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IEEE Photonics Society

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The IEEE Photonics Society, formerly the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS), is a society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), focused on the scientific and engineering knowledge about the field of quantum electronics. In the hierarchy of IEEE, the Photonics Society is one of the close to 40 technical societies organized under the IEEE Technical Activities Board.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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The IEEE Photonics Society, formerly the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS), is a society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), focused on the scientific and engineering knowledge about the field of quantum electronics.2

Corporate structure

IEEE Photonics Society is part of a group headed by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 45 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Manhattan
    • IEEE Photonics Society
    • IEEE Communications Society Subsidiary
    • IEEE Computer Society Subsidiary · Washington, D.C.
    • IEEE Electron Devices Society Subsidiary
    • IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Subsidiary
    • IEEE Power & Energy Society Subsidiary · Piscataway
    • IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society Subsidiary
    • IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society Subsidiary
    • IEEE Biometrics Council Subsidiary
    • IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Subsidiary
    • IEEE Committee on Earth Observation Subsidiary
    • IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Subsidiary
    • IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Subsidiary
    • IEEE Control Systems Society Subsidiary
    • IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation Subsidiary
    • IEEE Dielectrics & Electrical Insulation Society Subsidiary
    • IEEE Education Society Subsidiary
    • IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society Subsidiary
    • IEEE Electronics Packaging Society Subsidiary
    • IEEE Estonia Subsidiary · Estonia
    • IEEE France Subsidiary · France
    • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Subsidiary
    • IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Subsidiary · United States
    • IEEE Industry Applications Society Subsidiary · Piscataway, United States
    • IEEE Information Theory Society Subsidiary · New York City, United States
    • and 19 more

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

How it started

History

The foundation of the society was made in 1965 by establishing the IEEE Quantum Electronics Council (QEC). In 1977, under the leadership of Henry Kressel, the council became the IEEE Quantum Electronics and Applications Society (QEAS). On January 1, 1985, the society was renamed into IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS). On April 9, 2009, the society was again renamed, now into IEEE Photonics Society.

From Wikipedia’s article on IEEE Photonics Society, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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