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Heliatek OPV Cell Sets New World Record
DRESDEN, Germany, Feb. 12, 2016 — R&D teams from organic flexible solar film manufacturer Heliatek GmbH reached a record conversion efficiency of 13.2 percent for an organic photovoltaic (OPV) multi-injection cell, setting a new world record for the direct conversion of sunlight into electricity using OPV cells. The electricity generation of the newly developed cells corresponds to the output of conventional solar cells with 16 to 17 percent efficiency when both are under real-world conditions, due to the low-light
Intevac Announces FY2015 Results
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 10, 2016 — Thin-film technology developer Intevac Corp. has announced its FY2015 revenue of $75.2 million, up 15 percent from FY2014. Thin-film equipment FY2015 revenue totaled $39.6 million compared to FY2014’s $25.3 million, while photonics FY2015...
EpiWorks, II-VI Merge
SAXONBURG, Penn., Feb. 9, 2016 — Semiconductor wafer manufacturer EpiWorks Inc. has merged with II-VI Inc., a crystal material growth manufacturer, operating as a business unit within the company and expanding its production facility. “Long-term demand is strong for...
Silicon Metamaterials Hold Promise for Photonic Circuits, Chips
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 5, 2016 — As data transmission technology seeks miniaturization, all-diaelectric, a silicon-based metamaterials may offer the necessary control of light through achievement of total internal reflectance. Researchers from Purdue University seek to engineer...
Solar-Tectic Awarded Thin Film Patent
BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y., Feb. 5, 2016 — Solar-Tectic LLC has been awarded a U.S. patent for hybrid organic/inorganic thin film solar cell growth on inexpensive substrates such as flexible and ordinary soda-line glass. The patent discloses a unique growth technique that, for the first...
Fonon Announces Growth Strategy
LAKE MARY, Fla., Feb. 3, 2016 — Material processing developer Fonon Corp. has announced its market growth strategy through the targeting of three growth markets The company has announced its focus on the 3D additive manufacturing and metal printing systems field which is expected...
LZH Launches 3 Hybrid Numerical Optics Research Projects
HANOVER, Germany, Feb. 3, 2016 — Nonprofit research institute Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) is working on three subprojects in the new research priority, Hybrid Numerical Optics, of the Hannover Centre for Optical Technologies (HOT) at Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University...
Self-Assembling Fabrication Method Offers Alternative to Photolithography
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 2, 2016 — Block copolymers — molecules that spontaneously self-assemble into useful shapes — are a promising alternative to photolithography techniques for manufacturing nanoscale circuits. Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of...
Flexible Polymer Offers Tunable Transparency
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 29, 2016 — An experimental, rubber-like polymer structure has been used to model predictions of material transparency based on thickness and degree of structure. The material and predictive model could enable inexpensive materials for smart windows and other...
Glass Material Could Protect Electronics from UV Damage in Space
GUANGZHOU, China, Jan. 28, 2016 — A novel fabrication method has produced glass that protects living cells and organic dyes from UV damage, and could be used to shield electronics in space from the detrimental effects of UV radiation. Researchers from South China University of...
SCI Announces $450K Solar Thin Film Order
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 22, 2016 — SCI Engineered Materials Inc., a manufacturer of advanced materials for physical vapor deposition thin film applications, has received a $450,000 order for thin film solar products from a customer in Asia. “We are very pleased to receive this...
Hole-Transport Material Advances Perovskite PV Systems
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Jan. 19, 2016 — A solar panel material has achieved 20.2 percent power-conversion efficiency while reducing the costs of photovoltaic systems. A 3D illustration of fluorine-dithiophene molecules on a surface of perovskite crystals. Courtesy of Svein M. Hein/EPFL....
Nanoengraving Technique Uses Chemical Etching to Achieve 100-nm Resolution
MOSCOW, Russia, Jan. 19, 2016 — A femtosecond laser deposition mechanism has achieved patterns on glass with 100-nm resolution. The method could allow quick and inexpensive production of nanoscale sensors and chips. Institute of Chemical Physics abbreviation applied to glass....
Star Measurement Technique Could Advance Materials Manufacturing
NUREMBERG, Germany, Jan. 19, 2016 — A method for studying the influence of gravity on the propagation of light has enabled laboratory study of surface curvature, a material property that could be leveraged to improve manufacturing of integrated optical circuits or micro-optic...
Fish-Inspired Fractals Guide Optical Coating Design
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Jan. 14, 2016 — Fish scales could serve as a model for better broadband reflectors and custom multispectral filters. "We are proposing a model that uses fractal geometry to describe the layering in the biological structure of silvery fish," said Pennsylvania State...
Alluxa Expands Optics Manufacturing Facility
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Jan. 13, 2016 — Alluxa Inc., a provider of hard-coated optical filters, has expanded its manufacturing facility by 50 percent. The location now houses 10 identical plasma deposition machines and a larger area for coating, glass fabrication and assembly. The company...
Benefits of Stock Optics in Custom Designs
Jan 12, 2016 — Engineering projects involving optical systems have the same time and money constraints as other engineering projects. Just as electrical engineers learned long ago that integrating standard resistors, capacitors and switches could save money and...
Rick Hoffman Joins MicroCare as Sales Manager
NEW BRITAIN, Conn., Jan. 5, 2016 — MicroCare Corp., a manufacturer of precision cleaning, coating and lubrication products, has appointed Rick Hoffman eastern regional sales manager. A graduate from Bentley University, Hoffman has over 30 years of industrial sales experience with a...
Metasurface Encodes IR Images
PALAISEAU, France, Dec. 28, 2015 — Irregular metasurfaces can be made to encode multiple images at IR frequencies in much the same way as the pixels in a television screen can form a visible-light image. This was demonstrated with an array of subwavelength metal-insulator-metal (MIM)...
Semiconductor Interface Emits UV Light in Presence of Water
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 17, 2015 — Just a few molecules of water can cause a complex oxide material to emit intense UV light, a discovery that could have bearing on chemical sensors and optical computing. The phenomenon was observed by a team led by researchers at the University of...
Carbon Sciences Funds UCSB Research into Graphene Optical Modulators
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 17, 2015 — Carbon Sciences Inc. will fund R&D at the University of California, Santa Barbara, of a graphene-based optical modulator, a fiber optic component intended to address data center bottlenecks and enhance cloud computing. The company believes that...
Correlated Metal Films Eyed for Affordable Displays
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Dec. 16, 2015 — A highly transparent and electrically conductive metal thin film holds promise as an alternative to indium tin oxide (ITO) in displays, windows, touch screens and solar cells. ITO is a transparent conductor used in more than 90 percent of the...
Injket Method Cuts Hologram Production Costs, Time
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Dec. 15, 2015 — Rainbow holograms like those used to protect credit cards and currency can be created with an ordinary inkjet printer, reducing production time and cost. The technique was developed at the St. Petersburg National Research University of Information...
Technique Sinters Thin Films at Lower Temps
CORVALLIS, Ore., Dec. 4, 2015 — A revised approach to the process of photonic sintering could advance thin films for solar cells, flexible electronics, sensors and other printed technologies by decreasing the temperature required for fabrication. Sintering is the fusing of...
Thin-Film Optical Filters for Phase Control Applications
Nov 30, 2015 — Thin-film filters (TFFs) can create virtually any spectral shape imaginable to modify the transmission or reflection of light in optical systems. During design, strong emphasis is often placed on optimizing the amplitude response, although for many...
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