A photoelectric transducer (10) including: a semiconductor layer (13); and a photonic crystal (21) formed inside the semiconductor layer, the photonic crystal being formed by providing nanorods (19) inside the semiconductor layer, each of the nanorods having a refractive index lower than that of a medium of the semiconductor layer, the nanorods being provided two-dimensionally and periodically at a pitch of not less than λ/4 nor more than λ, where λ is a wavelength of a peak of resonance caused by the photonic crystal, the photoelectric transducer satisfying the following formula: 0.2QV≦Qα≦5.4QV where Qv is (a) a Q value which indicates a magnitude of an effect of resonance caused by coupling between the photonic crystal and an external world and (b) in proportion to a reciprocal of a coefficient κV indicating a strength of the coupling between the photonic crystal and the external world, and Qa is (a) a Q value which indicates a magnitude of an effect of resonance caused by the medium of the semiconductor layer and (b) in proportion to a reciprocal of a coefficient αa of light absorption by the medium of the semiconductor layer. This allows an increase in light absorption ratio of a photoelectric transducer including a photonic crystal structure.