Membership Resources and Links
Associated Technical Societies
Optics.Org - Institute of Physics (UK) Optics Website www.optics.org
International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) www.spie.org
Optical Society of America www.osa.org
IEEE www.ieee.org
Laser and Electro-Optics Society www.i-leos.org
Laser Institute of America (LIA) www.laserinstitute.org
Industry Organizations/Partnerships
Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) www.oida.org
Florida High Tech Corridor Council www.floridahightech.com
> Click here to Visit the Corridor!
Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission www.Orlandoedc.com
Enterprise Florida www.eflorida.com
Tampa Bay Partnership www.tampabay.org
Workforce Florida www.wages.org/wages/wfi
Beacon Council: Economic Development in Miami, Florida www.beaconcouncil.com
Economic Development in Jacksonville, Florida www.expandinjax.com
Florida’s Space Coast www.space-coast.com
PhotonicsConnection.com www.photonicsconnection.com
- Premier portal of the photonics industry
Corporate Service Providers
The companies listed here are supporters/members of the FPC. Some have agreed to
provide a discount on their products or service to FPC members. Please patronize
these companies and be sure to ask for the FPC discount when contacting them.
GrayRobinson Attorneys at Law www.grayharris.com
Curley & Pynn Public Relations www.thestrategicfirm.com/home.html
On Target Web Solutions www.ontargetwebsolutions.com
Affluent Consulting (R&D Tax Credits) www.Affluent-consulting.com
Williams & Associates (logoed advertising specialties) www.wasoc.com
Other Clusters
SPIE Listings
- International Listing: http://photonicsclusters.com/index.html
- US Listing Only: http://photonicsclusters.com/usamap.html
Arizona Cluster http://www.aoia.org/
Colorado Cluster http://www.coloradophotonics.org/
Rochester, NY Cluster http://www.newyorkphotonics.org/
UK Cluster http://www.photonicscluster-uk.org/
Public Policy
OSA Public Policy
www.osa.org/News/publicpolicy/WashingtonUpdates/default.aspx
ASTRA, The Alliance for Science & Technology Research in America
http://www.aboutastra.org/
USInnovation.org, is a project of ASTRA, The Alliance for Science & Technology
Research in America. ASTRA is a unique collaboration of individuals and organizations
drawn from industry, professional and trade associations, universities, and research
centers united in common cause to increase federal funding for the physical and
mathematical sciences and engineering. See http://www.usinnovation.org.
OIDA Updates
www.oida.org/dc/index.html
Congressional Web Site
www.thomas.loc.gov
Online Technical Resources
General www.photonics.com
General www.photonicsonline.com
General www.photonicsdictionary.com
An engineer's reference www.efunda.com/home.cfm
Handy optical values and calculations www.luxpop.com
sources of optical design and engineering www.optenso.de/links/links.html
Multi-level, extensive source of information on lasers at undergraduate level:
http://members.misty.com/don/lasersam.htm Sam's Laser FAQ
Two-way unit conversions http://n93.cs.fiu.edu/measures/Fullconversion.asp
Fresh perspectives on color vision www.wendycarlos.com/colorvis/color.html
A method to enhance your information's visibility for the color-blind
www.vischeck.com/daltonize/
Unusual and elegant amateur telescopes
http://bhs.broo.k12.wv.us/homepage/alumni/dstevick/weird.htm
Optical illusions
www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.htm
Florida Photonics Cluster