Limitations of ray tracing techniques in optical modeling of silicon solar cells and photodiodes

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 5795-5801

  Abouelsaood, A A ^a   Ghannam, M Y ^b   Al Omar, A S ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

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EID: 0000485089     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.368844     Document Type: Article

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