In the second of two articles covering the advanced photonics technologies under development at Intel, we focus on silicon.

US developer says that it is ready to manufacture high-efficiency cells based on innovative bi-facial crystal structure.

Universal Display's high-efficacy organic LED luminaire technology features inside a lighting system made by Armstrong World Industries.

Giant Japanese company achieves latest milestone with pseudo-continuous emission of laser at a 50 per cent duty cycle.

The UK company's North American operation is to lead development of a blue laser system for high-speed, covert submarine communications.

Evolutionary changes to manufacturing process will enable a route to volume production of cells with 20% conversion efficiency.

Three SBIR awards are focused on developing organic LED technology for high-efficiency lighting.

Following on from the Accord project, the component exchange scheme will promote co-operation between European SMEs and researchers.

Phase 1B award targets high-power source for eventual use in extreme UV lithography systems.

A team from Sony, Hitachi and AIST shows that it will be possible to make green laser diodes with the high efficiencies needed for pico-projectors.

Advanced design should aid route to commercialization for OLED luminaires by doing away with need for power management circuitry.

As forecasts suggest that concentrated PV could become a gigawatt-scale market in five years, JDSU officially launches a proprietary high-efficiency cell.