Ripple-free boost-mode power supply using photonic power conversion

MM Wilkins, M Ishigaki, PO Provost… - … on Power Electronics, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Photonic power converters (PPCs) are a class of photovoltaic devices designed for efficient
conversion of monochromatic (laser or LED) light to electricity. These devices are composed …

Challenges and strategies for implementing the vertical epitaxial heterostructure architechture (VEHSA) design for concentrated photovoltaic applications

MCA York, A Mailhot, A Boucherif, R Arès… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Monochromatic conversion efficiencies in excess of 60% have been achieved with Vertical
Epitaxial HeteroStructure Architechture laser power converters (with anywhere from 5 to 20+ …

Fabrication and characterization of a high-power assembly with a 20-junction monolithically stacked laser power converter

CG Guan, L Li, HM Ji, S Luo, PF Xu… - IEEE Journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An increasing number of applications require an electrical source with good insulation and
high power. Power over fiber (POF) technology has excellent insulating characteristics and …

Four-junction AlGaAs/GaAs laser power converter

J Huang, Y Sun, Y Zhao, S Yu, J Dong… - Journal of …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Four-junction AlGaAs/GaAs laser power converters (LPCs) with n+-GaAs/p+-Al 0.37
Ga 0.63 As heterostructure tunnel junctions (TJs) have been designed and grown by metal …

Characterizations of high-voltage vertically-stacked GaAs laser power converter

J Huang, Y Sun, Y Zhao, S Yu, K Li… - Journal of …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Six-junction vertically-stacked GaAs laser power converters (LPCs) with n+-GaAs/p+-Al 0.37
Ga 0.63 As tunnel junctions have been designed and grown by metal-organic chemical …