Angular selective window coatings: Effective medium theory and experimental data on sputter-deposited films

Renewable Energy

Volumn 8, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 530-539

  Granqvist, C G ^a   Le Bellac, D ^a,b   Niklasson, G A ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SAINT GOBAIN RECHERCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Angular selectivity; Effective medium theory; Energy efficiency; Optical properties; Spectral selectivity; Sputter deposition; Thin films; Windows

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CHROMIUM; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM; WINDOWS;

ANGULAR SELECTIVE COATINGS; ANGULAR SELECTIVITY; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORY; INCIDENCE ANGLE; SPECTRAL SELECTIVITY; WAVELENGTH;

COATINGS;

EID: 0030145399     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(96)88913-0     Document Type: Article

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