Exact field solution to guided wave propagation in lossy thin films

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 20159-20171

  Nagel, James R ^a   Blair, Steve ^a   Scarpulla, Michael A ^a  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; THIN FILMS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

APPROXIMATE SOLUTION; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; COMPLEX VALUES; DIELECTRIC SLABS; EIGENVALUE EQUATIONS; FIELD PROFILE; FULL-FIELD; FUNCTIONAL FORMS; GEOMETRIC OPTICS; GUIDED WAVE PROPAGATION; LIGHT-TRAPPING; LOSSLESS; MODE PROPAGATION; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PROPAGATION CONSTANT; THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 80053959900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.020159     Document Type: Article

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