An optimized surface plasmon photovoltaic structure using energy transfer between discrete nano-particles

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 101, 2013, Pages A131-A145

  Lin, Albert ^a   Fu, Sze Ming ^a   Chung, Yen Kai ^a   Lai, Shih Yun ^a   Tseng, Chi Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

GENETIC-ALGORITHM OPTIMIZATIONS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURES; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; SURFACE PLASMON ENHANCEMENT; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; WOOD-RAYLEIGH ANOMALIES;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84872720984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.00A131     Document Type: Article

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