BT Imaging designs and develops luminescence-imaging systems for the photovoltaic manufacturing industry. BT Imaging’s systems are used for research, product and process development, production manufacturing inspection, and quality control of silicon blocks, wafers, photovoltaic cells and photovoltaic modules. Originally developed at the world-leading Centre of Excellence for Advanced Silicon Photovoltaics and Photonics at the University of New South Wales, by Thorsten Trupke, BT Imaging’s chief technical officer, and Robert Bardos, the company’s vice president of research and development, BT Imaging's patented photoluminescence technology uniquely allows real time electronic inspection of every wafer or solar cell processed through a manufacturing line. Headquartered in Australia, BT Imaging has a world-class R&D centre with close ties to the University of New South Wales; sales and marketing operations based in Germany and California; and distributors in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China and South East Asia. BT Imaging’s management team brings together outstanding expertise in production tool design and development, semiconductor physics, chemical engineering, photovoltaics, image processing, inspection, and yield.