Light trapping in single coaxial nanowires for photovoltaic applications

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-47

  Liu, W F ^a   Oh, J I ^a,b   Shen, W Z ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fano effect; leaky mode resonances (LMRs); light trapping; off resonance; single coaxial nanowires

Indexed keywords

COAXIAL NANOWIRES; FANO EFFECTS; LEAKY-MODE RESONANCES (LMRS); LIGHT TRAPPING; OFF-RESONANCE;

ABSORPTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOWIRES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESONANCE; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SILICON;

LIGHT;

EID: 78650895837     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2010.2086428     Document Type: Conference Paper

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