Photonics — the scientific study and application of light — has evolved to become a key technology behind many devices found in the modern home, factory and research lab. Today, the field is both a Nobel-prize-winning science and a billion-dollar industry, underpinning applications such as fibre-optic communication, data storage, flat-panel displays and materials processing.

Nature Photonics is a monthly journal dedicated to this exciting field and publishes top-quality, peer-reviewed research in all areas of light generation, manipulation and detection.

Coverage extends from research into the fundamental properties of light and how it interacts with matter through to the latest designs of optoelectronic device and emerging applications that exploit photons.

The journal covers topics including:

-Lasers, LEDs and other light sources

-Imaging, detectors and sensors

-Optoelectronic devices and components

-Novel materials and engineered structures

-Physics of light propagation, interaction and behaviour

-Quantum optics and cryptography

-Ultrafast photonics

-Biophotonics

-Optical data storage

-Spectroscopy

-Fibre optics and optical communications

-Solar energy and photovoltaics

-Displays

-Terahertz technology

-Nonlinear optics

-Plasmonics

-Nanophotonics

-X-rays

《Nature Photonics》是一本由NATURE RESEARCH出版商出版的专业物理期刊，该刊创刊于2007年，刊期Monthly，该刊已被国际权威数据库SCIE、SCI收录。在中科院最新升级版分区表中，该刊分区信息为大类学科：物理与天体物理 1区，小类学科：光学 1区；物理：应用 1区；在JCR（Journal Citation Reports）分区等级为Q1。该刊发文范围涵盖光学等领域，旨在及时、准确、全面地报道国内外光学工作者在该领域取得的最新研究成果、工作进展及学术动态、技术革新等，促进学术交流，鼓励学术创新。2021年影响因子为39.728，平均审稿速度偏慢,4-8周。