Simulations of infrared and optical rectification by geometrically asymmetric metal-vacuum-metal junctions for applications in energy conversion devices

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2010, Pages

  Mayer, A ^a   Chung, M S ^b   Weiss, B L ^c   Miskovsky, N M ^d   Cutler, P H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES; EXTERNAL LOADS; EXTERNAL RADIATION; FOCUSED BEAMS; INCIDENT RADIATION; METAL JUNCTIONS; METALLIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL DOMAINS; OPTICAL RADIATIONS; OPTICAL RECTIFICATIONS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSFER MATRIXES;

ASPECT RATIO; ENERGY CONVERSION; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; SUN; VACUUM; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

RADIATION;

EID: 77949544841     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/14/145204     Document Type: Article

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