Solar spectrum rectification using nano-antennas and tunneling diodes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7605, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Dagenais, Mario ^a   Choi, Kwangsik ^a   Yesilkoy, Filiz ^a   Chryssis, Athanasios N ^a   Peckerar, Martin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric tunneling diode; MIM diode; Surface plasmon; Surface plasmon resonance; Tunneling diode

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA-COUPLED; ELECTRIC POWER; FIELD ENHANCEMENT; MIM DIODES; NOVEL DESIGN; RECTENNAS; RECTIFICATION EFFICIENCY; RECTIFYING ANTENNAS; SOLAR SPECTRUM; SURFACE PLASMONS; TUNNELING CURRENT; TUNNELING DIODES; VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; WORK-FUNCTION DIFFERENCE;

DIODES; DISTILLATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; ENERGY HARVESTING; HARVESTING; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MIM DEVICES; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PLASMONS; SLOT ANTENNAS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); WIND TUNNELS;

RESONANT TUNNELING DIODES;

EID: 77951582196     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.845931     Document Type: Conference Paper

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