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 and publishes 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

In common with other Nature Research journals in the physical sciences, Nature Photonics publishes review articles, research papers, News and Views pieces and research highlights summarizing the latest scientific findings in optoelectronics. This is complemented by a unique mix of articles dedicated to the business side of the industry covering areas such as technology commercialization and market analysis.

Article, Letter, Correspondence, Matters Arising, News and Views, Books & Arts, Review, Progress, Commentary

Chief Editor: Oliver Graydon
Oliver joined Nature Photonics in January 2006 with 10 years of experience in the world of scientific publishing. He was previously employed at the Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd. where he held several posts, including editor of the monthly magazine Opto & Laser Europe and its associated website Optics.org. Oliver has a first-class degree in physics from Imperial College London and a PhD in optical communications from the University of Southampton's Optoelectronics Research Centre. Oliver is based in London.
o.graydon@nature.com
International Editor: Rachel Pei Chin Won
Rachel joined Nature Photonics in June 2006 from Aston University's Business Partnership Unit in Birmingham, UK where she worked as a Medici Fellow commercializing photonics research. She obtained her PhD in optical fibre sensing, microwave photonics and fibre nonlinearities as a member of Aston's Photonics Research Group. Prior to that, Rachel worked for Philips Optical Storage in Singapore as an Optics Engineer. She holds a Master's degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and a Bachelor's degree from the National University of Malaysia. Rachel is based in London.
r.won@nature.com
Senior Editor: David Pile
David joined Nature Photonics in November 2008. He has 10 years of theoretical and experimental research experience in fields including linear and nonlinear bulk and guided waves, near-field- and subwavelength-optics, gratings and photonic crystals, slow light, metamaterials and development of numerical algorithms inlcuding RCWA and FDTD. David obtained a first-class honours degree in physics in 1998 and a PhD in 2003 (on extreemely asymmetrical scattering in diffraction gratings) from Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Following a JSPS postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Tokushima (2004 - 2005), David was an associate researcher at the University of California Berkeley (2006-2008). David is based in San Francisco.
d.pile@us.nature.com
Senior Editor: Noriaki Horiuchi
Noriaki joined Nature Photonics in September 2009. He started his research at Waseda University, Tokyo. In 1992, he went to study in France after receiving a scholarship from the French Government. Collaborating with Laboratoire de Minéralogie et Cristallographie of Université Paris 6 and France Télécom, Noriaki obtained his PhD in 1999 from Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble. Following a postdoctoral researcher's position at Toyota Technological Institute, he worked as a researcher at RIKEN from 2002 to 2009. His research interests are in the fields of nonlinear optics, crystal growth and photonic crystals. Noriaki is based in Tokyo.
n.horiuchi@nature.com