Advances in Optics and Photonics Tutorials
OSA's peer-reviewed journal, Advances in Optics and Photonics (AOP), publishes complimentary tutorials appropriate for optics researchers and professionals as well as students and faculty. These tutorials feature interactive components, such as animation and video, to enhance the learning experience. Whether you are a professor, student, or scientist, you are welcome to use these tutorials. We hope that you find them to be a timely and relevant resource! New tutorials will be added regularly.
Medical Optics and Biotechnology
Optic of the eye and its impact in vision: a tutorial
Pablo Artal
Advances in Optics and Photonics, Vol. 6, Issue 3, pp. 340-367 (2014)
Optical Devices
Terahertz dielectric waveguides
Shaghik Atakaramians, Shahraam Afshar V., Tanya M. Monro, and Derek Abbott
Advances in Optics and Photonics, Vol. 5, Issue 2, pp. 169-215 (2013)
Understanding leaky modes: slab waveguide revisited
Jonathan Hu and Curtis R. Menyuk
Advances in Optics and Photonics, Vol. 1, Issue 1, pp. 58-106 (2009)
Remote Sensing and Sensors
Optical methods for distance and displacement measurements
Garry Berkovic and Ehud Shafir
Advances in Optics and Photonics Vol. 4, Iss. 4, pp. 441-471 (2012)
Diffraction and Gratings
High-contrast gratings for integrated optoelectronics
Connie J. Chang-Hasnain and Weijian Yang
Advances in Optics and Photonics, Vol. 4, Issue 3, pp. 379-440 (2012)
Fourier Optics and Signal Processing
Wigner functions in optics: describing beams as ray bundles and pulses as particle ensembles
Miguel A. Alonso
Advances in Optics and Photonics, Vol. 3, Issue 4, pp. 272-365 (2011)
Imaging Systems
Photoacoustics: a historical review
Srirang Manohar and Daniel Razansky
Advances in Optics and Photonics, Vol. 8, Issue 4, pp. 586-617 (2016)
Three-dimensional display technologies
Jason Geng
Advances in Optics and Photonics, Vol. 5, Issue 4, pp. 456-535 (2013)
Sophie Brasselet
Advances in Optics and Photonics, Vol. 3, Issue 3, pp. 205-271 (2011)
Structured-light 3D surface imaging: a tutorial
Jason Geng
Advances in Optics and Photonics, Vol. 3, Issue 2, pp. 128-160 (2011)
Nonlinear Optics
Slow light in various media: a tutorial
Jacob B. Khurgin
Advances in Optics and Photonics, Vol. 2, Issue 3, pp. 287-318 (2010)
Angular dispersion: an enabling tool in nonlinear and quantum optics
Juan P. Torres, Martin Hendrych, and Alejandra Valencia
Advances in Optics and Photonics, Vol. 2, Issue 3, pp. 319-369 (2010)
Image Processing
New perspectives in face correlation research: a tutorial
Q. Wang, A. Alfalou, and C. Brosseau
Advances in Optics and Photonics, Vol. 9, Issue 1, pp. 1-78 (2017)
Optical image compression and encryption methods
Ayman Alfalou and C. Brosseau
Advances in Optics and Photonics, Vol. 1, Issue 3, pp. 589-636 (2009)
Micro-optical Devices
Palash Bharadwaj, Bradley Deutsch, and Lukas Novotny
Advances in Optics and Photonics, Vol. 1, Issue 3, pp. 438-483 (2009)
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications
Transverse Anderson localization of light: a tutorial
Arash Mafi
Advances in Optics and Photonics, Vol. 7, Issue 3, pp. 459-515 (2015)
Lasers and Laser Optics
Laser feedback interferometry: a tutorial on the self-mixing effect for coherent sensing
Thomas Taimre, Milan Nikolić, Karl Bertling, Yah Leng Lim, Thierry Bosch, and Aleksandar D. Rakić
Advances in Optics and Photonics, Vol. 7, Issue 3, pp. 570-631 (2015)