Preparation of periodically arranged metallic nanostructures using nanoimprint lithography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8438, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Juchter S ^a   Hauser, H ^a   Wellens, Ch ^a   Guttowski, A ^a   Peters, M ^a   Goldschmidt, J C ^a   Schwarz, U T ^b   Blasi B ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interference lithography; Light trapping; Localized plasmon; Metallic nanostructures; Nanoimprint lithography; Photon management; Plasmonic; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

INTERFERENCE LITHOGRAPHY; LIGHT-TRAPPING; METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURE; PHOTON MANAGEMENT; PLASMONIC;

NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY; PLASMONS; PLATINUM; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84861924246     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.922214     Document Type: Conference Paper

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