Tailoring the absorption in a photonic crystal membrane: A modal approach

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8425, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Peretti, Romain ^a   Gomard, Guillaume ^a   Seassal, Christian ^a   Letartre, Xavier ^a   Drouard, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Absorption enhancement; Indoor solar cell; Photonic crystal; Photovoltaic solar cell; Sensor

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING LAYERS; ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; ABSORPTION PEAKS; ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; BLOCH MODES; BROADBAND ABSORBERS; CRITICAL COUPLING CONDITION; DESIGN AND SIMULATION; INCIDENT WAVES; OPTICAL RESONANCE; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL MEMBRANES; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELLS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SENSORS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 84861816928     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.922427     Document Type: Conference Paper

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