Development of a polarization-insensitive thermophotovoltaic emitter with a binary grating

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 5882-5890

  Nguyen Huu, Nghia ^a   Chen, Yu Bin ^a   Lo, Yu Lung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CAVITY RESONANCES; EMITTANCES; GRATING PROFILE; HYBRID SCHEME; LONG WAVELENGTH; NEAR INFRARED REGION; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE; POYNTING VECTORS; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVE ANALYSIS; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAICS; TRANSVERSE ELECTRICS; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC POLARIZATION; TUNGSTEN GRATINGS; TUNGSTEN PLATES; WOOD'S ANOMALIES;

TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; POWER SUPPLY; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSDUCER;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84858962935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.005882     Document Type: Article

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