Research Guides: PHYS 344: Classical and Quantum Optics: Websites

Websites

Optipedia
Definitions of concepts in optics, published by SPIE Press Books.
Fundamentals of Photonics
Modules written by experts in the photonics field with the support of the Center for Occupational Research and Development (CORD) and Scientific and Technological Education in Optics and Photonics (STEP).

IEEE Photonics Society
The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers' (IEEE) photonics society.
The Optical Society
A professional association for those in the optics and photonics industry
SPIE
The international society for optics and photonics

Optics.org - The Business of Photonics
This is an Institute of Physics community website focusing on lasers, optics and photonics. Free and quick registration is required for access to all the content, which includes research and industry news.
Optics and Photonics News
The Optical Society of America's monthly news magazine.
Photonics Media
Industry news for people in the photonics industry. Their publications include:
* Photonics Spectra
* BioPhotonics
* Industrial Photonics
* EuroPhotonics

There is a lot of good information out on the web, the trick is to find it amongst everything else out there.

Depending on your topic, choosing the right keywords can be extremely important to making sure you get relevant results:

Think about the terms that authors might use in writing about your topic.
Pay attention to the results you're getting and think about what terms seem to be working, and which ones aren't
Use those in future searches on Google and in other places.

You can narrow your search to only results from a specific domain or type of domain by adding the search operator "site:" to your search.
- "site:.edu" narrows to websites from US educational institutions.
- "site:.ac.uk" will narrow to UK educational institutions.
- "site:.gov" will narrow to US government sites.
On the search results page, you can narrow your search to particular types of sources and to sites published during a certain time. You can also choose to search on your exact words instead of the Google's default of searching for similar words.

Use existing webpages, articles, and books about the topic to find related words and concepts
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