GaAs nanopillar arrays with suppressed broadband reflectance and high optical quality for photovoltaic applications

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1671-1679

  Sanatinia, R ^a   Awan, K M ^a   Naureen, S ^a   Anttu, N ^b   Ebraert, E ^a   Anand, S ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; GAAS; MAGNITUDE ENHANCEMENT; NANO SPHERE LITHOGRAPHY; NANO-PILLAR ARRAYS; NANOPILLAR; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; OPTICAL QUALITIES; OPTIMIZATION OF PROCESS PARAMETERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PL INTENSITY; REFLECTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; SELF-ASSEMBLED SILICA; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; TAPERED STRUCTURE; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; LITHOGRAPHY; NANOSTRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SILICA; SULFUR; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WET ETCHING;

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EID: 84870370508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.001671     Document Type: Article

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