Photon management in two-dimensional disordered media

Nature Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1017-1022

  Vynck, Kevin ^a   Burresi, Matteo ^a,b   Riboli, Francesco ^a   Wiersma, Diederik S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EFFICIENCY; ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; ANGULAR RESPONSE; COHERENT OPTICAL EFFECTS; DIELECTRIC PARTICLES; DISORDERED MEDIA; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODES; FREE SPACES; LIGHT COUPLINGS; LIGHT DIFFUSER; LIGHT MANAGEMENT; LIGHT TRANSPORT; MULTIPLE LIGHT SCATTERING; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; PHOTON MANAGEMENT; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE; RANDOM MEDIA; STRUCTURAL CORRELATION; TEXTURED SURFACE; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PHOTONS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84870064483     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3442     Document Type: Article

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