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).