Nature Photonics 2009 Vol.3 №05

Photonics — the scientific study and application of light — has evolved to become a key technology behind many devices found in the modern home, factory and research lab. Today, the field is both a Nobel-prize-winning science and a billion-dollar industry, underpinning applications such as fibre-optic communication, data storage, flat-panel displays and materials processing.
Nature Photonics is a monthly journal dedicated to this exciting field that will publish top-quality, peer-reviewed research in all areas of light generation, manipulation and detection.
Coverage extends from research into the fundamental properties of light and how it interacts with matter through to the latest designs of optoelectronic device and emerging applications that exploit photons.
The journal covers topics including:
Lasers, LEDs and other light sources
Imaging, detectors and sensors
Optoelectronic devices and components
Novel materials and engineered structures
Physics of light propagation, interaction and behaviour
Quantum optics and cryptography
Ultrafast photonics
Biophotonics
Optical data storage
Spectroscopy
Fibre optics and optical communications
Solar energy and photovoltaics
Displays
Terahertz technology
Nonlinear optics
Plasmonics
Nanophotonics
X-rays