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 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).

這本雜志為物理學(xué)家、材料科學(xué)家、化學(xué)家、工程師和計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)家建立了一個(gè)專門的通道，他們對(duì)光子學(xué)和納米結(jié)構(gòu)感興趣，特別是與光子晶體、光子帶隙和超材料相關(guān)的研究。該雜志揭示了這一日益增長(zhǎng)的科學(xué)領(lǐng)域的最新發(fā)展，這一領(lǐng)域?qū)⒊霈F(xiàn)速度更快的電信，并最終出現(xiàn)使用光而不是電子來(lái)連接組件的計(jì)算機(jī)。超材料的一個(gè)特殊部分繼承了超材料雜志的傳統(tǒng)，涵蓋了在微波和光學(xué)范圍內(nèi)的人工電磁材料和表面的廣泛研究，包括它們的制造和應(yīng)用。該期刊在實(shí)驗(yàn)、理論和應(yīng)用方面的研究工作具有創(chuàng)新性。適合發(fā)表的論文包括:?光子晶體理論及相關(guān)的微、納米光子材料?光子晶體特性的研究與表征，包括光學(xué)非線性、光子帶隙效應(yīng)、自發(fā)輻射等。?使用各種方法制作光子結(jié)構(gòu)和器件，包括光刻、自組裝、全息等。?結(jié)構(gòu)材料的亞波長(zhǎng)光學(xué)?金屬和金屬介電光子結(jié)構(gòu)?太赫茲光學(xué)結(jié)構(gòu)?等離子?超材料和左手超材料?手性和雙蛤同性介質(zhì)?周期性電磁結(jié)構(gòu)?頻率選擇表面?高阻抗表面?用于天線和電路技術(shù)的超材料?Metamaterial-based設(shè)備?聲學(xué)和彈性超材料?光子晶體光纖和“空穴”光纖?微型和納米光子器件，如光波導(dǎo)、開(kāi)關(guān)、激光器和光學(xué)集成電路的其他組件?光子晶體的集成?微光機(jī)電系統(tǒng)(MOEMS)?光學(xué)微腔和光子“點(diǎn)”?微型和納米光子學(xué)的新方法?新應(yīng)用領(lǐng)域(光源、激光、生物光子學(xué)、探測(cè)器、光學(xué)元件、原子和分子約束)的批判性評(píng)估。