High efficiency of photon-to-heat conversion with a 6-layered metal/dielectric film structure in the 250-1200 nm wavelength region

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 25, 2014, Pages A1843-A1852

  Liu, Ming Hui ^a   Hu, Er Tao ^a   Yao, Yuan ^a   Zang, Kai Yan ^a   He, Ning ^b   Li, Jing ^a   Zheng, Yu Xiang ^a   Wang, Song You ^a   Yoshie, Osamu ^b   Lee, Yangpak ^c   Wang, Cai Zhuang ^d   Lynch, D W ^d   Chen, Liang Yao ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SILICA; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SUBSTRATES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

HEAT CONVERSIONS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; K9 GLASS SUBSTRATE; LAYERED STRUCTURES; SIMULATED RESULTS; SOLAR ABSORPTANCE; THERMAL EMITTANCE; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

SILICON;

EID: 84919648152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.0A1843     Document Type: Article

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