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Tenth anniversary

In January 2017, Nature Photonics celebrates the tenth anniversary of its launch with a series of specially commissioned features. Eight articles discuss the evolution and future outlook of research in the fields of photovoltaics, optical communications, imaging, terahertz science, quantum optics, organic optoelectronics, X-ray science and plasmonics. These are complemented by a visual representation of the Nobel Prizes related to photonics that have been awarded in the past 10 years, a compilation of our favourite textbooks and an editorial reflecting on the developments of the past decade.

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Coming of age

As Nature Photonics turns 10 years old, we reflect on how times have changed and offer a message of thanks to our authors, reviewers and readers.

Editorial3 Jan 2017 Nature Photonics
The future of photonics

Feature3 Jan 2017 Nature Photonics
A new era for solar

The field of photovoltaics has grown tremendously over the past decade and in 2015 solar cell deployments accounted for 20% of the expansion of global electricity capacity.
- Sarah Kurtz
- Nancy Haegel
- Robert Margolis
Feature3 Jan 2017 Nature Photonics
Communications expands its space

Optical communication systems have traditionally sent the most information possible through a few spatial channels to minimize cost and maximize density. Energy constraints now compel systems at the longest and shortest distances to employ a new strategy of using more spatial channels, each carrying less data.
- Joseph M. Kahn
- David A. B. Miller
Feature3 Jan 2017 Nature Photonics
Unrelenting plasmons

Worldwide research efforts on plasmonics and metamaterials have been growing exponentially for the past ten years. Will this course hold true over the next decade?
- Antonio I. Fernández-Domínguez
- Francisco J. García-Vidal
- Luis Martín-Moreno
Feature3 Jan 2017 Nature Photonics
Nobel Prizes 2007 to 2016
- Oliver Graydon
Feature3 Jan 2017 Nature Photonics
The next ten years of X-ray science

The development of free-electron lasers with improved brilliance, diffraction-limited synchrotrons and compact table-top sources all point to a healthy future for X-ray science.
- Makina Yabashi
- Hitoshi Tanaka
Feature3 Jan 2017 Nature Photonics
Optical microscopy aims deep

A new set of imaging techniques that take advantage of scattered light may soon lead to key advances in biomedical optics, providing access to depths well beyond what is currently possible with ballistic light.
- Sylvain Gigan
Feature3 Jan 2017 Nature Photonics
Extreme terahertz science

In the future, sources of intense terahertz radiation will open up an era of extreme terahertz science featuring nonlinear light–matter interactions and applications in spectroscopy and imaging.
- Xi Cheng Zhang
- Alexander Shkurinov
- Yan Zhang
Feature3 Jan 2017 Nature Photonics
Quantum optics, what next?

Quantum optics is a well-established field that spans from fundamental physics to quantum information science. In the coming decade, areas including computation, communication and metrology are all likely to experience scientific and technological advances supported by this far-reaching research field.
- J. Ignacio Cirac
- H. Jeff Kimble
Feature3 Jan 2017 Nature Photonics
Organics go hybrid

From displays to solar cells, the field of organic optoelectronics has come a long way over the past 50 years, but the realization of an electrically pumped organic laser remains elusive. The answer may lie with hybrid organic–inorganic materials called perovskites.
- Guglielmo Lanzani
- Annamaria Petrozza
- Mario Caironi
Feature3 Jan 2017 Nature Photonics
All-time favourites

Books & Arts3 Jan 2017 Nature Photonics

Tenth anniversary

Content

Coming of age

The future of photonics

A new era for solar

Communications expands its space

Unrelenting plasmons

Nobel Prizes 2007 to 2016

The next ten years of X-ray science

Optical microscopy aims deep

Extreme terahertz science

Quantum optics, what next?

Organics go hybrid

All-time favourites

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