A year to remember - p1

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2014.324

2015 marks the 150th anniversary of Maxwell's formulation of his theory of electromagnetism and a year-long celebration of the importance of optics.

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How Maxwell's equations came to light - pp2 - 4

Basil Mahon

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2014.306

The nineteenth-century Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell made groundbreaking contributions to many areas of science including thermodynamics and colour vision. However, he is best known for his equations that unified electricity, magnetism and light.

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Numerical solution - pp5 - 6

Interview with Allen Taflove

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2014.305

Nature Photonics spoke to Allen Taflove, father of the finite-difference time-domain technique, about the birth of Maxwell's equations and their impact on the world after 150 years.

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Conformal transformation optics - pp15 - 23

Lin Xu & Huanyang Chen

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2014.307

Transformation optics is a modern application of Maxwell's equations offering unprecedented control over the flow of light that exploits spatially customized optical properties and mathematical techniques applied to space-time curvature.

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