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Chris Cole
Video & Presentation: Chris Cole
Capacity and Power Efficiency Increases in Fiber Optic Communications
Date: 03/01/2011
Type: Slides, Video
Technologies: Photonics
Tags: communications, fiberoptics, optical interfaces, power efficiency, wireless communication
High-quality white light produced by four-color laser source
Scientists at Sandia National Labs have developed a diode laser with lighting quality comparable to incadescents and the new lights could compete with LEDs once cost competitive.
Date: 10/26/2011
Type: News
Technologies: Lighting & Displays, Photonics
Tags: energy-efficient lighting, laser diodes, LED lighting
Zinc Oxide Microwires Improve Performance of Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs) Through the Piezo-Phototronic Effect
An advance in gallium nitride LEDs boosts the efficiency at which they produce ultraviolet light, with promising applications for chemical, biological, aerospace, military and medical technologies.
Date: 10/31/2011
Type: News
Technologies: Lighting & Displays, Photonics
Tags: Gallium Nitride, piezoelectrics, Zinc Oxide
Solar Power Could Get Boost from New Light Absorption Design
A unique arrangement of silicon oxide and metal allows the absorption of broad wavelengths from many angles, an improvement that could be used in traditional solar cells.
Date: 11/02/2011
Type: News
Technologies: Materials, Solar/Photovoltaics, Energy Conversion, Photonics
Tags: photovoltaics

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