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The certification of solar cells with exceptional performance is now common practice in order to ratify claims. Should similar schemes be introduced for other optoelectronic devices?
Nature Photonics pays tribute to the pioneering scientists that helped define the field of photonics in the latter part of the twentieth century with the launch of an online collection of profiles.