Information about several papers discussed at Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) Autumn Meeting held from September 11-14, 2012 in Japan is presented. Topics include results for tandem solar cells, conversion efficiency and ability to convert broadband thermal emission into a narrowband spectrum. The symposium featured 5,700 researchers and scientists.
*PHOTOVOLTAIC power generation, *CONFERENCES & conventions, *SOLAR energy
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Information about several papers discussed at a conference on photovoltaics held from October 19-21, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan is presented. It describes the aim of the conference was to enable scientists, industrialists, and politicians to get an insight in the evolution of solar cells. The conference featured several researchers including Mayasa Yasui, Ryne Raffaelle, and Alan Heeger.
Information about several papers discussed at an annual spring meeting of the Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) held on March 17-20, 2010 in Japan is presented. Sigma Koki Co. Ltd. developed a technique that improved the optical damage threshold of polished optical components. Yasuhiko Arakawa from the University of Tokyo observed lasing from a three-dimension photonic crystal. Toshihiko Kiwa of the Okayama University used femtosecond laser pulses to measure potential hydrogen (PH) values.
The article offers information on the International Symposium on Terahertz Nanoscience (TeraNano), held jointly with the Workshop of International Terahertz Research Network on November 24-29, 2011 in Osaka, Japan. The interdisciplinary domains of nanotechnology and terahertz technology were the focus of discussion at the symposium. The speaker at the event include Jun-Ichiro Kono from Rice University in the USA, and Masayoshi Tonouchi from Osaka University.
The article tackles several developments of the journal. Readers will immediately notice that the January 2009 issue of the journal looks somewhat different. In 2009, In 2009, the journal will be running four such Technology Focus supplements on the topics of semiconductor light sources, materials processing, imaging and organic photonics. The journal is also busy preparing for its conference that will take place in Tokyo, Japan on October 20-22, 2009 on future perspectives for photovoltaics.
INFORMATION retrieval, INDUSTRIAL lasers, MAGNETIZATION, MAGNETIC fields
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The article provides information on a research conducted by the scientists from the Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands and Nihon University in Japan regarding the effect of light on increasing the writing speeds in computers. According to the researchers, the laser pulses they used were just 40-file system long but it proved that optics provided a faster technique for magnetization reversal than magnetic fields.