Surface plasmon polariton enhanced ultrathin nano-structured CdTe solar cell

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2014, Pages

  Luk, Ting S ^a   Fofang, Nche T ^a   Cruz Campa, Jose L ^a   Frank, Ian ^a   Campione, Salvatore ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELASTIC WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; PARTICLE OPTICS; PLASMONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ABSORPTION MECHANISMS; ABSORPTION PROPERTY; BROADBAND ANTI REFLECTIONS; CDTE SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR CELL MATERIALS; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

EID: 84906716380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.0A1372     Document Type: Article

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