Diameter dependence of polarization resolved reflectance from vertical silicon nanowire arrays: Evidence of tunable absorption

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Khorasaninejad, M ^a   Patchett, S ^b   Sun, J ^c   O, N ^d   Saini, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c J A WOOLLAM CO INC   (United States)

^d DALSA Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTER WAVELENGTH; DIAMETER DEPENDENCES; NEAR-FIELD COUPLING; REFLECTANCE CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; SILICON NANOWIRE ARRAYS; SQUARE LATTICES; WAVELENGTH BAND;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; POLARIZATION; REFLECTION; WAVELENGTH;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84880340359     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4813081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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