Nature Materials web focus: 25 years of photonic crystals

Click here if this e-mail doesn't display properly Web Focus: 25 years of photonic crystals Free online access for a limited time Impact Factor: 32.841* 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 major area at the interface of photonics and condensed matter physics. This Nature Materials web focus 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. Free online access to registered nature.com users until 18 December 2012. EDITORIAL Early lights COMMENTARY Why trap light? Sajeev John INTERVIEW In the limelight Interview with Eli Yablonovitch To access the above, free online to registered nature.com users, for a limited time, please click on the links above or visit: www.nature.com/nmat/focus/photonic-crystals FOLLOW US: Become a fan of Nature.com   Follow Nature Materials *2011 Journal Citation Reports® (Thomson Reuters, 2012) As a registered user of Nature Publishing Group's Web sites, our database indicates that you have opted-in to receive product information and special offers. If you no longer wish to receive these e-mails or to discontinue all e-mail services from Nature Publishing Group please update your online account. Modify My Account (Log in to be recognised as a Nature.com registrant). For further information on technical assistance | print subscriptions | other enquiries. Nature Publishing Group | Principal offices: London | New York | Tokyo. Worldwide offices: Basingstoke | Boston | Buenos Aires | Delhi | Hong Kong | Madrid | Melbourne | Munich | Paris | San Francisco | Seoul | Washington DC. Macmillan Publishers Limited is a company incorporated in England & Wales under company number 785998 & whose registered office is located at Brunel Road, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Nature Publishing Group | 75 Varick St Fl 9 | New York | NY 10013-1917 | USA © 2012 Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.