Color-rendering index (CRI) is widely used as a standard for assessing the color quality of white-light sources. However, due to various shortcomings with this 40-year-old metric, particularly with regard to white LEDs, various alternatives are being discussed and promoted.

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Scientists of the Fraunhofer IPMS succeeded in fabricating a large solar cell module (80 x 20 cm²) based on organic solar cells, which will be presented for the first time at the EU PVSEC 2010.

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Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU)today announced that Gabriel Charlet, a researcher from Bell Labs, the company’s research arm, has been recognized by the MIT Technology Review as one of the world’s top innovators under the age of 35 for his research in optical systems.  Selected from more than 300 nominees by a panel of expert judges and the editorial staff of Technology Review, the TR35 is an elite group of accomplished young innovators who exemplify the spirit of innovation. Their work--spanning medicine, computing, communications, nanotechnology, and more--is changing our world.

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Some of the thrills of 3D cinema reached this year the living room of the average family mainly through products designed in South East Asia or the United States, but the result is still far from perfect. That could change thanks to a technology developed by a German-Swiss partnership.

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The EC, Photonics21 and other entities are backing R&D for small photonics companies in Europe

As Europe emerges from recession and manufacturing capacity shows a timid increase, the continent's small- and medium-sized photonics companies are dusting themselves off and looking at what happens next.

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We discuss the experimental challenges and opportunities associated with two different AFM-based optoelectronic scanning probe techniques, photoconductive AFM (pcAFM) and time-resolved electrostatic force microscopy (trEFM), that have been used help understand how morphology impacts organic photovoltaic (OPV) performance.

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iDetecT 4ALL proposes to develop a novel Photonic Sensing technology based on an innovative approach utilizing ultra low cost electro-optical components. This novel approach enables to detect and Authenticate objects by a single sensor.

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Core and disruptive photonics technologies are in line for more than EUR115 million support under the European Union's information communication technology (ICT) program for 2011-2012.

The European Union (EU) is to support the development of core and disruptive photonics technologies with more than €115 million in project funding under the latest information communication technologies (ICT) research program. Read more

From 2004 through 2009, the photovoltaic industry experienced a boom in growth, with demand increasing by a compound annual 50% for the five-year period, and industry growth at 44% in 2009 vs. 2008.

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Municipalities in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Nebraska all receive new funding for LED traffic light and street light upgrades.

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