Absorption enhancing proximity effects in aperiodic nanowire arrays

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 106, 2013, Pages A964-A969

  Sturmberg, Björn C P ^a   Dossou, Kokou B ^b   Botten, Lindsay C ^b   Asatryan, Ara A ^b   Poulton, Christopher G ^b   Mc Phedran, Ross C ^a   Sterke, Martijn De ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

APERIODIC ARRAYS; CLUSTER FORMATIONS; EXTERNAL COUPLING; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; PERIODIC ARRAYS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PROXIMITY EFFECTS;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84887438612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.00A964     Document Type: Article

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