the people and the projects being undertaken in the department.
   http://www.physics.gla.ac.uk/Optics/

» University of Reading, Infrared Multilayer Laboratory
   Design, manufacture and testing of infrared optical filters and coatings for atmospheric sensing instrumentation.
   http://www.irfilters.reading.ac.uk/

» University of Rochester: The Institute of Optics
   Institute of Optics at Rochester.
   http://www.optics.rochester.edu/

» Vahala Research Group at Caltech
   The Vahala Research Group at the California Institute of Technology currently focuses on silica high-Q and ultra-high-Q microresonators.
   http://www.vahala.caltech.edu

» Vasily Astratov
   Research at the Astratov lab, Department of Physics and Optical Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, is focused on microcavities and mesoscopic systems.
   http://maxwell.uncc.edu/astratov/astratov.htm

» Visual Optics and Biophotonics Group. Institute of Optics, CSIC, Madrid
   Research activities on: Optical quality of the human eye; New technology for non-invasive assessment of the visual system. Ocular aberrations: normal eye, pathological and surgical eyes; Ocular biometry and biophotonics.
   http://www.vision.csic.es