Bimetallic non-alloyed NPs for improving the broadband optical absorption of thin amorphous silicon substrates

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-6

  Tan, Chee Leong ^a   Jang, Sung Jun ^a   Song, Young Min ^a,c   Alameh, Kamal ^b   Lee, Yong Tak ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antireflection; Optics at surface; Scattering light; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; FORWARD SCATTERING; GLASS; GOLD ALLOYS; GOLD DEPOSITS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SILICON ALLOYS; SILVER ALLOYS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI); ANTI-REFLECTION; GLASS SUBSTRATES; OPTICS AT SURFACE; SCATTERING LIGHT; SILICON SUBSTRATES; TOTAL REFLECTION; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 84899655619     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-181     Document Type: Article

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