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Join OEOSC - OEOSC welcomes all companies, organizations and individuals interested in supporting standards development for optics.

Join ASC OP - Companies, organizations, and individuals who are materially interested in the development of American National Standards for optics are encouraged to apply for membership in ASC OP.

Join TAG to ISO TC172 - All U.S. national interested parties who are directly and materially affected by the activity of the U.S. TAG may apply for membership.

Reason for Interest: In the box below, please describe why you are materially interested in the development of optical standards either for the US or internationally.

Qualifications: Please describe in the box below how you are qualified to provide expertise in optics.

Commitment: Check this box to indicate that if your membership is accepted, you will actively work to develop optical standards.

ASC OP "Committee for Optics and Electro-Optical Instruments" American National Standards for optics are developed and maintained by ASC OP. Work is conducted through a series of task forces, each of which is responsible for standards in a particular category. Please select the task forces in which you would like to participate.

TF 2 – Surface Imperfections

TF 4 – Optics Drawings

TF 6 – Infrared Materials

TF 7 – Laser Applications

The Organization for International Standardization (ISO) is responsible for managing those standards that cover international trade. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is the official representative of the United States on those ISO technical committees (TC) that are of interest to US manufacturers. Therefore, all correspondence to ISO is channeled through ANSI.

Optical technical experts who establish the official US position with respect to international standards do so through the ANSI/OEOSC Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to ISO/TC 172 whose title is “Optics and photonics.” TC 172 has seven subcommittees to cover various segments of optics. Please check those working groups for which you have expertise and are willing to actively participate.

WG 1 - General optical test methods

WG 2 - Preparations of drawings for optical elements and systems

WG 3 - Environmental test methods

WG 1 - Raw optical glass

WG 3 - Characterization of IR materials

WG 1 - Binoculars, monoculars and spotting scopes

WG 3 - Astronomical telescopes

WG 5 - Night vision devices

WG 3 - Terms and definitions

WG 9 - Optical performance of microscope components

WG 10 - Microscope Systems

WG 3 - Laboratory procedures for testing surveying and construction instruments

WG 4 - Field procedures and ancillary devices

JWG 3 - Joint ISO/TC 172/SC 9-IEC/TC 76 WG: Safety

WG 1 - Terminology and test methods for lasers

WG 4 - Laser systems for medical applications

WG 7 - Electro-optical systems other than lasers

In order to ensure that all interests are represented in the development of standards, ANSI requires that OEOSC define specific interest groups that pertain to the field of optics, and to report committee membership by those interest groups.

Please select the interest group that best describes you:

Producer - One who produces optical components for sale

User-Industrial - One who purchases optical components to integrate into products

General Interest - One who has an academic or personal interest in optical components and products