Five-volt vertically-stacked, single-cell GaAs photonic power converter

CE Valdivia, MM Wilkins, B Bouzazi… - Physics, Simulation …, 2015 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The high-efficiency conversion of photonic power into electrical power is of broad-range
applicability to many industries due to its electrical isolation from the surrounding …

InP-and GaAs-based photonic power converters under O-band laser illumination: Performance analysis and comparison

MN Beattie, H Helmers, GP Forcade… - IEEE Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Photonic power converters (PPCs), which convert narrow-band light to electricity, are
essential components in power-by-light systems. When designed for telecommunications …

[HTML][HTML] Design and fabrication of six-volt vertically-stacked GaAs photovoltaic power converter

Y Zhao, Y Sun, Y He, S Yu, J Dong - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
A six-volt vertically-stacked, high current GaAs photovoltaic power converter (PPC) has been
designed and fabricated to produce output power over 1 W under monochromatic …

Performance impact of luminescent coupling on monolithic 12-junction phototransducers for 12 V photonic power systems

M Wilkins, CE Valdivia, S Chahal… - Physics, Simulation …, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
A twelve-junction monolithically-integrated GaAs phototransducer device with> 60% power
conversion efficiency and> 14 V open-circuit voltage under monochromatic illumination is …

[HTML][HTML] Perspective on photovoltaic optical power converters

S Fafard, DP Masson - Journal of Applied Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Optical wireless power transmission (OWPT) can be used for applications that cannot
access traditional power using metal wires. Photovoltaic power-converting III-V …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrahigh efficiencies in vertical epitaxial heterostructure architectures

S Fafard, MCA York, F Proulx, CE Valdivia… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Optical to electrical power converting semiconductor devices were achieved with
breakthrough performance by designing a Vertical Epitaxial Heterostructure Architecture …

[HTML][HTML] Vertical multi-junction laser power converters with 61% efficiency at 30 W output power and with tolerance to beam non-uniformity, partial illumination, and …

S Fafard, D Masson - Photonics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Stable and reliable optical power converting devices are obtained using vertical multi-
junction laser power converters. They are based on the GaAs and the InP material systems …

Pushing the boundaries of photovoltaic light to electricity conversion: A GaAs based photonic power converter with 68.9% efficiency

H Helmers, E Lopez, O Höhn, D Lackner… - 2021 IEEE 48th …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present recent results achieved in the field of photonic power conversion, ie
monochromatic light to electricity conversion, using photovoltaic cells. Based on a thin film …

68.9% efficient GaAs‐based photonic power conversion enabled by photon recycling and optical resonance

H Helmers, E Lopez, O Höhn, D Lackner… - physica status solidi …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
For solar cells operating under the broad‐band solar spectrum, the photovoltaic conversion
efficiency is fundamentally limited by transmission and thermalization losses. For …

A Ga0.51In0.49P/GaAs‐based photovoltaic converter for two‐directional optical power and data transmission

K Vänttinen, J Lammasniemi… - Progress in …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
A GaAs‐based photovoltaic converter for optical‐to‐electrical power conversion and for data
transmission was developed. the device structure is based on a modified GaAs solar cell …