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New Competitively-Priced, Energy Efficient Super Bright Red and Amber LEDs Delivers High Performance and Reliability

Avago Technologies today announced the availability of one of the brightest 5 mm through-hole (TH) round LED lamps in the world for use in a variety of electronic sign and signal (ESS) applications.

20 Jan 2009

Company Will Feature Latest Suite of Metal Halide Fiber-Optic Illuminators for Medical, Industrial Applications

Welch Allyn Lighting Products, a premier manufacturer of high-performance lighting and technology, introduces the "LB24" suite of Solarc metal halide fiber-optic illuminators for medical and industrial applications. LB24 products are compact, efficient, long-life illumination sources that produce high-quality, daylight-appearing light for delivery via small-diameter fiber bundles.

20 Jan 2009

Report Examines Non-Silicon Thin-Film Technology within the Solar Photovoltaic Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData's new report "The Future of Non-Silicon Thin-Film Technology - A Cost Perspective" to their offering.

19 Jan 2009

SMI Offers ZnO Deposition Development Services for Transparent Contact Work as used with LEDs

Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI) announces today that it has opened its application lab facilities for the MOCVD growth of ZnO based films for transparent contact work as used with LEDs and photovoltaics, as well as ZnO films for transparent and power transistors.

18 Jan 2009

New Insights into the Way Molecules Absorb and Move Energy

Inexpensive solar cells, vastly improved medical imaging techniques and lighter and more flexible television screens are among the potential applications envisioned for organic electronics.

15 Jan 2009

Research Could Lead to Novel Organic Photovoltaic Structures

Using a simple chemical process, scientists at Cornell and DuPont have invented a method of preparing carbon nanotubes for suspension in a semiconducting "ink," which can then be printed into such thin, flexible electronics as transistors and photovoltaic materials.

8 Jan 2009

New LED Retrofit Bulbs Giving Users Ultimate Flexibility in Lighting Displays

Over the past several years, many Christmas light displays have gone from static to animated, using LED-based technology. As the trend continues to shift towards LED lighting, a Minnesota-based company has launched new LED retrofit bulbs that will give commercial and recreational users ultimate flexibility in their lighting displays.

7 Jan 2009

Perspectives on the Optoelectronics Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Perspectives on the Optoelectronics Industry: 2 - Innovation" report to their offering.

5 Jan 2009

Linde to Supply Turnkey Gas Supply System to Solar Cell Manufacturer

As part of its continuing success in the rapidly growing solar sector, BOC
Lien Hwa (BOCLH), Taiwan’s leading electronic gases supplier, has been
selected to supply Auria Solar in Tainan, with a wide range of bulk & specialty
gases used in the manufacturing process of solar cells

30 Dec 2008

Nanoscopic Metal Nanoparticles Boost Solar Cell Performance

A paper
in a special energy issue of Optics Express, the Optical
Society's (OSA) open-access journal, describes a relatively new approach
to solar cells: lacing them with nanoscopic metal particles. As the authors
describe in the article, this approach has the potential to greatly improve
the ability of solar cells to harvest light efficiently.

29 Dec 2008

Featured Equipment

Advanced F-Theta Lenses for Precision Imaging Systems

These F-theta lenses by Avantier are designed for consistent spot size and uniform field curvature correction, ideal for high-resolution imaging applications.

From Avantier Inc.

Off-Axis Parabolic (OAP) Mirrors: Precision Solutions for Advanced Optical Systems

Shanghai Optics provides high-precision off-axis parabolic (OAP) mirrors designed for advanced optical systems, offering superior reflective solutions for applications requiring precise light collimation and focus.

From Shanghai Optics