Effect of modular diffraction gratings on absorption in P3HT:PCBM layers

Applied Optics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1025-1034

  Cocilovo, Byron ^a   Amooali, Akram ^a   Lopez Santiago, Alejandra ^a   Favela, Jacob ^b   Islam, Safatul ^a   Duong, Binh ^d   Gangopadhyay, Palash ^a   Fallahi, Mahmoud ^a   Pemberton, Jeanne E ^c   Thomas, Jayan ^d   Norwood, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ACTIVE LAYER; DIFFRACTED LIGHT; INCIDENT LIGHT; INTEGRATING SPHERES; MEASUREMENT SETUP; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PATH LENGTH; REVERSE SIDE; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 84874496384     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.52.001025     Document Type: Article

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