This journal establishes a dedicated channel for physicists, material scientists, chemists, engineers and computer scientists who are interested in photonics and nanostructures, and especially in research related to photonic crystals, photonic band gaps and metamaterials. The Journal sheds light on the latest developments in this growing field of science that will see the emergence of faster telecommunications and ultimately computers that use light instead of electrons to connect components.
 
A special section on metamaterials inherits the tradition of Metamaterials journal (www.journals.elsevier.com/metamaterials) and covers a broad range of research on artificial electromagnetic materials and surfaces in microwave and optical range, including their fabrication and applications.
 
The Journal features mainly original research work in experiment, theory and applications. Papers suitable for publication cover topics such as:
Theory of photonic crystals and related micro- and nanophotonic materials
Investigation and characterization of photonic crystal properties including optical nonlinearities, photonic band gap effects, spontaneous emission, etc.
Fabrication of photonic structures and devices using various methods, including lithography, self-assembly, holography, etc.
Subwavelength optics of structured materials
Metallic and metallo-dielectric photonic structures
Structures for Terahertz optics
Plasmonics
Metamaterials and left-handed metamaterials
Chiral and bianisotropic media
Periodic electromagnetic structures
Frequency selective surfaces
High-impedance surfaces
Metamaterials for antenna and circuit technology
Metamaterial-based devices
Acoustic and elastic metamaterials
Photonic crystal fibers and "holey" fibers
Micro- and nanophotonic devices such as optical waveguides, switches, lasers, and other components of optical integrated circuits
Integration of photonic crystals
Micro-optical-electro-mechanical-systems (MOEMS)
Optical microcavities and photonic "dots"
Novel approaches to micro- and nanophotonics
Critical assessment of new application fields (light sources, lasers, biophotonics, detectors, optical components, atom and molecule confinement).

Editors
A. Di Falco
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, UK

M. Lapine
School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia

P. Tassin
Dept. of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden

M. Vanwolleghem
UMR 8520, Institut d' Electronique, Microelectronique et Nanotechnologie (IEMN), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France

L. O'Faolain (W. Whelan-Curtin)
Centre for Advanced Photonics and Process Analysis, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland

Advisory Board
K. Busch
Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Newtonstrasse 15, 12489, Berlin, Germany, Fax: +49-(721)-608-7040
Phone +49-(721)-608-6054

C.T. Chan
Dept. of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

S. Fan
Ginzton Laboratory, Mail: AP 273, Stanford, California, CA 94305, USA, Fax: +1-650-725-2533
Phone +1-650-724-4759

J.D. Joannopoulos
Dept. of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue (Blgd. 26-540), Cambridge, Massachusetts, MA 02139-4307, USA

S. John
Dept. of Physics, Div. of Geophysics, University of Toronto, 60 st. George street, Toronto, ON M5S 1A7, Ontario, Canada

Y-H. Lee
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 335 Gwahangno (373-1 Guseong-dong) Yuseong-gu, 305-701, Daejeon, The Republic of Korea, Fax: +82-42-869-2510
Phone +82-42-869-2536

J.-M. Lourtioz
Inst. d'Electronique Fondamentale, Université Paris-Sud (Paris XI), 15 rue Georges Clemenceau bat. 220, 91405, Orsay, France

F. Meseguer
Edificio de Institutos II, Unidad Asociada CSIC-UPV, Universitat Politècnica de València, avenida de los Naranjos, s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain, Fax: +34 96 3879849
Phone +34 96 3879841

S. Noda
Dept. of Electronic Science & Engng., Kyoto University, Kyotodaigaku-Katsura, Nishikyo-Ku, 615-8510, Kyoto, Japan, Fax: +81 75 753 5297
Phone +81 75 753 5297

M. Notomi
Basic Research Lab., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), 3-1 Morinosato-Wakamiya, Atsugi, 243-01, Kanagawa, Japan, Fax: +81-46-240-4305
Phone +81-46-240-3553

J. Pendry
The Blackett Lab., Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building Imperial College, SW7 2AZ, Kensington, London, UK

W.L. Vos
Complex Photonic Systems (COPS), University of Twente, Postbus 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, Netherlands

R.B. Wehrspohn
Fraunhofer Institut für Werkstoffmechanik (IWM), Heideallee 19, 06120, Halle, Germany

E. Yablonovitch
Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), 56-125B Engineering IV Building, Box 951594, Los Angeles, California, CA 90095-1594, USA, Fax: +1 (310) 206-4685
Phone +1 (310) 206-2240