Bringing some photonic structures for solar cells to the fore

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Escoubas, Ludovic ^a   Simon, Jean Jacques ^a   Torchio, Philippe ^a   Duché, David ^a   Vedraine, Sylvain ^a   Vervisch, Wilfried ^a   Le Rouzo, Judikaël ^a   Flory, François ^a   Riviére, Guillaume ^a   Yeabiyo, Gizachew ^a   Derbal, Hassina ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SOLAR RADIATION; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

ABSORPTION OF SOLAR RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC OPTIMIZATION; GEOMETRIC CONFIGURATIONS; LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS; PHOTONIC COMPONENTS; PHOTONIC STRUCTURE; RESEARCH GROUPS; THIN FILM FILTERS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 79952790079     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.00C329     Document Type: Article

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