Journal of the Optical Society of America A
Encyclopedia
The Journal of the Optical Society of America A is a publication of the Optical Society of America
. It covers various topics in optics
, vision
and image science
. The title is often abbreviated J. Opt. Soc. Am. A or simply JOSAA.
JOSA A's lineage traces back to the original Journal of the Optical Society of America, the first issue of which was in 1917. In 1984, JOSA split into two separate journals: JOSA A and JOSA B. 2008 marked the 25th anniversary of this split.
Optical Society of America
The Optical Society is a scientific society dedicated to advancing the study of light—optics and photonics—in theory and application, by means of publishing, organizing conferences and exhibitions, partnership with industry, and education. The organization has members in more than 100 countries...
. It covers various topics in optics
Optics
Optics is the branch of physics which involves the behavior and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it. Optics usually describes the behavior of visible, ultraviolet, and infrared light...
, vision
Visual system
The visual system is the part of the central nervous system which enables organisms to process visual detail, as well as enabling several non-image forming photoresponse functions. It interprets information from visible light to build a representation of the surrounding world...
and image science
Image processing
In electrical engineering and computer science, image processing is any form of signal processing for which the input is an image, such as a photograph or video frame; the output of image processing may be either an image or, a set of characteristics or parameters related to the image...
. The title is often abbreviated J. Opt. Soc. Am. A or simply JOSAA.
JOSA A's lineage traces back to the original Journal of the Optical Society of America, the first issue of which was in 1917. In 1984, JOSA split into two separate journals: JOSA A and JOSA B. 2008 marked the 25th anniversary of this split.
See also
- Journal of the Optical Society of America BJournal of the Optical Society of America BThe Journal of the Optical Society of America B is a scientific journal, published by the Optical Society of America. It covers various topics in the field of optical physics. The journal title is often abbreviated J. Opt. Soc. Am...
, similar journal about physical opticsPhysical opticsIn physics, physical optics, or wave optics, is the branch of optics which studies interference, diffraction, polarization, and other phenomena for which the ray approximation of geometric optics is not valid...