OPL Poet Technologies, Inc.

OPEL Solar International Inc. ("OPEL" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE:OPL)
announced today that its wholly-owned U.S. affiliate company, ODIS Inc. ("OPEL
Defense Integrated Systems") will present two papers on the Planar
Optoelectronic Technology ("POET") at the SPIE Optics and Photonics Conference
to be held August 21-25 in San Diego, California. SPIE is the international
society for optics and photonics to advance light-based technologies. The
society advances emerging technologies through interdisciplinary information
exchange, continuing education, publications, patent precedent, and career and
professional growth. Dr. Geoffrey Taylor, Chief Scientist at ODIS, and members
of the ODIS Team will present a paper in two sessions of the conference.


"The SPIE Conference is one of the most premier Optics and Photonics Conferences
in the world today," said Leon M. Pierhal, CEO of OPEL. "Dr. Taylor and his team
have presented regularly at this conference, and this year is no exception. Two
invitations were extended in recognition of continuing achievements of POET to
make a significant mark in semiconductor technology."


The first session is 'Design of microdisk modulators and detectors for
high-speed integrated WDM systems'. A new modulator structure for intensity or
phase modulation is described. The modulator is an integrated component within a
Planar OptoElectronic Technology (POET) circuit that enables the integration of
complementary transistors for logic and control. Modulation is obtained through
the control of charge density in a modulation doped quantum well which results
in a blue shift of the fundamental absorption edge. A microdisk geometry is used
to achieve a small footprint, resonance-enhanced operation, and low switching
energy. The device is ideally suited for on- and off-chip WDM interconnections
which maximize the bandwidth potential of optical waveguides. 


The second session is 'Resonant optoelectronic thyristor switches as elements
for optical switching fabrics'. Optical switching nodes are described that are
suitable for high density optical switching fabrics. The basic element for the
optical switch is an optoelectronic thyristor which has three properties
considered essential for the switching fabric. First it is binary with on and
off states. Second, it is a static storage element. Third, it may be written
with optical and electrical inputs. The thyristor is configured as a microdisk
and two coupled thyristors constitute a 2x2 switch. Multiple wavelength fabrics
may be considered with negligible crosstalk (-20dB) between channels. The
routing pattern is written sequentially and optically prior to data
transmission.


POET creates high-performance devices by fusing light and electronics together
on a single chip. Specifically, POET is a III-V semiconductor technology that
enables monolithic fabrication of IC chips containing both electronic and
optical elements. By offering components with dramatically lowered cost,
together with increased speed, density, and reliability, POET could potentially
allow ODIS to alter the landscape for a broad range of applications, such as for
server farms, tablet computers and smartphones.


About SPIE

SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics founded in 1955 to
advance light-based technologies. Serving approximately 180,000 constituents
from more than 170 countries, the Society advances emerging technologies through
interdisciplinary information exchange, continuing education, publications,
patent precedent, and career and professional growth.


SPIE annually organizes and sponsors approximately 25 major technical forums,
exhibitions, and education programs in North America, Europe, Asia, and the
South Pacific.


In 2010, the Society provided more than $2.3 million in support of scholarships,
grants, and other education programs around the world.


SPIE publishes the SPIE Digital Library, containing more than 313,000 research
papers from the Proceedings of SPIE and the Society's 9 scholarly journals with
around 18,000 new papers added each year, and more than 120 eBooks from the SPIE
Press catalog. The SPIE Press publishes print monographs, tutorial texts, Field
Guides, and reference books. SPIE also publishes a wide variety of open access
content.


Membership includes Fellows and Senior Member programs. The Society has named
more than 900 SPIE members as Fellows since 1955, and implemented its Senior
Member program in 2008.


SPIE's awards program serves to recognize outstanding contributions from
individuals throughout the scientific community regardless of membership status.


About OPEL Solar International Inc., OPEL Solar, Inc. and ODIS Inc.

With operations in Shelton, CT and head office in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the
Company, through OPEL, Inc., designs, manufactures and markets
high-concentration photovoltaic panels and dual- and single-axis trackers for
related CPV and PV systems for energy applications worldwide. The Company,
through ODIS Inc., a U.S. company, designs III-V semiconductor devices for
military, industrial and commercial applications, including infrared sensor
arrays and ultra-low-power random access memory. The Company has 35 patents
issued and 12 patents pending in PV systems technologies and for its
semiconductor POET process, which enables the monolithic fabrication of
integrated circuits containing both electronic and optical elements, with
potential high-speed and power-efficient applications in devices such as
servers, tablet computers and smartphones. OPEL's common shares trade on the TSX
Venture Exchange under the symbol "OPL". For more information about OPEL, please
visit the Company's website at www.opelinc.com.


Dated: August 16, 2011 

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Michel Lafrance, Secretary

This news release contains "forward-looking information" (within the meaning of
applicable Canadian securities laws) and "forward-looking statements" (within
the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). They
also include OPEL's belief that "POET could potentially alter the landscape for
a broad range of applications, such as for server farms, tablet computers and
smartphones". Such statements or information are based on current expectations,
estimates and projections formulated using assumptions currently believed to be
reasonable and involving a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause
actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. The Company does not
undertake any obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking
statements or information, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise, unless so required by applicable securities laws.

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