Optical modeling of nanostructured films for selective coatings

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7046, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Altermatt, Pietro P ^a,b   Yang, Yang ^b,c   Wang, Jun ^b   Reineke Koch, Rolf ^b   Giovannetti, Federico ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

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

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aluminum; FDTD; Finite element simulations; Maxwell Equations; Nano structures; Selective coatings; Silver

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MODELS; ELLIPSOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; FDTD; FDTD METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FINITE-ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; HOMOGENEOUS FILMS; LONGER WAVELENGTHS; MUTUAL DISTANCES; NANO-STRUCTURES; NANOSTRUCTURED FILMS; ONE WAYS; OPTICAL MODELING; REAL PARTS; REFLECTIVE PROPERTIES; SELECTIVE COATINGS; SELECTIVE LAYERS; SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTORS; STRUCTURED FILMS; THIN METAL FILMS; THREE DIMENSIONS; TWO WAYS;

ALUMINA; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MODEL STRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PERMITTIVITY; REFLECTIVE COATINGS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SILVER; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SOLAR RADIATION;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 56249122289     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.794509     Document Type: Conference Paper

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