Light scattering and diffuse light propagation in sintered porous silicon

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Wolf, A ^a,b   Terheiden, B ^a   Brendel, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH HAMELIN ISFH   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CRACK PROPAGATION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONMETALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SCATTERING; SILICON; SINTERING;

COMBINED MODELING; DIFFUSE COMPONENTS; DIFFUSE LIGHT; DIFFUSE MODEL; EFFECTIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; FREE-STANDING FILMS; HOST MEDIUMS; KUBELKA-MUNK THEORY; LAMBERTIAN MODELS; REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION; SCATTERING CO-EFFICIENT; SPHERICAL PORES;

POROUS SILICON;

EID: 49749096108     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2956690     Document Type: Article

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