Metamaterial mirrors in optoelectronic devices

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 542-547

  Esfandyarpour, Majid ^a   Garnett, Erik C ^a   Cui, Yi ^a,b   McGehee, Michael D ^a   Brongersma, Mark L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC WAVES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC MIRRORS; METAMATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

ELECTRIC MIRRORS; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS; METALLIC MIRRORS; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; REFLECTION PHASE; REFLECTIVE SURFACES; SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERS;

MIRRORS;

METAL;

ARTICLE; DEVICES; ELECTRONICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATERIALS; METAMATERIAL MIRROR; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY; THICKNESS; WAVEFORM;

EID: 84904054816     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.117     Document Type: Article

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