Efficient and tunable light trapping thin films

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2066-2069

  Yu, Feng ^a   Wang, Haining ^a   Zou, Shengli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EFFICIENCY; ANTIREFLECTION FILMS; CONICAL FRUSTA; DISCRETE DIPOLE APPROXIMATION METHOD; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; HOLE ARRAYS; INCIDENT LIGHT; LIGHT-TRAPPING; PERFORATED LAYERS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; RESONANCE WAVELENGTHS; SEPARATION DISTANCES; SHAPED HOLES; SILVER THIN FILMS; SOLID LAYERS; TUNABLE WAVELENGTH; TWO LAYERS; ULTRA-THIN;

ABSORPTION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; RESONANCE; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

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EID: 77249140123     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp909974h     Document Type: Article

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