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A Lambertian light source is placed in the exit aperture of the concentrator. Looking into the concentrator?s entrance aperture from a remote position, one can photograph the transmission patterns. The patterns show the transmission of radiation through the concentrator with the full resolution of the four-dimensional phase space of geometric optics. By matching ray-tracing simulations to the measurement, one can achieve detailed and accurate information about the geometry of the concentrator. This is a remote, noncontact measurement and can be performed in situ for installed concentrators. Additional information regarding small-scale reflector waviness and surface reflectivity can also be obtained from the same measurement with additional analysis.", "publicationTitle": "Applied Optics", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "November 1, 2000", "volume": "39", "issue": "31", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "5679-5684", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Appl. 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The SWNTs were produced bya laser vaporization method and dispersed onto the detector surface by useof a simple airbrush technique. The detector was based on a 1-cm-diameter,60-?m-thick lithium tantalate disk having nickel electrodes. We report thespectral responsivity of the detector ranging from 600 to 1800 nm, as well asthe spatial and directional uniformity at 850 nm. Using Drude and Lorentzian dielectric functionsand an effective medium approximation to obtain the indices of refractionof semiconductor and metallic SWNTs, we compared the expected theoreticalrelative responsivity for the two types of tube with the measured relativeresponsivity of the detector. Values of thermal conductivity, specific heat,and damage threshold obtained from the literature are compared with propertiesof alternatives for thermal coatings such as gold-black and carbon-based paint.", "publicationTitle": "Applied Optics", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "February 1, 2005", "volume": "44", "issue": "4", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "483-488", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Appl. 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C.", "lastName": "Dillon" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "J.", "lastName": "Lehman" } ], "abstractNote": "The performance of a pyroelectric detector with a carbon multiwalled nanotube coating was evaluated in the 0.9-14 µm wavelength range. The relative spectral responsivity of this detector was shown to be flat over most of the wavelength range examined, and the spectral flatness was shown to be comparable to the best infrared black coatings currently available. This finding is promising because black coatings with spectrally flat absorbance profiles are usually associated with the highest absorbance values. The performance of the detector (in terms of noise equivalent power and specific detectivity) was limited by the very thick (250 µm thick) LiNbO3 pyroelectric crystal onto which the coating was deposited. The responsivity of this detector was shown to be linear in the 0.06-2.8 mW radiant power range, and its spatial uniformity was comparable to that of other pyroelectric detectors that use different types of black coating. The carbon nanotube coatings were reported to be much more durable than other infrared black coatings, such as metal blacks, that are commonly used to coat thermal detectors in the infrared. This, in combination with their excellent spectral flatness, suggests that carbon nanotube coatings appear extremely promising for thermal detection applications in the infrared.", "publicationTitle": "Applied Optics", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "February 20, 2006", "volume": "45", "issue": "6", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "1093-1097", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Appl. 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In addition, the spectral sensitivity over the wavelength range from 600 to 1800 nm was uniformly enhanced, with variations less than 1%. The results demonstrate the suitability of MWNTs as an efficient thermal absorber having low thermal mass.", "publicationTitle": "Optics Letters", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "April 1, 2007", "volume": "32", "issue": "7", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "772-774", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Opt. Lett.", "DOI": "10.1364/OL.32.000772", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://ol.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-32-7-772", "accessDate": "", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [ { "tag": "Detector materials" }, { "tag": "Detectors" }, { "tag": "Ferroelectrics" }, { "tag": "Interference coatings" }, { "tag": "Metrology" }, { "tag": "Thin films, optical properties" } ], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2014-04-01T18:56:06Z", "dateModified": "2014-04-01T18:56:06Z" } }, { "key": "H9SV4I94", "version": 2, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 257724, "name": "NREL in OSA", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/nrel_in_osa", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/257724/items/H9SV4I94", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/nrel_in_osa/items/H9SV4I94", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 250494, "username": "tsandberg", "name": "Tami Sandberg", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/tsandberg", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Theocharous et al.", "parsedDate": "2008-08-01", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "H9SV4I94", "version": 2, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Infrared responsivity of a pyroelectric detector with a single-wall carbon nanotube coating", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "E.", "lastName": "Theocharous" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "C.", "lastName": "Engtrakul" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "A. C.", "lastName": "Dillon" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "J.", "lastName": "Lehman" } ], "abstractNote": "The performance of a 10 mm diameter pyroelectric detector coated with a single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) was evaluated in the 0.8 to 20 ?m wavelength range. The relative spectral responsivity of this detector exhibits significant fluctuations over the wavelength range examined. This is consistent with independent absorbance measurements, which show that SWCNTs exhibit selective absorption bands in the visible and near-infrared. The performance of the detector in terms of noise equivalent power and detectivity in wavelength regions of high coating absorptivity was comparable with gold-black-coated pyroelectric detectors based on 50 ?m thick LiTaO3 crystals. The response of this detector was shown to be nonlinear for DC equivalent photocurrents >10?9 A, and its spatial uniformity of response was comparable with other pyroelectric detectors utilizing gold-black coatings. The nonuniform spectral responsivity exhibited by the SWCNT-coated detector is expected to severely restrict the use of SWCNTs as black coatings for thermal detectors. However, the deposition of SWCNT coatings on a pyroelectric crystal followed by the study of the prominence of the spectral features in the relative spectral responsivity of the resultant pyroelectric detectors is shown to provide an effective method for quantifying the impurity content in SWCNT samples.", "publicationTitle": "Applied Optics", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "August 1, 2008", "volume": "47", "issue": "22", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "3999-4003", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Appl. 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A description of current nondestructive, laboratory techniques, and the potential adoption for the production line will the focus of this presentation.", "proceedingsTitle": "", "conferenceName": "Renewable Energy and the Environment", "publisher": "Optical Society of America", "place": "", "date": "November 2, 2011", "eventPlace": "", "volume": "", "issue": "", "numberOfVolumes": "", "pages": "EThD3", "series": "OSA Technical Digest (CD)", "seriesNumber": "", "DOI": "10.1364/E2.2011.EThD3", "ISBN": "", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=E2-2011-EThD3", "accessDate": "", "ISSN": "", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [ { "tag": "General" }, { "tag": "Testing" } ], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2014-04-01T18:56:06Z", "dateModified": "2014-04-01T18:56:06Z" } }, { "key": "IC4VPQ5P", "version": 2, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 257724, "name": "NREL in OSA", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/nrel_in_osa", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/257724/items/IC4VPQ5P", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/nrel_in_osa/items/IC4VPQ5P", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 250494, "username": "tsandberg", "name": "Tami Sandberg", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/tsandberg", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Heshmat et al.", "parsedDate": "2011-08-01", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "IC4VPQ5P", "version": 2, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Single-walled carbon nanotubes as base material for THz photoconductive switching: a theoretical study from input power to output THz emission", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Barmak", "lastName": "Heshmat" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Hamid", "lastName": "Pahlevaninezhad" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Matthew Craig", "lastName": "Beard" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Chris", "lastName": "Papadopoulos" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Thomas Edward", "lastName": "Darcie" } ], "abstractNote": "This paper studies the relation between photoexcitation of a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) based device, and its THz output power in the context of THz photoconductive (PC) switching and THz photomixing. A detailed approach of calculating output THz power for such a device describes the effect of each parameter on the performance of the THz PC switch and highlights the design dependent achievable limits. A numerical assessment, with typical values for each parameter, shows that?subject to thermal stability of the device?SWNT based PC switch can improve the output power by almost two orders of magnitudes compared to conventional materials such as LT-GaAs.", "publicationTitle": "Optics Express", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "August 1, 2011", "volume": "19", "issue": "16", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "15077-15089", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Opt. 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This talk will give an overview and highlight the opportunities. Article not available.", "proceedingsTitle": "", "conferenceName": "Renewable Energy and the Environment", "publisher": "Optical Society of America", "place": "", "date": "November 2, 2011", "eventPlace": "", "volume": "", "issue": "", "numberOfVolumes": "", "pages": "JThA3", "series": "OSA Technical Digest (CD)", "seriesNumber": "", "DOI": "10.1364/E2.2011.JThA3", "ISBN": "", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=E2-2011-JThA3", "accessDate": "", "ISSN": "", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [ { "tag": "General" } ], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2014-04-01T18:56:06Z", "dateModified": "2014-04-01T18:56:06Z" } }, { "key": "NGNRRJE9", "version": 2, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 257724, "name": "NREL in OSA", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/nrel_in_osa", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/257724/items/NGNRRJE9", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/nrel_in_osa/items/NGNRRJE9", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 250494, "username": "tsandberg", "name": "Tami Sandberg", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/tsandberg", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Weiss et al.", "parsedDate": "2011-10-10", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "NGNRRJE9", "version": 2, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Diffractive light trapping in crystal-silicon films: experiment and electromagnetic modeling", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Dirk N.", "lastName": "Weiss" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Benjamin G.", "lastName": "Lee" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Dustin A.", "lastName": "Richmond" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "William", "lastName": "Nemeth" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Qi", "lastName": "Wang" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Douglas A.", "lastName": "Keszler" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Howard M.", "lastName": "Branz" } ], "abstractNote": "Diffractive light trapping in 1.5??m thick crystal silicon films is studied experimentally through hemispherical reflection measurements and theoretically through rigorous coupled-wave analysis modeling. The gratings were fabricated by nanoimprinting of dielectric precursor films. The model data, which match the experimental results well without the use of any fitting parameters, are used to extract the light trapping efficiency. Diffractive light trapping is studied as a function of incidence angle, and an enhancement of light absorption is found for incidence angles up to 50° for both TE and TM polarizations.", "publicationTitle": "Applied Optics", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "October 10, 2011", "volume": "50", "issue": "29", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "5728-5734", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Appl. 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E.", "lastName": "McMahon" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "J. S.", "lastName": "Ward" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "J. F.", "lastName": "Geisz" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "M. W.", "lastName": "Wanlass" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "J. J.", "lastName": "Carapella" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "W.", "lastName": "Olavarria" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "M.", "lastName": "Young" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "M. A.", "lastName": "Steiner" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "R. M.", "lastName": "Frances" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "A. E.", "lastName": "Kibbler" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "A.", "lastName": "Duda" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "J. M.", "lastName": "Olson" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "E. E.", "lastName": "Perl" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "D. J.", "lastName": "Friedman" } ], "abstractNote": "Abstract not available.", "proceedingsTitle": "", "conferenceName": "Asia Communications and Photonics Conference", "publisher": "Optical Society of America", "place": "", "date": "November 7, 2012", "eventPlace": "", "volume": "", "issue": "", "numberOfVolumes": "", "pages": "ATh3F.3", "series": "OSA Technical Digest (online)", "seriesNumber": "", "DOI": "10.1364/ACP.2012.ATh3F.3", "ISBN": "", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ACP-2012-ATh3F.3", "accessDate": "", "ISSN": "", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [ { "tag": "General" } ], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2014-04-01T18:56:06Z", "dateModified": "2014-04-01T18:56:06Z" } }, { "key": "RJMP6PMF", "version": 2, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 257724, "name": "NREL in OSA", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/nrel_in_osa", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/257724/items/RJMP6PMF", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/nrel_in_osa/items/RJMP6PMF", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 250494, "username": "tsandberg", "name": "Tami Sandberg", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/tsandberg", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Li et al.", "parsedDate": "2012-03-12", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "RJMP6PMF", "version": 2, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Spectral optical properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film between 0.73 and 6.5 eV", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Jian", "lastName": "Li" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Hui", "lastName": "Du" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Yarbrough" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Andrew", "lastName": "Norman" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Kim", "lastName": "Jones" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Glenn", "lastName": "Teeter" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Fred Lewis", "lastName": "Terry" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Dean", "lastName": "Levi" } ], "abstractNote": "A polycrystalline Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film was deposited on fused quartz by co-evaporation. The selected thickness was ~100 nm to avoid artifacts in its optical properties caused by thicker as-grown films. The composition and phase of the film were checked with x-ray fluorescence, Raman shift spectroscopy, scanning transmission electron microscopy, and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy. An improved spectroscopic ellipsometry methodology with two-side measurement geometries was applied to extract the complex dielectric function ? = ?1 + i?2 of the Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film between 0.73 and 6.5 eV. Five critical points were observed, at 1.32 (fundamental band gap), 2.92, 3.92, 4.96, and 5.62 eV, respectively. The ? spectra are in reasonable agreement with those from theoretical calculations.", "publicationTitle": "Optics Express", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "March 12, 2012", "volume": "20", "issue": "S2", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "A327-A332", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Opt. 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While 9% solar cells on test substrates prove feasibility, improved seeds and light trapping will be required to achieve >15%.", "proceedingsTitle": "", "conferenceName": "Renewable Energy and the Environment Optics and Photonics Congress", "publisher": "Optical Society of America", "place": "", "date": "November 11, 2012", "eventPlace": "", "volume": "", "issue": "", "numberOfVolumes": "", "pages": "PW1B.1", "series": "OSA Technical Digest (online)", "seriesNumber": "", "DOI": "10.1364/PV.2012.PW1B.1", "ISBN": "", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=PV-2012-PW1B.1", "accessDate": "", "ISSN": "", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [ { "tag": "General" } ], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2014-04-01T18:56:06Z", "dateModified": "2014-04-01T18:56:06Z" } }, { "key": "WXXIRHVX", "version": 2, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 257724, "name": "NREL in OSA", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/nrel_in_osa", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/257724/items/WXXIRHVX", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/nrel_in_osa/items/WXXIRHVX", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 250494, "username": "tsandberg", "name": "Tami Sandberg", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/tsandberg", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Farrell et al.", "parsedDate": "2013-06-09", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "WXXIRHVX", "version": 2, "itemType": "conferencePaper", "title": "InGaN-Based Solar Cells and High-Performance Broadband Optical Coatings for Ultrahigh Efficiency Hybrid Multijunction Device Designs", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Robert M.", "lastName": "Farrell" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Daniel J.", "lastName": "Friedman" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Nathan", "lastName": "Young" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Emmett", "lastName": "Perl" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Nihal", "lastName": "Singh" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Jordan", "lastName": "Lang" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Carl", "lastName": "Neufeld" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Michael", "lastName": "Iza" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Samantha", "lastName": "Cruz" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Stacia", "lastName": "Keller" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "William E.", "lastName": "McMahon" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Shuji", "lastName": "Nakamura" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Steven P.", "lastName": "DenBaars" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Umesh K.", "lastName": "Mishra" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "John E.", "lastName": "Bowers" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "James S.", "lastName": "Speck" } ], "abstractNote": "Efficiencies exceeding 40% have already been achieved with GaAs-based multijunction (MJ) solar cells. In this talk, we will discuss the unique advantages and challenges of fabricating hybrid InGaN-GaAs MJ cells for ultrahigh efficiency device designs.", "proceedingsTitle": "", "conferenceName": "CLEO: 2013", "publisher": "Optical Society of America", "place": "", "date": "June 9, 2013", "eventPlace": "", "volume": "", "issue": "", "numberOfVolumes": "", "pages": "ATh4N.4", "series": "", "seriesNumber": "", "DOI": "10.1364/CLEO_AT.2013.ATh4N.4", "ISBN": "", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=CLEO_AT-2013-ATh4N.4", "accessDate": "", "ISSN": "", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [ { "tag": "Antireflection coatings" }, { "tag": "Semiconductor materials" }, { "tag": "Solar energy" } ], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2014-04-01T18:56:06Z", "dateModified": "2014-04-01T18:56:06Z" } }, { "key": "W9UWMGZZ", "version": 2, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 257724, "name": "NREL in OSA", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/nrel_in_osa", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/257724/items/W9UWMGZZ", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/nrel_in_osa/items/W9UWMGZZ", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 250494, "username": "tsandberg", "name": "Tami Sandberg", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/tsandberg", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Zhao et al.", "parsedDate": "2013-12-16", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "W9UWMGZZ", "version": 2, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "High efficient blue emission of Ce3+ activated Ca4P2O9 phosphor for white LEDs", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Xin", "lastName": "Zhao" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Li", "lastName": "Fan" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Tao", "lastName": "Yu" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Zhaosheng", "lastName": "Li" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Zhigang", "lastName": "Zou" } ], "abstractNote": "Intense blue emission from Ca4P2O9:Ce3+ phosphor was observed with CIE chromaticity coordinates (0.157, 0.094) and a high external quantum yield up to 64.8%. Concentration quenching effect of Ca4P2O9:xCe3+ indicated that the optimal Ce3+ concentration was at x = 0.005, and the energy transfer among the nearest neighbor ions accounted for this quenching. Good thermal stability of the optimal phosphor was also shown, since 90% of the initial intensity (at 300 K) remained as the temperature increased from 300 to 400 K. Ca4P2O9:0.005Ce3+ can act as a promising blue-emitting phosphor for white LEDs.", "publicationTitle": "Optics Express", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "December 16, 2013", "volume": "21", "issue": "25", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "31660-31667", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Opt. Express", "DOI": "10.1364/OE.21.031660", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-21-25-31660", "accessDate": "", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [ { "tag": "Fluorescent and luminescent materials" }, { "tag": "Photoluminescence" } ], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2014-04-01T18:56:06Z", "dateModified": "2014-04-01T18:56:06Z" } }, { "key": "UNG7KX85", "version": 2, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 257724, "name": "NREL in OSA", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/nrel_in_osa", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/257724/items/UNG7KX85", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/nrel_in_osa/items/UNG7KX85", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 250494, "username": "tsandberg", "name": "Tami Sandberg", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/tsandberg", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Slusser et al.", "parsedDate": "1999-03-20", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "UNG7KX85", "version": 2, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Comparison of Column Ozone Retrievals by use of an UV Multifilter Rotating Shadow-band Radiometer with those from Brewer and Dobson Spectrophotometers", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "James", "lastName": "Slusser" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "James", "lastName": "Gibson" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "David", "lastName": "Bigelow" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Donald", "lastName": "Kolinski" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Wanfeng", "lastName": "Mou" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Gloria", "lastName": "Koenig" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Arthur", "lastName": "Beaubien" } ], "abstractNote": "The U.S. Department of Agriculture UV-B Monitoring Program measures ultraviolet light at seven wavelengths from 300 to 368 nm with an ultraviolet multifilter rotating shadow-band radiometer (UV-MFRSR) at 25 sites across the United States, including Mauna Loa, Hawaii. Column ozone has been retrieved under all-sky conditions near Boulder, Colorado (40.177 °N, 105.276 °W), from global irradiances of the UV-MFRSR 332- and 305-nm channels (2 nm FWHM) using lookup tables generated from a multiple-scattering radiative transfer code suitable for solar zenith angles (SZA?s) up to 90°. The most significant sources of error for UV-MFRSR column ozone retrievals at SZA?s less than 75° are the spectral characterizations of the filters and the absolute calibration uncertainty, which together yield an estimated uncertainty in ozone retrievals of ?4.0%. Using model sensitivity studies, we determined that the retrieved column ozone is relatively insensitive (<?2%) to typical variations in aerosol optical depth, cloud cover, surface pressure, stratospheric temperature, and surface albedo. For 5 months in 1996?1997 the mean ratio of column ozone retrieved by the UV-MFRSR divided by that retrieved by the collocated Brewer was 1.024 and for the UV-MFRSR divided by those from a nearby Dobson was 1.025. The accuracy of the retrieval becomes unreliable at large SZA?s of more than 75° as the detection limit of the 305-nm channel is reached and because of overall angular response errors. The UV-MFRSR advantages of relatively low cost, unattended operation, automated calibration stability checks using Langley plots, and minimal maintenance make it a unique instrument for column ozone measurement.", "publicationTitle": "Applied Optics", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "March 20, 1999", "volume": "38", "issue": "9", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "1543-1551", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Appl. Opt.", "DOI": "10.1364/AO.38.001543", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://ao.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-38-9-1543", "accessDate": "", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [ { "tag": "Atmospheric composition" }, { "tag": "Filters, interference" }, { "tag": "Ozone" }, { "tag": "Radiometry" }, { "tag": "Ultraviolet" } ], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2014-04-01T18:56:06Z", "dateModified": "2014-04-01T18:56:06Z" } }, { "key": "X34PXWG2", "version": 2, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 257724, "name": "NREL in OSA", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/nrel_in_osa", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/257724/items/X34PXWG2", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/nrel_in_osa/items/X34PXWG2", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 250494, "username": "tsandberg", "name": "Tami Sandberg", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/tsandberg", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Gao et al.", "parsedDate": "2001-07-01", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "X34PXWG2", "version": 2, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Direct-Sun Column Ozone Retrieval by the Ultraviolet Multifilter Rotating Shadow-Band Radiometer and Comparison with Those from Brewer and Dobson Spectrophotometers", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Wei", "lastName": "Gao" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "James", "lastName": "Slusser" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "James", "lastName": "Gibson" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Gwendolyn", "lastName": "Scott" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "David", "lastName": "Bigelow" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "James", "lastName": "Kerr" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Bruce", "lastName": "McArthur" } ], "abstractNote": "A methodology for direct-Sun ozone retrieval using the ultraviolet multifilter rotating shadow-band radiometer (UV-MFRSR) is presented. Total vertical column ozone was retrieved in three stations: Mauna Loa, Hawaii, in the U.S., and Regina, Saskatchewan, and Toronto, Ontario, in Canada, from direct solar irradiances of the UV-MFRSR at 325-, 305-, 332-, and 311-nm channels (2-nm FWHM). The total uncertainty of ozone retrievals in this study is ?2.0%. For Mauna Loa the mean ratios of the UV-MFRSR column ozone retrievals to the collocated Dobson and Brewer were 0.998 and 0.986 between May and September of 1999. The mean ratio of UV-MFRSR retrievals to the collocated Brewer retrievals was 1.012 in Toronto between April and August of 1999, and the mean ratio of retrievals of the UV-MFRSR to the collocated Brewer was 0.988 in Regina between June and September of 1999. Total vertical column ozone values for solar zenith angles of >70° were not considered, because of the signal-to-noise ratio and the angular response of the instruments, and were not used in the evaluation. The advantages of total vertical column ozone retrieval using UV-MFRSR include relatively low cost, computer-controlled operation, automated calibration stability checks, and minimal maintenance. It allows for the real-time measurement of total vertical column ozone. The UV-MFRSR is being used at 28 sites across the United States and 2 sites in Canada that form the U.S. Department of Agriculture UV-B Radiation Monitoring and Research Program. This constitutes a unique network of total vertical column ozone measurement.", "publicationTitle": "Applied Optics", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "July 1, 2001", "volume": "40", "issue": "19", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "3149-3155", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Appl. 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We present a novel design consisting of a home-built femtosecond Yb-doped KGdWO4 laser with an optical multiplexer, which is coupled with a commercial Olympus IX-71 microscope frame. Photon counting is performed using single-element detectors and an inexpensive electronic demultiplexer and counters.", "publicationTitle": "Applied Optics", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "April 10, 2009", "volume": "48", "issue": "11", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "2067-2077", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Appl. 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The keys to achieving these high efficiencies include: 1) use of multiple materials that span the solar spectrum, 2) growth of these materials with near-perfect quality by using epitaxial growth on single-crystal substrates, and 3) use of concentration. Growth of near-perfect semiconductor materials is possible when the lattice constants of the materials are matched or nearly matched to that of a single-crystal substrate. Multiple material combinations have now demonstrated efficiencies exceeding 40%, motivating incorporation of these cells into concentrator systems for electricity generation. The use of concentration confers several key advantages.", "publicationTitle": "Optics Express", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "April 26, 2010", "volume": "18", "issue": "S1", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "A73-A78", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Opt. 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