Solar photonics
Encyclopedia
Solar photonics is a science on the boundary between photonics
/optical communication
and solar energy. Basically the idea is to distribute solar energy though optical fibres or other photonic guides (liquids). The term is first found in the work by a research team at the Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel:
Examples mentioned in the referred publication are solar surgery, concentration of photonic power generation and solar photonics for nanotechnology.
Optical fibres are not designed to the given conditions. Research will have to find solutions to enable high power light transmission through optical fibres and other devices (e.g. liquids).
Photonics
The science of photonics includes the generation, emission, transmission, modulation, signal processing, switching, amplification, detection and sensing of light. The term photonics thereby emphasizes that photons are neither particles nor waves — they are different in that they have both particle...
/optical communication
Optical communication
Optical communication is any form of telecommunication that uses light as the transmission medium.An optical communication system consists of a transmitter, which encodes a message into an optical signal, a channel, which carries the signal to its destination, and a receiver, which reproduces the...
and solar energy. Basically the idea is to distribute solar energy though optical fibres or other photonic guides (liquids). The term is first found in the work by a research team at the Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel:
Examples mentioned in the referred publication are solar surgery, concentration of photonic power generation and solar photonics for nanotechnology.
Research topics
- the wide spectrum of solar light
- the high power of concentrated solar light
- solar light concentration
- solar laser generation
- artificial photo-synthesis
- photo-voltaic or nanoantenna form of power generation
- diffusion for lighting
- diffused and beamed form of collection
- hybride and simulteneous applications
Optical fibres are not designed to the given conditions. Research will have to find solutions to enable high power light transmission through optical fibres and other devices (e.g. liquids).