Commemorative Review Articles

Launched in 1917, the Journal of the Optical Society of America (JOSA) was devoted to publishing the latest developments in optics and photonics. Then in 1984, the Journal split into two: the Journal of the Optical Society of America A (JOSA A) dedicated to classical optics, image science, and vision and the Journal of the Optical Society of America B (JOSA B) devoted to optical physics.

To celebrate the Journals' 30th anniversary, the Editors invited authors to contribute commemorative Reviews that cover important topics in JOSA A and JOSA B. Browse the invited Reviews below.

JOSA A Reviews

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Partially coherent beam propagation in atmospheric turbulence

Greg Gbur

JOSA A Vol. 31, Iss. 9, pp. 2038-2045 (2014)

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Generation and propagation of partially coherent beams with nonconventional correlation functions: a review

Yangjian Cai, Yahong Chen, and Fei Wang

JOSA A Vol. 31, Iss. 9, pp. 2083-2096 (2014)

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Dictionaries for image and video-based face recognition

Vishal M. Patel, Yi-Chen Chen, Rama Chellappa, and P. Jonathon Phillips

JOSA A Vol. 31, Iss. 5, pp. 1090-1103 (2014)

JOSA B Reviews

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Integrated nonlinear photonics: emerging applications and ongoing challenges

S. M. Hendrickson, A. C. Foster, R. M. Camacho, and B. D. Clader

JOSA B Vol. 31, Iss. 12, pp. 3193-3203

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Hybrid metal wire-dielectric terahertz waveguides: challenges and opportunities

Andrey Markov, Hichem Guerboukha, and Maksim Skorobogatiy

JOSA B Vol. 31, Iss. 11, pp. 2587-2600 (2014)

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Progress in terahertz sources based on difference-frequency generation

Yujie J. Ding

JOSA B Vol. 31, Iss. 11, pp. 2696-2711 (2014)

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Nonlinear polarization effects in optical fibers: polarization attraction and modulation instability

G. Millot and S. Wabnitz

JOSA B Vol. 31, Iss. 11, pp. 2754-2768 (2014)

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Spatial solitons supported by localized gain

Boris A. Malomed

JOSA B Vol. 31, Iss. 10, pp. 2460-2475 (2014)