Optics & Photonics News

Research on Purple Bacteria Helps in Development of Solar Panels

Neil Johnson, a physicist and head of the inter-disciplinary research group in complexity in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami, thinks its cellular arrangement could be adapted for use in solar panels and other energy conversion devices to offer a more efficient way to garner energy from the sun.

NEC Adds 52-Inch S521 LCD Display to its S Series

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announced the addition of the 52-inch S521 to its S Series, which includes the 40-inch S401 and 46-inch S461 LCD displays.

Shrink to Market Quantum Dot Solar Concentrator Technologies Under PowerSkin Brand

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. (“Shrink”), an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the solar energy production, medical diagnostics and sensors and biotechnology research and development tools businesses, announced today that it has received notification that it has purchased the PowerSkin™ trademarks from the bankruptcy estate associated with the Millennium Cell.

New Plastic-Based Technology Helps to Develop Smaller, Flexible Optical Communication Devices

It looks like a piece of gel that slips into the sole of your sneaker, but it's a new nano-based technology that can make computers and the Internet hundreds of times faster ¯ a communications technology "enabler" that may be in use only five or ten years in the future, currently being created by Dr. Koby Scheuer of Tel Aviv University's School of Electrical Engineering.

QD Vision Receives Silver at Edison Awards for its Quantum Light Optic

QD Vision (www.qdvision.com), developer of Quantum Light™ nanotechnology-based products for solid state lighting and displays, took home the Silver at this year’s Edison Best New Products Awards for its Quantum Light™ optic in the Energy and Sustainability awards category.

New Treatment for War Injuries Using Light-Activated Technology

Airmen's traumatic battlefield injuries may be more effectively treated by using a new light-activated technology developed as a result of research managed by Air Force Office of Scientific Research and supported by funds from the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Analysis Report on Impact of AFPD Acquisition by AUO

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "AUO's AFPD Acquisition and Its Implications for Small- and Medium-size Panel Industry Development" report to their offering.

AMS Technologies Presents New Fused PM Couplers at 780 nm

AMS Technologies presents the new fused PM couplers at 780 nm, an extension of the PM coupler series from Gooch + Housego. Typical applications include power monitoring of PM sources, high power fiber lasers, fiber amplifiers and fiber gyroscopes.

AMS Technologies Presents New Fused PM Couplers at 780 nm

New SunPower E19 Series Solar Panels Set Record of 19% or Greater Efficiency

SunPower Corp., a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced its new SunPower E19 Series solar panels, a product line that offers modules in a 96-cell or 72-cell configuration, with a record efficiency of 19 percent or greater.

LightLab to Exhibit its Optical Intravascular Imaging System at SCAI Meeting in San Diego

LightLab Imaging, Inc., the pioneer in development and world leader in sales of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) systems for vascular and other imaging applications, will exhibit at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) meeting in San Diego, CA May 5 to 8, in booth 28.

IDTechEx’s New Report Includes Forecasts on OLEDs and OPV

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Barrier Films for Flexible Electronics: Needs Players & Opportunities 2010-2020" report to their offering.

Solar ReFeel Announces New Site to Test Solyndra’s Photovoltaic Systems

Renewable energy company Solar ReFeel announced today, that as part of a research activity together with CeRSAA and solar panel manufacturer Solyndra, a test site using Solyndra’s photovoltaic solutions has been constructed at CeRSAA’s Albenga, Italy facility. The project seeks to optimize the production of both food and electricity and to validate the crop growth benefits of Solyndra’s technology with independent testing by a leading agricultural research institution.

New Research Report on China’s Camera and Equipment Manufacturing Industry

China camera and equipment manufacturing Industry, 2010 is valuable for anyone who wants to invest in the camera and equipment manufacturing industry, to get Chinese investments; to import into China or export from China, to build factories and take advantage of lower costs in China, to partner with one of the key Chinese corporations, to get market shares as China is boosting its domestic needs; to forecast the future of the world economy as China is leading the way; or to compete in the segment.

SunEdison Plans for 12 Solar Energy Plants in Italy

SunEdison, a division of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., today announced plans to complete 12 one-megawatt (MW) solar energy plants in the province of Lecce, Apulia in Italy, and announced a 47-million-euro financing deal with Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentale in Germany.