Nature Photonics contents April 2016 Volume 10 Number 4 pp 201-280

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Papers published by the journal represent important advances of significance to specialists within each subject area including physics. Visit the website to explore ALL the content available within your field.    Editorial Top 2D materials   p201 doi:10.1038/nphoton.2016.61 Australians call it sticky tape, English name it Sellotape, and some say Scotch tape. Whatever you call it, it is arguably responsible for the theme of this month's focus issue. Commentary Top Why all the fuss about 2D semiconductors?   pp202 - 204 Andres Castellanos-Gomez doi:10.1038/nphoton.2016.53 Graphene is no longer alone; a family of atomically thin 2D semiconductors has emerged. Optoelectronics and photonics applications are in their experimental infancy but the future holds much promise. Interview Top Flat talk   pp205 - 206 Interview with Fengnian Xia doi:10.1038/nphoton.2016.47 Fengnian Xia from Yale University shares his opinions with Nature Photonics on the status of research into 2D materials and their prospects for commercial applications. Research Highlights Top 2D materials: Multilayer black phosphorus | Light-matter interactions: Superconducting gain | Optoelectrical cooling: Molecules go submillikelvin | Metrology: Seebeck analysis | Sensors: Temperature sensitivity boost News and Views Top Nano-optics: Launching plasmons with molecules   pp208 - 209 Guillaume Schull doi:10.1038/nphoton.2016.42 An optoelectronic prototype based on a self-assembled molecular junction to controllably excite propagating surface plasmons has been developed. See also: Article by Du et al. Mid-infrared optics: Photonic crystal thermal emitters   p209 Oliver Graydon doi:10.1038/nphoton.2016.55 Plasmonics: An ultrafast plasmonic tuning knob   pp210 - 211 Martin Wagner and Mengkun Liu doi:10.1038/nphoton.2016.40 Near- and mid-infrared plasmonics are exciting research areas with applications in nanoscale energy concentration, sensing or ultrafast switching for telecommunication. Now, a new efficient way to manipulate plasmon resonances in semiconductor nanoarrays at ultrafast timescales has been found. See also: Article by Guo et al. Imaging: Making sensing of incoherence   pp211 - 213 Jason Fleischer doi:10.1038/nphoton.2016.52 Obtaining information about an object or medium with an unknown, random scattering potential is notoriously difficult. The projection of random illumination patterns as probe is now shown to help. View from...Challenges in Precision Science: A never-ending quest   pp213 - 215 Noriaki Horiuchi doi:10.1038/nphoton.2016.48 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. Photonics JOBS of the week The Richard N. Claytor Distinguished Professor of Optics University of Texas at Arlington postdoctoral researcher Munich Centre for Advanced Photonics More Science jobs from Photonics EVENT 21 IKSS2016: Lanthanide-doped Materials: Fabrication, Spectroscopy, and Their Applications to Lasers 04.09.16 Piecki, Poland More science events from Reviews Top Photonics and optoelectronics of 2D semiconductor transition metal dichalcogenides   pp216 - 226 Kin Fai Mak and Jie Shan doi:10.1038/nphoton.2015.282 The electronic and optical properties and the recent progress in applications of 2D semiconductor transition metal dichalcogenides with emphasis on strong excitonic effects, and spin- and valley-dependent properties are reviewed. Optical modulators with 2D layered materials   pp227 - 238 Zhipei Sun, Amos Martinez and Feng Wang doi:10.1038/nphoton.2016.15 The recent realization that 2D layered materials could modulate light with superior performance has prompted intense research and significant advances, paving the way for realistic applications. Letters Top Real-space mapping of tailored sheet and edge plasmons in graphene nanoresonators   pp239 - 243 A. Y. Nikitin, P. Alonso-González, S. Vélez, S. Mastel, A. Centeno et al. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2016.44 Researchers demonstrate graphene plasmon edge modes at infrared wavelengths. Such modes may offer additional electromagnetic field confinement compared with conventional sheet modes. Ultrafast optical switching of infrared plasmon polaritons in high-mobility graphene   pp244 - 247 G. X. Ni, L. Wang, M. D. Goldflam, M. Wagner, Z. Fei et al. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2016.45 Non-equilibrium photoinduced plasmons in a high-mobility graphene monolayer are investigated at infrared wavelengths. Multi-photon entanglement in high dimensions   pp248 - 252 Mehul Malik, Manuel Erhard, Marcus Huber, Mario Krenn, Robert Fickler et al. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2016.12 A three-photon entangled state with 3 × 3 × 2 dimensions of its orbital angular momentum is created by using two independent entangled photon pairs from two nonlinear crystals, enabling the development of a new layered quantum communication protocol. Highly efficient quantum dot near-infrared light-emitting diodes   pp253 - 257 Xiwen Gong, Zhenyu Yang, Grant Walters, Riccardo Comin, Zhijun Ning et al. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2016.11 Embedding quantum dots in a perovskite matrix yields efficient light emitters. Frequency ratio of Yb and Sr clocks with 5 × 10−17 uncertainty at 150 seconds averaging time   pp258 - 261 Nils Nemitz, Takuya Ohkubo, Masao Takamoto, Ichiro Ushijima, Manoj Das et al. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2016.20 The most accurate ratio of the clock transition frequencies between Yb and Sr is measured by using a pair of cryogenic optical lattice clocks. Through common mode rejection of the clock laser noise, a uncertainty of 4.6 × 10−17 is achieved in 150 seconds. Articles Top Hexagonal boron nitride is an indirect bandgap semiconductor   pp262 - 266 G. Cassabois, P. Valvin and B. Gil doi:10.1038/nphoton.2015.277 Scientists resolve the long-debated issue of the nature and value of the bandgap in hexagonal boron nitride by providing evidence for an indirect bandgap at 5.955 eV and an exciton binding energy of about 130 meV by means of optical spectroscopy. Ultrafast switching of tunable infrared plasmons in indium tin oxide nanorod arrays with large absolute amplitude   pp267 - 273 Peijun Guo, Richard D. Schaller, John B. Ketterson and Robert P. H. Chang doi:10.1038/nphoton.2016.14 Ultrafast plasmon modulation has been realized in the near- to mid-infrared range by intraband pumping of indium tin oxide nanorod arrays. See also: News and Views by Wagner & Liu On-chip molecular electronic plasmon sources based on self-assembled monolayer tunnel junctions   pp274 - 280 Wei Du, Tao Wang, Hong-Son Chu, Lin Wu, Rongrong Liu et al. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2016.43 Self-assembled molecular monolayers between metal electrodes are demonstrated as an electronic plasmon source. See also: News and Views by Schull   Natureevents is a fully searchable, multi-disciplinary database designed to maximise exposure for events organisers. The contents of the Natureevents Directory are now live. The digital version is available here. 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