Theoretical and experimental evaluation of silicon photonic structures for enhanced erbium up-conversion luminescence

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 168-181

  Johnson, C M ^a   Reece, P J ^a   Conibeer, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Erbium; Photonic crystals; Photovoltaics; Porous silicon; Slow light; Up conversion

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; BROAD SPECTRAL; BULK VALUE; EFFECTIVE ABSORPTION; EMISSION INTENSITY; ENERGY PROPAGATION; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; ERBIUM DOPED; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; PHOTONIC BAND EDGE; PHOTONIC DENSITY OF STATE; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SHORT-WAVELENGTH; SILICON PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SILICON PHOTONICS; THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL; TRANSFER MATRIXES; UP-CONVERSION; UP-CONVERSION LUMINESCENCE;

PHOTONIC BAND GAP; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; POROUS SILICON; SLOW LIGHT; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

ERBIUM;

EID: 84874036776     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.01.026     Document Type: Article

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