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Optics

• Schott Glass,- Information on Schott glasses from Erbium to Zerodur
• Corning - Information on the Corning products from polarcor to ULE
• Dynasil - Information on Dynasil
• Ohara - Information on the Ohara glasses including NEX, negative thermal expansion glass
• Heraeus - Information on the Heraeus Amersil glasses including Herasil and Homosil
• Optics Glossary from JML Optics
• Lens tutorial - FROM LENSES TO OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS by Giorgio Carboni
• Telescopes - HOW TO BUILD A TELESCOPE by Giorgio Carboni
  
• Cameras - The physics of the Camera
• Glass Online Dictionary - strange but impressive

Optics Reading

• Lightreading - the essential guide to the latest news in telecom
• Laser Focus World - online
• Photonics.com - the online version of Photonics Spectra
• Optical Manufacturing - online
• Optics Express - The e-journal of the OSA
• OE Magazine - The monthly publicaiton of SPIE
• LightWave Magazine - online

Space, telescopes, interferometers, etalons

• Albert A. Michelson 1852-1931 - Learn all about Mr. Michelson
• Fourier Spectroscopy with a Michelson Interferometer - Lots of info on this topic
• List of reference papers on interferometers
• Links from the University of Central Florida School of Opitcs / CREOL
• Northern Lights Optics - specializing in optical design for amateur telescope makers
• Why is the Sky Blue? - Please stop calling us and refer to this link
• Moon Tool - Java Applet determines the phase of the moon on any date past, present or future
• Optical resonator - an Etalon tutorial

Interactive Java Applets that you can use on the web

• Olympus microscope - Java applet that demonstrates abberations in microscopes - cool
• Thin Lens Java applet written by Fu-Kwun Hwang - but here is my personal favorite (more intuitive)
• Fabry-Perot Etalon - From photonics education applets
• Prisms applet - just sit back and enjoy this applet, really
• Michelson Interferometer Applets - adjust the mirror seperation online
• Optics Bench - design your optical system online?
• Pin Hole Camera Applet - read the instruction and enjoy
• Lots more Optics Applets - From Photonics Education Applets - Sponsored by the NSF
• Even more Applets - The cannon and roller coaster are highly recommended

Automation Basics

• Small Parts Inc. - good source for mechanical parts, request a catalog...
• Stock Drive Products - gears, pulley's, shafts...nice catalogs
• W.M. Berg, precision mechanical components - similar ot above gears, pulley's, shafts...
• Databookshelf - links to every IC manufacturer imaginable
• Questlink - Nice searchable index of IC's
• Keystone Electronics Corporation - Big catalog of electrical and electronics
• Digi-Key Corporation - A catalog must have, fast delivery, everything in stock
• Mouser Electronics - Good second source
• Edmund Scientific - optics, solar cells, motor, surplus
• Newark Electronics - Massive catalog of Electrical and electronics

Lava Lamps

• Oozing Goo, The Lava Lamp Syndicate - While not strictly an optical site, a very interesting site on making your own lava lamps...

Optics and Laser Jobs

• Photonics jobs - Photonics jobs.com
• Photonics employment center - from Lauren publishing
• Light Work - from LightReading magazine
• Work in Optics - A job board from the OSA
• LightMachinery Inc. - send us a resume

Catalog Optics - order the catalogs

• Melles Griot - Melles Griot
• CVI - CVI Laser
• Edmund Scientific - Edmund Industrial Optics

Organizations

• Optical Society of America - OSA
• SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
• Optics.org - on-line photonics resource from Opto & Laser Europe
• The ITU - International Telecommunication Union
• The ICO -International Commission for Optics
• The USAC-ICO -United States Advisory Committee for the International Commission for Optics
• The OIDA - Optoelectronics Industry Development Association
• EOSAM - European Optical Society