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The subject of lighting and energy will be one of the critical issues in the future. With the ever increasing demand for power across the globe and natural resources dwindling, the need for clean efficient energy generation is going to be key to maintaining economic development worldwide. But what are the developments now and how could you take advantage of these before your competitors do?
This study covers:
- Photonics materials and devices including carbon nanotubes, light pipes and photonic crystals
- Photonics in lighting applications such as automotive, LCD backlighting and lasers
- Photonics in energy applications including power modules, photoelectrolysis and photovoltaics
Contents include:
Introduction
- Objective
- Scope
- Methodology
- Definitions
Photonics materials and devices
- Overview
- Carbon nanotubes
- Fiber optics
- GaN
- LEDs
- Light pipes
- Nanocrystals
- OLEDs
- Phosphors (rare earth, nanostructured)
- Photonic crystals
- Quantum dots
Photonics manufacturing
- Overview
- Manufacturing processes
- - Low cost manufacturing
- - Passive alignment manufacturing technique
- - Silicon optical bench technology
- - Right approach for yield improvement
- - Deposition
- - Extrusion
- - Microlithography
- - Micromachining
- - Packaging
Photonics in lighting and energy applications
- Overview
- Photonics applications in lighting
- - Buildings
- - Aircraft
- - Automotive
- - Traffic
- LCD backlighting
- Projection lighting
- Lasers
Photonics in energy applications
- Data link systems
- Photovoltaic power converters
- Power modules
- Photoelectrolysis
- Photovoltaics
Future trends in photonics
Leading photonics suppliers and users in lighting and energy