美國光學學會雜志A（JOSA）致力于古典光學、圖像科學和視覺領域的發展。Josa A包括關于以下主題的原始同行評審論文：大氣光學臨床視力相干與統計光學顏色衍射和光柵圖像處理機器視覺生理光學極化散射信號處理薄膜視覺光學Josa A出版研究文章以及教程、討論論文、專題文章和對已發表文章的評論。

The Journal of the Optical Society of America A (JOSA A) is devoted to developments in any field of classical optics, image science, and vision. JOSA A includes original peer-reviewed papers on such topics as:Atmospheric opticsClinical visionCoherence and Statistical OpticsColorDiffraction and gratingsImage processingMachine visionPhysiological opticsPolarizationScatteringSignal processingThin filmsVisual opticsJOSA A publishes research articles as well as tutorials, discussion papers, feature issue contributions, and comments on published articles.