OSA
The Optical Society

Advancing the Science and Technology of Light

Optics for Solar Energy (SOLAR)

11 November - 15 November 2012, Hotel Pullman Eindhoven Cocagne, Eindhoven , Netherlands



Invited Speakers

Plenary Speaker:

Opportunities for Optical Designs in Driving Concentrating Photovoltaic Technology, Sarah Kurtz, Interim NCPV Director, NREL, USA

Invited Speakers

Luminescent and Non-Luminescent Solar Concentrators: Challenges and Progress, Dick de Boer, Philips Research Labs, The Netherlands

Amonix Concentration Photovoltaic Power Plants, Geoffrey S. Kinsey, Amonix  Inc., USA

Materials for Fresnel lenses in Concentrating Photovoltaics, Ralf Leutz, Ling Fu, Hans Philipp Annen, Concentrator Optics GmbH, Germany

Plasmonic Photovoltaics: Linking Nanophotonics with Carrier Transport Considerations, Stefan Maier, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Thin Stretched Fresnel Lenses for Concentrating Photovoltaic (CPV) Applications in Space and on the Ground Mark J. O'Neill, Entech Solar, Inc., USA

A Review of Photovoltaic Cavity Converter Optics and It's Impact on Multijunction and Multi-bandgap Systems, Ugur Ortabasi, United Innovations, USA

A CPV Thesis, David Schultz, Banyan Energy, Inc., USA

Light Trapping and Quantum Semiconductor Structures for High-Efficiency Photovoltaics, Edward T. Yu, Microelectronics Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

High Efficiency Solar Cells at Solar Junction, Homan Yuen, Solar Junction, USA

Important Information

Important Dates

  • Abstract Submission Deadline 8 July 2012 16.00 GMT
  • Housing Deadline 12 October 2012
  • Registration Deadline 22 October 2012