Focus
25 years of photonic crystals
- Focus issue:
- December 2012 Volume 11, No 12
This year marks a quarter of a century since the birth of the field of photonic crystals. Largely stimulated by the early works of Eli Yablonovitch and Sajeev John, it has become a principal area at the interface of photonics and condensed-matter physics. This Nature Materials focus issue explores the early history of the field, the challenges that had to be overcome before it gained broader acceptance, the wider scientific and technological impact it has had, as well as the new directions it is now moving in.
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Commentary
Why trap light? - pp997–999
Sajeev John
doi:10.1038/nmat3503
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Interview
In the limelight - pp1000–1001
Interview with Eli Yablonovitch
doi:10.1038/nmat3504
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