Design of input couplers for efficient silicon thin film solar absorbers

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 106, 2012, Pages A997-A1004

  Kim, Sun Kyung ^a   Song, Kyung Deok ^a   Park, Hong Gyu ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PEAKS; BLUE WAVELENGTH; BROADBAND ABSORPTION; DIELECTRIC COATINGS; FINITE DIFFERENCE; HIGH INDEX MATERIALS; INPUT COUPLER; OPTICAL CAVITIES; PERIODIC PATTERN; SI FILMS; SILICON THIN FILM; SQUARE-LATTICE; THIN FILM LED; TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATIONS; WAVEGUIDE MODE;

CURRENT DENSITY; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FILM THICKNESS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOPHOTONICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON OXIDES; SOLAR ABSORBERS; THIN FILMS;

SILICON;

EID: 84869016212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.00A997     Document Type: Article

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