Optical Society of Japan
Encyclopedia
The Optical Society of Japan (OSJ) is professional organization of physicist doing research in Optics
.
The Optical Society of Japan was founded in 1952 as a division of the Japan Society of Applied Physics
(JSAP). It now has nearly 2,000 members and is the biggest division of JSAP.
The main journal of the society is Optical Review
, and the membership journal is Kogaku.
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...
.
The Optical Society of Japan was founded in 1952 as a division of the Japan Society of Applied Physics
Japan Society of Applied Physics
, abbreviated as JSAP, is a Japanese group of researchers in the applied physics field. JSAP originated in 1932 from a voluntary forum of researchers belonging to the University of Tokyo and the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research. During World War II, most research, even applied, was frozen...
(JSAP). It now has nearly 2,000 members and is the biggest division of JSAP.
The main journal of the society is Optical Review
Optical Review
Optical Review is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, established in 1994 and published by Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the Optical Society of Japan . It publishes research and review papers in all branches of optics on a bimonthly basis. All articles are written in English...
, and the membership journal is Kogaku.
External links
- http://annex.jsap.or.jp/OSJ/Eng/about.html, OSJ page at the JSAP.
- http://annex.jsap.or.jp/OSJ, OSJ page at the JSAP, Japanese version