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TABLE OF CONTENTS March 2012 Volume 6, Issue 3 Editorial Commentaries Interviews Research Highlights News and Views Progress Article Reviews Letters Articles Advertisement Direct writing of photonic and waveguides devices without stitching errors? Visit Raith and learn why FBMS writing does not induce stitching errors in Raith electron and ion beam lithography systems. Subscribe   Facebook   RSS   Recommend to library   Twitter   Advertisement Submit your next paper to Nature Photonics The Nature Photonics editorial team welcomes contributions from academic, industrial and government sectors across all areas of photonics and optoelectronics. For the Guide to Authors and online submission details click here   Editorial Top A sunny outlook p129 doi:10.1038/nphoton.2012.38 Using advanced technologies to improve photoinduced charge transfer and light harvesting is essential in the development of high-efficiency solar cells. Once the problem of energy storage has been overcome, solar energy is sure to become the world's major source of sustainable energy. Full Text | PDF Commentaries Top Harnessing plasmonics for solar cells pp130 - 132 Martin A. Green and Supriya Pillai doi:10.1038/nphoton.2012.30 Plasmons are free-electron oscillations in a conductor that allow light to be manipulated at the nanoscale. The ability of plasmons to guide and confine light on subwavelength scales is opening up new design possibilities for solar cells. Full Text | PDF Colloidal quantum dot solar cells pp133 - 135 Edward H. Sargent doi:10.1038/nphoton.2012.33 Solar cells based on solution-processed semiconductor nanoparticles — colloidal quantum dots — have seen rapid advances in recent years. By offering full-spectrum solar harvesting, these cells are poised to address the urgent need for low-cost, high-efficiency photovoltaics. Full Text | PDF Interviews Top Towards highly efficient solar cells pp136 - 137 Interview with Stuart Wenham doi:10.1038/nphoton.2012.37 Suntech Power is the world's largest producer of solar panels and has delivered more than 20 million photovoltaic panels to more than 80 countries around the globe. Nature Photonics spoke with Stuart Wenham, chief technology officer at Suntech Power, to find out more about its activities and visions. Full Text | PDF Research Highlights Top Optical manipulation: Large-scale control | Endoscopy: Nanoprobing | Semiconductors: Short-period superlattice | Light sources: Fibre 'black light' | Light scattering: Photonic nanojets | Optomechanics: Electrical coupling | Sensing: Plasmonic interferometry | Semiconductors: Contact-printing devices | Plasmonic antennas: Filtering circular polarization | Data Storage: DNA bio-approach News and Views Top Biophotonics: Blue butterflies feel the heat pp141 - 142 J. R. Sambles doi:10.1038/nphoton.2012.29 Bio-inspired by the nano-architectures of iridescent Morpho butterfly scales, scientists have demonstrated a highly sensitive infrared detector that can efficiently upconvert mid-infrared radiation to visible iridescence changes. Full Text | PDF See also: Article by Pris et al. Attosecond photonics: Extreme ultraviolet catastrophes pp142 - 143 Eleftherios Goulielmakis doi:10.1038/nphoton.2012.28 Extreme ultraviolet attosecond pulses, which emerge from the interaction of atoms with intense laser fields, play a central role in modern ultrafast science and the exploration of electron behaviour. Recent work now shows that catastrophe theory can help optimize the properties of these pulses. Full Text | PDF See also: Letter by Raz et al. Integration: Fibres embrace optoelectronics pp143 - 145 Markus A. Schmidt doi:10.1038/nphoton.2012.25 The demonstration of an in-fibre semiconductor photodetector with gigahertz bandwidth bodes well for the future development of hybrid fibre optoelectronics. Full Text | PDF See also: Letter by He et al. Plasmonic ablation: Moulding metals p145 David Pile doi:10.1038/nphoton.2012.26 Full Text | PDF Photonics JOBS of the week PhD in Computational Modelling of Photonic Nano-materials and Devices University College London Postdoctoral Position - Waitt Center for Advanced Biophotonics The Salk Institute for Biological Studies Postdoctoral positions in PHOTONICS: ICFOnest International Post-doctoral Program (COFUND) ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences Postdoctoral Position - Waitt Center for Advanced Biophotonics The Salk Institute for Biological Studies PhD studentship in cavity optomechanical magnetometry Queensland Quantum Optics Laboratory, The University of Queensland More Science jobs from Photonics EVENT 12th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference & EXPO SGEM2012 17.-23.06.12 Bulgaria More science events from Progress Article Top Understanding intermediate-band solar cells pp146 - 152 Antonio Luque, Antonio Martí and Colin Stanley doi:10.1038/nphoton.2012.1 The intermediate-band solar cell is designed to provide a large photogenerated current while maintaining a high output voltage. Nanostructured materials and certain alloys have been employed in the practical implementation of these devices. This Progress Article reviews the range of different approaches and discusses how to resolve the remaining technical issues. Abstract | Full Text | PDF Reviews Top Polymer solar cells pp153 - 161 Gang Li, Rui Zhu and Yang Yang doi:10.1038/nphoton.2012.11 This Review summarizes recent progress in the development of polymer solar cells. It covers the scientific origins and basic properties of polymer solar cell technology, material requirements and device operation mechanisms, while also providing a synopsis of major achievements in the field over the past few years. Potential future developments and the applications of this technology are also briefly discussed. Abstract | Full Text | PDF The renaissance of dye-sensitized solar cells pp162 - 169 Brian E. Hardin, Henry J. Snaith and Michael D. McGehee doi:10.1038/nphoton.2012.22 This Review focuses on several recent promising innovations in the field of dye-sensitized solar cells. The key strategies for device engineering and dye design are illustrated, together with explanations as to how these factors affect the robustness and power conversion efficiency of the final device. The outlook towards the commercialization of dye-sensitized solar cells is also described. Abstract | Full Text | PDF Letters Top Spectral caustics in attosecond science pp170 - 173 O. Raz, O. Pedatzur, B. D. Bruner and N. Dudovich doi:10.1038/nphoton.2011.353 By applying catastrophe theory to high-harmonic generation, researchers identify caustics relating to regions of spectral focusing and greatly enhanced field intensity. Abstract | Full Text | PDF See also: News and Views by Goulielmakis | Interview with Oren Raz Integration of gigahertz-bandwidth semiconductor devices inside microstructured optical fibres pp174 - 179 Rongrui He, Pier J. A. Sazio, Anna C. Peacock, Noel Healy, Justin R. Sparks, Mahesh Krishnamurthi, Venkatraman Gopalan and John V. Badding doi:10.1038/nphoton.2011.352 Fabricating doped semiconductor layers and p-n junctions inside silica optical fibres allows the realization of a new breed of in-fibre optoelectronic devices, such as photodetectors with gigahertz bandwidths. Abstract | Full Text | PDF See also: News and Views by Schmidt Articles Top Tandem polymer solar cells featuring a spectrally matched low-bandgap polymer pp180 - 185 Letian Dou, Jingbi You, Jun Yang, Chun-Chao Chen, Youjun He, Seiichiro Murase, Tom Moriarty, Keith Emery, Gang Li and Yang Yang doi:10.1038/nphoton.2011.356 Researchers demonstrate that PBDTT-DPP, a semiconducting polymer with a low bandgap of 1.44 eV, allows tandem polymer solar cells to reach power conversion efficiencies of around 8.6%. Abstract | Full Text | PDF Comb-based radiofrequency photonic filters with rapid tunability and high selectivity pp186 - 194 V. R. Supradeepa, Christopher M. Long, Rui Wu, Fahmida Ferdous, Ehsan Hamidi, Daniel E. Leaird and Andrew M. Weiner doi:10.1038/nphoton.2011.350 Using electro-optically generated frequency combs, scientists demonstrate radiofrequency photonic filters that can potentially provide simultaneous high stopband attenuation, fast tunability and bandwidth reconfiguration. Abstract | Full Text | PDF Towards high-speed imaging of infrared photons with bio-inspired nanoarchitectures pp195 - 200 Andrew D. Pris, Yogen Utturkar, Cheryl Surman, William G. Morris, Alexey Vert, Sergiy Zalyubovskiy, Tao Deng, Helen T. Ghiradella and Radislav A. Potyrailo doi:10.1038/nphoton.2011.355 Inspired by thermal expansion and refractive index changes in the nanostructures of iridescent Morpho butterfly scales, scientists demonstrate upconverted mid-wave infrared detection with a noise-equivalent temperature difference of 18-62 mK and a heat-sink-free response speed of 35-40 Hz. Abstract | Full Text | PDF See also: News and Views by Sambles Interview Top A happy catastrophe p202 Interview with Oren Raz doi:10.1038/nphoton.2012.32 The application of catastrophe theory to high-harmonic generation is creating opportunities for optimizing the spectral intensity of extreme-ultraviolet light and characterizing attosecond pulses, explains Oren Raz from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Full Text | PDF Top Advertisement Subscribe to Nature Photonics Providing a unique forum for all aspects of photonics and opto- electronics. Subscribe today and ensure you have access to the latest original research, Commentaries, Research Highlights, News & Views, Reviews and Correspondence published in the journal. Subscribe here.   Natureevents is a fully searchable, multi-disciplinary database designed to maximise exposure for events organisers. The contents of the Natureevents Directory are now live. The digital version is available here. 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