Enhanced absorption of light due to multiple surface-plasmon-polariton waves

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8110, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Faryad, Muhammad ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Grating coupling; Surface plasmon polariton

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTANCE; ATTENUATION RATE; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; GRATING COUPLING; INCIDENCE ANGLES; INCIDENT LIGHT; METAL/SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACE; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; P-POLARIZED; PHASE SPEED; PLANAR LAYERS; POLARITONS; POLARIZATION STATE; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVE ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; SURFACE RELIEF GRATINGS; SURFACE-PLASMON; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

ABSORPTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHASE INTERFACES; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM THEORY; THIN FILMS;

LIGHT;

EID: 80053950951     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.893492     Document Type: Conference Paper

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