Virtual Feature Issue

Energy Express: Light, Energy and the Environment (2017)

Jianguo Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (Lead Editor)
Matt Beard, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA
Olindo Isabella, Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands
Jianxin Tang, Soochow University, China

Feature issue introduction: light, energy and the environment, 2017

Jianguo Liu, Matt Beard, Olindo Isabella, and Jianxin Tang

Opt. Express 26(14), A636-A639 (2018) View: HTML | PDF

Environmental Monitoring

Phytoplankton photosynthetic rate measurement using tunable pulsed light induced fluorescence kinetics

Gaofang Yin, Nanjing Zhao, Chaoyi Shi, Shuang Chen, Zhisong Qin, Xiaoling Zhang, Ruifang Yan, Tingting Gan, Jianguo Liu, and Wenqing Liu

Opt. Express 26(6), A293-A300 (2018) View: HTML | PDF

Development of a portable cavity ring down spectroscopy instrument for simultaneous, in situ measurement of NO₃ and N₂O₅

Zhiyan Li, Renzhi Hu, Pinhua Xie, Hao Chen, Shengyang Wu, Fengyang Wang, Yihui Wang, Liuyi Ling, Jianguo Liu, and Wenqing Liu

Opt. Express 26(10), A433-A449 (2018) View: HTML | PDF

Lasers and Laser Optics

Semipolar InGaN quantum-well laser diode with integrated amplifier for visible light communications

Chao Shen, Tien Khee Ng, Changmin Lee, Shuji Nakamura, James S. Speck, Steven P. DenBaars, Ahmed Y. Alyamani, Munir M. El-Desouki, and Boon S. Ooi

Opt. Express 26(6), A219-A226 (2018) View: HTML | PDF

On-line analysis of algae in water by discrete three-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy

Nanjing Zhao, Xiaoling Zhang, Gaofang Yin, Ruifang Yang, Li Hu, Shuang Chen, Jianguo Liu, and Wenqing Liu

Opt. Express 26(6), A251-A259 (2018) View: HTML | PDF

Comparison of metal/polymer back reflectors with half-sphere, blazed, and pyramid gratings for light trapping in III-V solar cells

Timo Aho, Mircea Guina, Farid Elsehrawy, Federica Cappelluti, Marianna Raappana, Antti Tukiainen, A. B. M. Khairul Alam, Ismo Vartiainen, Markku Kuittinen, and Tapio Niemi

Opt. Express 26(6), A331-A340 (2018) View: HTML | PDF

Materials for Energy Applications

Effect of non-stoichiometry on optical, radiative, and thermal characteristics of ceria undergoing reduction

Vincent M. Wheeler, José I. Zapata, Peter B. Kreider, and Wojciech Lipiński

Opt. Express 26(10), A360-A373 (2018) View: HTML | PDF

Variation in efficiency with change in band gap and thickness in thin film amorphous silicon tandem heterojunction solar cells with AFORS-HET

Muhammad Riaz, Ahmed C. Kadhim, Susan K. Earles, and Ahmad Azzahrani

Opt. Express 26(14), A626-A635 (2018) View: HTML | PDF

Guided-mode resonance gratings for enhanced mid-infrared absorption in quantum dot intermediate-band solar cells

Farid Elsehrawy, Tapio Niemi, and Federica Cappelluti

Opt. Express 26(6), A352-A359 (2018) View: HTML | PDF

Performance of a prototype stationary catadioptric concentrating photovoltaic module

John Lloyd, Michael Pavilonis, Christopher Gladden, Chadwick Casper, Kevin Schneider, William McMahon, and Peter Kozodoy

Opt. Express 26(10), A413-A419 (2018) View: HTML | PDF

Remote Sensing and Sensors

Automatic baseline correction method for the open-path Fourier transform infrared spectra by using simple iterative averaging

Xianchun Shen, Liang Xu, Shubin Ye, Rong Hu, Ling Jin, Hanyang Xu, and Wenqing Liu

Opt. Express 26(10), A609-A614 (2018) View: HTML | PDF [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

Comparison of metal/polymer back reflectors with half-sphere, blazed, and pyramid gratings for light trapping in III-V solar cells

Timo Aho, Mircea Guina, Farid Elsehrawy, Federica Cappelluti, Marianna Raappana, Antti Tukiainen, A. B. M. Khairul Alam, Ismo Vartiainen, Markku Kuittinen, and Tapio Niemi

Opt. Express 26(6), A331-A340 (2018) View: HTML | PDF