Enhancement of optical transmission with random nanohole structures

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 101, 2011, Pages A35-A40

  Son, Jaesung ^a   Verma, Lalit Kumar ^a   Danner, Aaron James ^a   Bhatia, Charanjit Singh ^a   Yang, Hyunsoo ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PLASMA ETCHING; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

ANODIZED ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANTIREFLECTIVE EFFECT; BOTTOM-UP FABRICATION; GLASS SUBSTRATES; GLASS SURFACES; NANOHOLES; OPTICAL TRANSMISSIONS; OUTDOOR TESTING; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; SHAPED HOLES; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; SUB-100 NM;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

GLASS; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR ENERGY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLASS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 78651377509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.000A35     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. C. G. Bernhard, “Structural and functional adaptation in a visual system, ” Endeavour 26, 79 (1967).
2. P. B. Clapham, and M. C. Hutley, “Reduction of lens reflection by moth eye principle, ” Nature 244(5414), 281-282 (1973).
3. C. H. Sun, P. Jiang, and B. Jiang, “Broadband moth-eye antireflection coatings on silicon, ” Appl. Phys. Lett. 92(6), 61112 (2008).
4. Y. J. Lee, D. S. Ruby, D. W. Peters, B. B. McKenzie, and J. W. P. Hsu, “ZnO nanostructures as efficient antireflection layers in solar cells, ” Nano Lett. 8(5), 1501-1505 (2008).
5. J. Zhu, Z. F. Yu, G. F. Burkhard, C. M. Hsu, S. T. Connor, Y. Q. Xu, Q. Wang, M. McGehee, S. H. Fan, and Y. Cui, “Optical absorption enhancement in amorphous silicon nanowire and nanocone arrays, ” Nano Lett. 9(1), 279-282 (2009).
6. Y. M. Song, S. J. Jang, J. S. Yu, and Y. T. Lee, “Bioinspired parabola subwavelength structures for improved broadband antireflection, ” Small 6(9), 984-987 (2010).
7. C. T. Wu, F. H. Ko, and C. H. Lin, “Self-organized tantalum oxide nanopyramidal arrays for antireflective structure, ” Appl. Phys. Lett. 90(17), 171-911 (2007).
8. Y. F. Huang, S. Chattopadhyay, Y. J. Jen, C. Y. Peng, T. A. Liu, Y. K. Hsu, C. L. Pan, H. C. Lo, C. H. Hsu, Y. H. Chang, C. S. Lee, K. H. Chen, and L. C. Chen, “Improved broadband and quasi-omnidirectional antireflection properties with biomimetic silicon nanostructures, ” Nat. Nanotechnol. 2(12), 770-774 (2007).
9. H. Sai, H. Fujii, K. Arafune, Y. Ohshita, M. Yamaguchi, Y. Kanamori, and H. Yugami, “Antireflective subwavelength structures on crystalline Si fabricated using directly formed anodic porous alumina masks, ” Appl. Phys. Lett. 88(20), 201116 (2006).
10. A. P. Li, F. Muller, A. Birner, K. Nielsch, and U. Gosele, “Hexagonal pore arrays with a 50-420 nm interpore distance formed by self-organization in anodic alumina, ” J. Appl. Phys. 84(11), 6023-6026 (1998).
11. S. L. Diedenhofen, G. Vecchi, R. E. Algra, A. Hartsuiker, O. L. Muskens, G. Immink, E. Bakkers, W. L. Vos, and J. G. Rivas, “Broad-band and omnidirectional antireflection coatings based on semiconductor nanorods, ” Adv. Mater. (Deerfield Beach Fla.) 21(9), 973-978 (2009).
12. Y. Zhao, J. S. Wang, and G. Z. Mao, “Colloidal subwavelength nanostructures for antireflection optical coatings, ” Opt. Lett. 30(14), 1885-1887 (2005).
13. H. Xu, N. Lu, D. Qi, J. Hao, L. Gao, B. Zhang, and L. Chi, “Biomimetic antireflective Si nanopillar arrays, ” Small 4(11), 1972-1975 (2008).
14. Y. M. Song, E. S. Choi, J. S. Yu, and Y. T. Lee, “Light-extraction enhancement of red AlGaInP light-emitting diodes with antireflective subwavelength structures, ” Opt. Express 17(23), 20991-20997 (2009).
15. M. Tao, W. Zhou, H. Yang, and L. Chen, “Surface texturing by solution deposition for omnidirectional antireflection, ” Appl. Phys. Lett. 91(8), 81118 (2007).
16. J. Park, S. Yoon, K. Kang, and S. Jeon, “Antireflection behavior of multidimensional nanostructures patterned using a conformable elastomeric phase mask in a single exposure step, ” Small 6(18), 1981-1985 (2010).
17. Y. F. Li, J. H. Zhang, S. J. Zhu, H. P. Dong, F. Jia, Z. H. Wang, Z. Q. Sun, L. Zhang, Y. Li, H. B. Li, W. Q. Xu, and B. Yang, “Biomimetic surfaces for high-performance optics, ” Adv. Mater. (Deerfield Beach Fla.) 21, 4731-4734 (2009).
18. P. Lalanne, and G. M. Morris, “Antireflection behavior of silicon subwavelength periodic structures for visible light, ” Nanotechnology 8(2), 53-56 (1997).
19. J. Y. Liang, H. Chik, A. J. Yin, and J. Xu, “Two-dimensional lateral superlattices of nanostructures: Nonlithographic formation by anodic membrane template, ” J. Appl. Phys. 91(4), 2544-2546 (2002).
20. J. D. Plummer, M. D. Deal, and P. B. Griffin, Silicon VLSI Technology - Fundamentals, Practice and Modeling (Prentice Hall, 2000).
21. S. Grigoropoulos, E. Gogolides, A. D. Tserepi, and A. G. Nassiopoulos, “Highly anisotropic silicon reactive ion etching for nanofabrication using mixtures of SF6/CHF3 gases, ” J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 15(3), 640-645 (1997).
22. C. H. Chiu, P. C. Yu, H. C. Kuo, C. C. Chen, T. C. Lu, S. C. Wang, S. H. Hsu, Y. J. Cheng, and Y. C. Chang, “Broadband and omnidirectional antireflection employing disordered GaN nanopillars, ” Opt. Express 16(12), 8748-8754 (2008).
23. C. B. Ran, G. Q. Ding, W. C. Liu, Y. Deng, and W. T. Hou, “Wetting on nanoporous alumina surface: transition between Wenzel and Cassie states controlled by surface structure, ” Langmuir 24(18), 9952-9955 (2008).