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James Leger, Editor-in-Chief
Bernard Kippelen, Editor, Energy Express Roland Winston, Focus Issue Editor
Optics in Energy: the power of optical solutions
Bernard Kippelen
Opt. Express 18(S1), A1-A2 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Focus Issue: Solar Concentrators
Roland Winston
Opt. Express 18(S1), A3-A4 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Thermodynamic efficiency of solar concentrators
Narkis Shatz, John Bortz, and Roland Winston
Opt. Express 18(S1), A5-A16 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Solar concentrator modules with silicone-on-glass Fresnel lens panels and multijunction cells
Valery D. Rumyantsev
Opt. Express 18(S1), A17-A24 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
High performance Fresnel-based photovoltaic concentrator
Pablo Benítez, Juan C. Miñano, Pablo Zamora, Rubén Mohedano, Aleksandra Cvetkovic, Marina Buljan, Julio Chaves, and Maikel Hernández
Opt. Express 18(S1), A25-A40 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Aplanatic optics for solar concentration
Jeffrey M. Gordon
Opt. Express 18(S1), A41-A52 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
30 kW Concentrator Photovoltaic System Using Dome-shaped Fresnel Lenses
Kenji Araki, Taizo Yano, and Yoshio Kuroda
Opt. Express 18(S1), A53-A63 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Pushing concentration of stationary solar concentrators to the limit
Roland Winston and Weiya Zhang
Opt. Express 18(S1), A64-A72 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Multijunction solar cells for conversion of concentrated sunlight to electricity
Sarah Kurtz and John Geisz
Opt. Express 18(S1), A73-A78 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Dye alignment in luminescent solar concentrators: I. Vertical alignment for improved waveguide coupling
C. L. Mulder, P. D. Reusswig, A. M. Velázquez, H. Kim, C. Rotschild, and M. A. Baldo
Opt. Express 18(S1), A79-A90 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Dye alignment in luminescent solar concentrators: II. Horizontal alignment for energy harvesting in linear polarizers
C. L. Mulder, P. D. Reusswig, A. P. Beyler, H. Kim, C. Rotschild, and M. A. Baldo
Opt. Express 18(S1), A91-A99 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Thermochemical Production of Fuels with Concentrated Solar Energy
Aldo Steinfeld and Alan W. Weimer
Opt. Express 18(S1), A100-A111 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Metal glass vacuum tube solar collectors are approaching lower-medium temperature heat application
Xinian Jiang
Opt. Express 18(S1), A112-A117 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Multiple-junction quantum cascade photodetectors for thermophotovoltaic energy conversion
Jian Yin and Roberto Paiella
Opt. Express 18(2), 1618-1629 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Aspheric V-groove reflector design with the SMS method in two dimensions
Dejan Grabovičkić, Pablo Benítez, and Juan C. Miñano
Opt. Express 18(3), 2515-2521 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Calculating model of light transmission efficiency of diffusers attached to a lighting cavity
Ching-Cherng Sun, Wei-Ting Chien, Ivan Moreno, Chih-To Hsieh, Mo-Cha Lin, Shu-Li Hsiao, and Xuan-Hao Lee
Opt. Express 18(6), 6137-6148 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Emission color variation of (Ba,Sr)3BP3O12:Eu2+ phosphors for white light LEDs
Te-Wen Kuo, Wei-Ren Liu, and Teng-Ming Chen
Opt. Express 18(3), 1888-1897 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Intense red photoluminescence from Mn2+-doped (Na+; Zn2+) sulfophosphate glasses and glass ceramics as LED converters
Ning Da, Mingying Peng, Sebastian Krolikowski, and Lothar Wondraczek
Opt. Express 18(3), 2549-2557 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Highly efficient phosphor-converted white organic light-emitting diodes with moderate microcavity and light-recycling filters
Sang-Hwan Cho, Jeong Rok Oh, Hoo Keun Park, Hyoung Kun Kim, Yong-Hee Lee, Jae-Gab Lee, and Young Rag Do
Opt. Express 18(2), 1099-1104 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Multilayer transparent electrode for organic light-emitting diodes: tuning its optical characteristics
Hyunsu Cho, Changhun Yun, and Seunghyup Yoo
Opt. Express 18(4), 3404-3414 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Light extraction enhanced white light-emitting diodes with multi-layered phosphor configuration
Jiun Pyng You, Nguyen T. Tran, and Frank G. Shi
Opt. Express 18(5), 5055-5060 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Ca9La(PO4)7:Eu2+,Mn2+: an emission-tunable phosphor through efficient energy transfer for white light-emitting diodes
Chien-Hao Huang and Teng-Ming Chen
Opt. Express 18(5), 5089-5099 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Strain engineering for the solution of efficiency droop in InGaN/GaN light-emitting diodes
Jun Ho Son and Jong-Lam Lee
Opt. Express 18(6), 5466-5471 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
High performance InGaN/GaN nanorod light emitting diode arrays fabricated by nanosphere lithography and chemical mechanical polishing processes
Liang-Yi Chen, Ying-Yuan Huang, Chun-Hsiang Chang, Yu-Hsuan Sun, Yun-Wei Cheng, Min-Yung Ke, Cheng-Pin Chen, and JianJang Huang
Opt. Express 18(8), 7664-7669 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
High color rendering white light-emitting-diode illuminator using the red-emitting Eu2+-activated CaZnOS phosphors excited by blue LED
Opt. Express 18(8), 8187-8192 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Ligand capping effect for dye solar cells with a CdSe quantum dot sensitized ZnO nanorod photoanode
Xiao Wei Sun, Jing Chen, Jun Ling Song, De Wei Zhao, Wei Qiao Deng, and Wei Lei
Opt. Express 18(2), 1296-1301 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Enhancing InGaN-based solar cell efficiency through localized surface plasmon interaction by embedding Ag nanoparticles in the absorbing layer
Jyh-Yang Wang, Fu-Ji Tsai, Jeng-Jie Huang, Cheng-Yen Chen, Nola Li, Yean-Woei Kiang, and C. C. Yang
Opt. Express 18(3), 2682-2694 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
High efficiency thin-film crystalline Si/Ge tandem solar cell
G. Sun, F. Chang, and R. A. Soref
Opt. Express 18(4), 3746-3753 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Modeling the efficiency of Förster resonant energy transfer from energy relay dyes in dye-sensitized solar cells
Eric T. Hoke, Brian E. Hardin, and Michael D. McGehee
Opt. Express 18(4), 3893-3904 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Light trapping regimes in thin-film silicon solar cells with a photonic pattern
Simone Zanotto, Marco Liscidini, and Lucio Claudio Andreani
Opt. Express 18(5), 4260-4272 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Photonic crystal intermediate reflectors for micromorph solar cells: a comparative study
P. G. O’Brien, A. Chutinan, K. Leong, N. P. Kherani, G. A. Ozin, and S. Zukotynski
Opt. Express 18(5), 4478-4490 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Design of light-trapping microscale-textured surfaces for efficient organic solar cells
Kanwar S. Nalwa and Sumit Chaudhary
Opt. Express 18(5), 5168-5178 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Carbon nanohorns-based nanofluids as direct sunlight absorbers
E. Sani, S. Barison, C. Pagura, L. Mercatelli, P. Sansoni, D. Fontani, D. Jafrancesco, and F. Francini
Opt. Express 18(5), 5179-5187 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
2D back-side diffraction grating for improved light trapping in thin silicon solar cells
Jo Gjessing, Erik Stensrud Marstein, and Aasmund Sudbø
Opt. Express 18(6), 5481-5495 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
High performance solar-selective absorbers using coated sub-wavelength gratings
Nicholas P. Sergeant, Mukul Agrawal, and Peter Peumans
Opt. Express 18(6), 5525-5540 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Optimal light trapping in ultra-thin photonic crystal crystalline silicon solar cells
Shrestha Basu Mallick, Mukul Agrawal, and Peter Peumans
Opt. Express 18(6), 5691-5706 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Characterization of solar cells by photocurrent spectroscopy and current-voltage characteristics with high spatial resolution
M. Schwalm, C. Lange, W. W. Rühle, W. Stolz, K. Volz, and S. Chatterjee
Opt. Express 18(6), 6277-6287 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Efficient broadband near-infrared quantum cutting for solar cells
Yu Teng, Jiajia Zhou, Xiaofeng Liu, Song Ye, and Jianrong Qiu
Opt. Express 18(9), 9671-9676 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
The origin of enhanced optical absorption in solar cells with metal nanoparticles embedded in the active layer
Jung-Yong Lee and Peter Peumans
Opt. Express 18(10), 10078-10087 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Optical properties of ordered vertical arrays of multi-walled carbon nanotubes from FDTD simulations
Hua Bao, Xiulin Ruan, and Timothy S. Fisher
Opt. Express 18(6), 6347-6359 (2010) View: HTML | PDF
Close-up rendering of the center of the LPI's FK Fresnel lens, showing the four sectors. [See Benitez et al. Fig. 3 for details.]