Two-dimensional disorder for broadband, omnidirectional and polarization-insensitive absorption

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 102, 2013, Pages A268-A275

  Burresi, Matteo ^a,b   Pratesi, Filippo ^a   Vynck, Kevin ^a,c   Prasciolu, Mauro ^d   Tormen, Massimo ^d   Wiersma, Diederik S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

^d LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOSTRUCTURES;

ABSORBING MEDIUM; IMPINGING ANGLE; LIGHT-TRAPPING; OPTICAL THICKNESS; PHOTONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 84875164419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.00A268     Document Type: Article

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