The Optical Society (OSA)

The Optical Society's (OSA) mission is to promote the generation, application and archiving of knowledge in optics and photonics and to disseminate this knowledge worldwide. The purposes of the Society are scientific, technical and educational. OSA’s commitment to excellence and long-term learning is the driving force behind all its initiatives.Since 1916, OSA has been the world’s leading champion for optics and photonics, uniting and educating scientists, engineers, educators, technicians and business leaders worldwide to foster and promote technical and professional development. Through publications, events and services, the Optical Society is helping to advance the science of light by addressing the ongoing need for shared knowledge and innovation.OSA was founded 100 years ago as The Optical Society of America and has evolved into a global enterprise serving a worldwide constituency with more than 21,000 members, 325,000 optics and photonics professionals and more than 260 member companies. In recognition of its global reach and focus, since 2008 the Society has been known as OSA - The Optical Society. OSA Publishing's Digital Library offers the largest collection of peer-reviewed optics and photonics content.This cutting-edge repository includes content from OSA's prestigious journals and co-publications. Our journal content offers the highest number of article citations (40%) than any other publisher in the Optics category of the 2018 Journal Citation Reports ® (Clarivate Analytics, 2019). With more than 370,000 journal articles and proceedings from more than 700 conferences, OSA Publishing covers a breadth of disciplines.In 2016, as a way to honor his numerous contributions to The Optical Society and the optics and photonics community, OSA named its headquarters building in Washington, DC, USA for Dr. Jarus W. Quinn.