Academic Institutions

Crystal optics for x-ray science

Research organization involved in process development and applications of laser processing technology for government and private industry.

Keene State College provides education and training opportunities in precision optics, including a one-year precision optics certificate, and five day professional workshops in subject areas such as diamond turning machining.

Research based optical fabrication

Optical Systems Technology

Montana’s first land-grant university, Montana State University is a Carnegie top-tier research university surrounded by millions of acres of wilderness. It includes the Optical Technology Center.

Marshall Space Flight

An organization which develops and promotes primary standards for optical, fiber optic and laser applications.

The Department of Energy's largest multipurpose laboratory, the ORNL was established in 1943 as a part of the secret Manhattan Project to pioneer a method for producing and separating plutonium. The laboratory provides support in math and science education, economic development, and other projects in the region. The Spallation Neutron Source, combined with the upgraded High Flux Isotope Reactor, makes ORNL the world's foremost center for neutron science research.

Optics and laser technician training.

Pima Community College is a comprehensive two-year institution serving students and employers throughout Pima County in Arizona and beyond. We welcome everyone striving to achieve a better life for themselves, their families and their communities. Students have access to a broad range of high quality programs that prepare them with the skills needed by today’s employers and to transfer successfully into four-year programs. Students benefit from Pima’s lower tuition costs and thrive at the highest levels once they transfer. Pima is in rapid transition to a high-tech institution serving the needs of our region’s growing aerospace, defense and healthcare industries. Developing Centers for Excellence in key areas such as Applied Technology, Information Technology and Health Professions, Pima is focused on strengthening partnerships and expanding employer engagement in order to ensure that today’s students are prepared now and for many years to come.

The Carlson Center for Imaging Science is dedicated to producing the next generation of researchers and innovators to apply imaging science in research, environmental service, artificial intelligence, aerospace, and national security. From their very first day, our undergraduate students engage in hands-on initiatives like the Freshman Imaging Project, gaining exposure to diverse areas of imaging science research. High school students can also get a head start through our Imaging Science Summer Internship, a paid opportunity to work alongside researchers on real-world projects. Our strong industry partnerships, including the RIT Imaging Science Industrial Associates Program, further enhance innovation and provide students with valuable opportunities for collaboration and professional growth. As one of RIT's New Economy Majors—dynamic, interdisciplinary, and forward-thinking—Imaging Science ensures favorable outcomes and adapts to the ever-evolving demands of the modern economy.

Center for Applied Optics

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, was founded in 1955 to advance light-based technologies. Serving more than 264,000 constituents from approximately 166 countries, the not-for-profit society advances emerging technologies through interdisciplinary information exchange, continuing education, publications, patent precedent, and career and professional growth. SPIE annually organizes and sponsors approximately 25 major technical forums, exhibitions, and education programs in North America, Europe, Asia, and the South Pacific. In 2017, SPIE provided $4 million in support of education and outreach programs. SPIE publishes the SPIE Digital Library, containing more than 463,000 research papers from the Proceedings of SPIE and the Society's 10 scholarly journals with around 18,000 new papers added each year, and more than 320 eBooks from the SPIE Press catalog. The SPIE Press publishes print monographs, tutorial texts, Field Guides, and reference books. SPIE also publishes a wide variety of open access content. Membership includes Fellows and Senior Member programs. The Society has named more than 1,200 SPIE members as Fellows since 1955, and implemented its Senior Member program in 2008. The SPIE awards program serves to recognize outstanding contributions from individuals throughout the scientific community. The SPIE international office is located in Bellingham, Washington and the SPIE Europe office is located in Cardiff, Wales.

Offers more than 120 classes leading to BS, MS and PhD degrees. A distance learning component offers programs leading to the MS and Professional Graduate Certificate. Faculty conducts research in all areas related to optics, including optical design and fabrication, engineering and test, fiber optics, lasers and advanced optical materials, medical optics, nanotechnology, optical data storage, optoelectronic devices, quantum nano-optics, quantum optics, remote sensing, semiconductors, telecommunications and thin films.

In 1987, the Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL) was established at the University of Central Florida. Over the next few decades, the center grew in both size and prominence and in 2004 became the first college of its kind in the United States. Today, UCF consistently ranks among the top global universities in optics, alongside Caltech, Harvard, and MIT. CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, is a leading center for optical science and technology.

Institute of Optics within the Hajim School of Engineering