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Green photonics initiatives at Utsunomiya University
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Researchers at Utsunomiya University surveyed four active green photonics research initiatives in their Optical Engineering department, covering gas leak detection and quantification, improvements to solar panel efficiency, reduction of energy consumption in electronics devices, and detection of microplastics in the environment using photonic sensing techniques.
We survey four green photonics initiatives currently ongoing at the Optical Engineering department in Utsunomiya University. These involve (1) gas leak detection & quantification, (2) improving solar panel efficiency, (3) reducing energy consumption in electronics devices, and (4) detecting microplastics in the environment.
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