Light absorption enhancement of amorphous silicon film coupled with metal nanoshells

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 405-409

  Cheng, Peihong ^a   Zhao, Hongxia ^a   Bao, Jilong ^a   Wu, Ligang ^a   Li, Dongsheng ^b   Yang, Deren ^b  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOSHELLS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; AMORPHOUS SILICON FILM; E-FIELD; FLOQUET MODES; GUIDED MODES; IMPROVING EFFICIENCY; IN-PHASE; INFRARED DOMAINS; LIGHT COUPLINGS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; SCATTERING FIELD; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS; TRANSMITTED FIELD;

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 84874437067     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.30.000405     Document Type: Article

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