Light localization at randomly textured surfaces for solar-cell applications

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Rockstuhl, Carsten ^a   Lederer, Falk ^a   Bittkau, Karsten ^b   Carius, Reinhard ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TEXTURES; ZINC OXIDE;

GEOMETRICAL FEATURES; LIGHT LOCALIZATION; SCANNING-NEAR-FIELD-OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; TEXTURED INTERFACES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION;

EID: 35548977579     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2800374     Document Type: Article

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