Optical absorption enhancement in silicon nanowire and nanohole arrays for photovoltaic applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7772, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lin, Chenxi ^a   Povinelli, Michelle L ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption enhancement; Guided resonances; Photonic crystal slab; Photovoltaics; Silicon nanohole array; Silicon nanowire array

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; GUIDED RESONANCES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SLAB; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SILICON NANOWIRE ARRAY;

ABSORPTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RESONANCE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 77957843281     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.860254     Document Type: Conference Paper

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