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Preface to Progress in NanophotonicsAs the first example, recent advances in photonic systems demand drastic increases in the degree of integration of photonic devices for large-capacity, ultrahigh-speed signal transmission and information processing. Device size has to be scaled down to nanometric dimensions to meet this requirement, which will become even more strict in the future. As the second example, photonic fabrication systems demand drastic decreases in the size of the fabricated patterns for assembling ultra-largescale integrated circuits. These requirements cannot be met even if t...