Simulation and optimization of 1-D periodic dielectric nanostructures for light-trapping

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1849-1855

  Wang, Peng ^a   Menon, Rajesh ^a  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK PARAMETERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOPHOTONICS;

COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; DESIGN FREEDOM; LIGHT-TRAPPING; PARAMETRIC OPTIMIZATION; SCATTERING STRUCTURES; SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION; SINUSOIDAL GRATING; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; ULTRA-THIN;

OPTIMIZATION;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERIODICITY; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERIODICITY; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84855978526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.001849     Document Type: Article

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