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From LED to laser fusion: Green Photonics in a US perspective

From LED to laser fusion: Green Photonics in a US perspective Adv. Opt. Techn. 2014; 3(5-6): 483­485 Views Photonics technologies have a large impact on energy savings. That is well known, even to politicians. But how is this enforced in the markets? Andreas Thoss spoke with OIDA analyst Tom Hausken about his perspective on current developments in the USA. DOI 10.1515/aot-2014-0054 Tom Hausken Senior Industry Advisor AOT: A few years ago, Green Photonics has been popular in many discussions. Nowadays, I think, subfields such as photonics in carbon-free energy generation or energy efficient photonic devices are much more discussed. How do you see this point? Tom Hausken: Indeed, the perspective has changed. In the 2000s, there was a lot of talk about green energy and the like. People wanted to attach that to photonics as well. We focus more on individual technologies. All of the photonics technologies have been around for a long time. Solar, or let's say PV, LEDs, sensors for things like wind turbines and many more ­ they were here before, and they remain important, bigger than ever. They're important for all the same reasons they were important before the introduction of green labels. AOT: Thinking of energy efficiency, for example, is a wider societal issue. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Advanced Optical Technologies de Gruyter

From LED to laser fusion: Green Photonics in a US perspective

Thoss, Andreas
Advanced Optical Technologies , Volume 3 – Dec 1, 2014
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Adv. Opt. Techn. 2014; 3(5-6): 483­485 Views Photonics technologies have a large impact on energy savings. That is well known, even to politicians. But how is this enforced in the markets? Andreas Thoss spoke with OIDA analyst Tom Hausken about his perspective on current developments in the USA. DOI 10.1515/aot-2014-0054 Tom Hausken Senior Industry Advisor AOT: A few years ago, Green Photonics has been popular in many discussions. Nowadays, I think, subfields such as photonics in carbon-free energy generation or energy efficient photonic devices are much more discussed. How do you see this point? Tom Hausken: Indeed, the perspective has changed. In the 2000s, there was a lot of talk about green energy and the like. People wanted to attach that to photonics as well. We focus more on individual technologies. All of the photonics technologies have been around for a long time. Solar, or let's say PV, LEDs, sensors for things like wind turbines and many more ­ they were here before, and they remain important, bigger than ever. They're important for all the same reasons they were important before the introduction of green labels. AOT: Thinking of energy efficiency, for example, is a wider societal issue.

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