Light, Energy and the Environment, 2018: introduction to the joint feature issue.

This joint feature issue of Optics Express and Applied Optics highlights contributions from authors who presented their latest research at the OSA Light, Energy and the Environment Congress, held in Sentosa Island, Singapore from 5 to 8 November 2018. The joint feature issue comprises 11 contributed papers, which expand upon their respective conference proceedings. The published papers introduced here cover a broad range of timely research topics in optics and photonics for lighting and illumination, solar energy, hyperspectral imaging, and environmental sensing.

[1]  G. Wysocki,et al.  Feature issue introduction: Light, Energy and the Environment, 2014. , 2015, Optics express.

[2]  N. Zhao,et al.  On-line quantitative analysis of heavy metals in water based on laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. , 2019, Optics express.

[3]  Peter Bermel,et al.  Radiative cooling for low-bandgap photovoltaics under concentrated sunlight. , 2019, Optics express.

[4]  Jianguo Liu,et al.  Feature issue introduction: light, energy and the environment, 2015. , 2016, Optics express.

[5]  Robert A Norwood,et al.  Silicone optical elements for cost-effective freeform solar concentration. , 2019, Optics express.

[6]  P. Xie,et al.  Development of a field system for measurement of tropospheric OH radical using laser-induced fluorescence technique. , 2019, Optics express.

[7]  S. Duttagupta,et al.  Design, fabrication, and analysis of double-layer antireflection coatings (ARC) for industrial bifacial n-type crystalline silicon solar cells. , 2019, Applied optics.

[8]  S. Kaasalainen,et al.  Portable hyperspectral lidar utilizing 5 GHz multichannel full waveform digitization. , 2019, Optics express.

[9]  Jianxin Tang,et al.  Feature issue introduction: light, energy and the environment, 2017. , 2018, Optics express.

[10]  B. Richards,et al.  Methodology of energy yield modelling of perovskite-based multi-junction photovoltaics. , 2019, Optics express.

[11]  Xukun Yin,et al.  Highly sensitive photoacoustic multicomponent gas sensor for SF6 decomposition online monitoring. , 2019, Optics express.

[12]  Wendy Davis,et al.  Blur perception and visual clarity in light projection systems. , 2019, Optics express.

[13]  Andreas Behrendt,et al.  Feature issue introduction: Light, Energy and the Environment, 2016. , 2017, Optics express.