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  • News & Views |

    An optical fibre-fed superconducting electro-optic modulator with gigahertz bandwidth and attojoule per bit electric power consumption offers a fast, efficient means to connect superconducting circuits to the room temperature environment.

    • Paolo Pintus
    • , Mo Soltani
    •  & Galan Moody

  • Article
    | Open Access

    Spatial-frequency tracking adaptive beacon light-field encoded endoscopy enables imaging through a single multimode fibre under bending and twisting. In vivo imaging with subcellular resolution is demonstrated in mice models.

    • Zhong Wen
    • , Zhenyu Dong
    •  & Qing Yang

  • Obituary |

    The 2014 Nobel laureate, Isamu Akasaki, sadly passed away in April at the age of 92. He was highly regarded for his work on the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes and research into new semiconductor materials.

    • Yasuo Koide

  • Obituary |

    The Indian scientist and passionate entrepreneur responsible for pioneering work on optical fibres and biomedical optics has passed away aged 94.

    • Kamal P. Singh

  • Obituary |

    When the nanophotonics research community finally gets back to in-person conferences, the rooms will have empty chairs on the first row. The chairs will be reserved for Professor Mark I. Stockman.

    • Alexandra Boltasseva
    • , Vladimir M. Shalaev
    •  & Nikolay. I. Zheludev

  • Comment |

    Jonathan P. Dowling, who died in June, was a pioneer in quantum optics and one of the founders of the US government’s research programme in quantum information.

    • James Franson
    •  & Mark M. Wilde

  • Editorial |

    Research activities in the areas of X-ray imaging and ultraviolet sterilization illustrate how photonics is helping to combat the threat of COVID-19.

  • Editorial |

    Nature Photonics pays tribute to the pioneering scientists that helped define the field of photonics in the latter part of the twentieth century with the launch of an online collection of profiles.

  • Comment |

    Victor Georgievich Veselago (1929–2018), a Russian scientist from the Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow, provided great inspiration and impetus to the field of metamaterials with his theoretical analysis of materials with a negative index of refraction.

    • Nikolay I. Zheludev

  • Comment |

    Osamu Shimomura’s 90-year life came to an end on 19 October 2018. Throughout his long and exceedingly fruitful career, the Japanese marine biologist and chemist passionately explored the phenomenon of bioluminescence in living organisms, earning a Nobel Prize in the process.

    • Yasushi Hiraoka

  • Comment |

    Optical fibre technology transformed telecommunications, leading to the global broadband Internet, and beyond. Charles Kuen Kao is the father of optical fibre communications whose vision changed the world.

    • Chinlon Lin

  • Editorial |

    The International Day of Light is an achievement that the entire photonics community can be proud of. Let’s be inspired by the celebrations to begin planning for next year’s event.

  • Q&A |

    Giorgio Anania, the vice president of Photonics21 and CEO of Aledia, a French developer of GaN microwire LEDs, discusses the impact of the Photonics Public Private Partnership on jobs and growth in Europe and the importance of investing in future industries.

    • Rachel Won

  • Editorial |

    The International Day of Light, which will be held on 16 May every year, is a day for celebrating and highlighting the importance of light.

  • Editorial |

    The official opening of the SESAME synchrotron in Jordan on 16 May marked an important landmark for science in the Middle East. It is also set to become the world's first solar-powered accelerator.

  • Editorial |

    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.

  • Editorial |

    Starting a company may not be easy, but growing it into a mid-sized entity is where the challenge really lies.

  • Commentary |

    Thinking of creating your own company? Perseverance, pragmatism, flexibility and truly understanding your customers' needs are all vital ingredients for success.

    • Richard Murray

  • Editorial |

    Following the UK's decision to leave the European Union, we asked scientists and industrialists working in the optics sector for their reaction to the news and how it may affect photonics research in the UK.

  • Editorial |

    The 2016 Rank Prize for optoelectronics has been awarded to the inventors of the arrayed waveguide grating. Lord Rank's philanthropy deserves greater recognition.

  • News & Views |

    The ability to make measurements of time and fundamental physical constants with extreme precision makes it possible to test theories to ever greater levels of scrutiny. A workshop in Tokyo in January discussed the challenges involved and the progress being made.

    • Noriaki Horiuchi

  • Editorial |

    ORCID, a global ID scheme for researchers, which is being embraced by funders, universities and publishers, now has almost 2 million registrations and is growing all the time.

  • News & Views |

    Next-generation wireless communication, high-harmonic generation of sub-cycle pulses and ultrafast probing of the excitation dynamics of materials were all topics of discussion at this year's IRMMW-THz conference in Hong Kong.

    • Noriaki Horiuchi

  • Editorial |

    US$610 million has been secured for a US initiative into high-tech manufacturing involving 20 states with the hope of leveraging the capabilities of photonics.

  • Editorial |

    Bringing plasmonics out of the lab is important. University support and communication between researchers and industry play a vital role.

  • Editorial |

    Are true theorists a dying breed? Does more need to be done to support and encourage young scientists to devote themselves to inventing new theoretical concepts and models?

  • Editorial |

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

  • Commentary |

    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.

    • Basil Mahon

  • News & Views |

    The development of practical blue LEDs required great perseverance by several Japanese scientists who had to learn how to fabricate high-quality films of GaN and effectively dope them to create light-emitting p–n junctions.

    • Yasushi Nanishi

  • News & Views |

    London hosted this year's Photon conference. Quantum optics and improved technology commercialization in the UK were two key points of discussion.

    • Maria Maragkou

  • Article |

    The Gaussian minimum entropy conjecture—a long-standing open question—has now been proved for single-mode phase-insensitive bosonic Gaussian channels. This establishes the ultimate achievable bit rate under an energy constraint and provides long-awaited proof that the single-letter classical capacity of these channels is additive.

    • V. Giovannetti
    • , R. García-Patrón
    •  & A. S. Holevo

  • Editorial |

    A networking convention for photonics start-ups seeking funding will hold its fourth event in October 2014 at Bordeaux, France.

  • Editorial |

    It is not an overstatement to say that the future of optics and photonics lies in the hands of students. Every little investment, be it intellectual or financial, can potentially yield immeasurable returns.

  • Editorial |

    A growing family of iPad and iPhone apps launched by publishers, institutes and societies active in photonics now makes it easy to keep up to date with the latest happenings in optics.

  • News & Views |

    Metasurfaces, two-dimensional versions of metamaterials, look poised to replace their three-dimensional counterparts in many applications.

    • Rachel Won

  • Editorial |

    Flexible and stretchable solar cells and light-emitting diodes are respectively perceived as being next-generation photovoltaic and lighting technologies, and are attracting the attention of the general public.

  • News & Views |

    Inertial fusion energy is one potential path towards realizing sustainable energy. The development of a laser power plant capable of delivering high-energy laser pulses is crucial for realizing laser-driven inertial fusion energy.

    • Rachel Won

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