Physics-Optics-Astronomy Library (POA)

Celebrate the life, work, and impact of one

of the leading lights of modern optics, Emil Wolf, co-author with Nobel laureate Max Born of Principles of Optics, known to the field of research as the “bible of optics."

On exhibit at the POA Library until Oct. 14, 2019.

Physics-Optics-Astronomy (POA) Library

374 Bausch & Lomb Building

Research Quicklinks

• Electronic Journals
• E-Prints
• Databases
• Voyager Catalog
• Astronomy
• Optics
• Physics
• PREP

About POA

• Location and Directions

• About the POA Library
• Library Jobs

Library Services

• Interlibrary Loan
• Renew Materials
• POA Loan Periods
• Find Reserves
• Visitors

POA Events and Programming

• TinkerSpace Sessions
• POA Exhibits
  • "If it isn't a Rochester, it isn't a conference": The Rochester Conferences on High Energy Physics, 1950-1957
  • Bringing Coherence to Light: The Life and Legacy of Optics Pioneer Emil Wolf

Academic Departments and Organizations

• UR Physics & Astronomy
• UR Institute of Optics
• UR Mees Observatory
• Professional Societies and Organizations