Virtual Focus Issue

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

Te-Wen Kuo, Wei-Ren Liu, and Teng-Ming Chen

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