Recent progresses in liquid phase crystallization enabled the fabrication of thin wafer quality crystalline silicon layers on low-cost glass substrates enabling conversion efficiencies up to 12.1%. Because of its indirect band gap, a thin silicon absorber layer demands for efficient measures for light management. However, the combination of high quality crystalline silicon and light trapping st...

The conventional production of lenses is a rather complicated process. Glass raw material which has been pressed to a rough form has to be processed on both sides in order to obtain a finished precision optical component. There have been recent advances in the optical fabrication techniques such as magnetorheological polishing (MRF), ion beam polishing and single point diamond turning (SPDT), b...

The increasing demand on high quality optical systems with complex geometries, low tolerances and a low installation space necessitates new replicative production systems for complex optical glass elements. The technology precision blank moulding shows promising properties to comply with these demands on an industrial bulk production. Due to the required high surface quality and low surface rou...

In  this paper  thin  films of  tin sulfide (SnS) were deposited on  the glass substrates using spray pyrolysis method with the substrate temperatures in the range of 400–600℃, keeping the other deposition parameters constant. In  this work  the characteristic of SnS  thin  films  investigated. The XRD pattern and optical transmittance of thin films also are discussed. With the change in concen...

With the development of automobile industry, automobile glass type and quantity increased quickly. Automobile glass not only protects the passenger, but also affects the security, appearance of automobile and passenger’s comfort. As a result, optical performance of automobile glass, which is the most parameter, has provoked the attention of manufacturer and consumer. At present, the detection t...