Slow-light-enhanced upconversion for photovoltaic applications in one-dimensional photonic crystals

Optics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 3990-3992

  Johnson, Craig M ^a   Reece, Peter J ^a   Conibeer, Gavin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; DESIGN TRADEOFF; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELS; ENHANCED EMISSION; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; ONE DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POTENTIAL FIELD; STATE TRANSITIONS; SUBBAND-GAP; UP-CONVERSION; UP-CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; ERBIUM; EXCITED STATES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; QUANTUM THEORY; SLOW LIGHT; SOLAR ENERGY;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 80054730801     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.36.003990     Document Type: Article

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