Fabrication of GaAs subwavelength structure (SWS) for solar cell applications

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 103, 2011, Pages A326-A330

  Kim, Byung Jae ^a   Kim, Jihyun ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

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EID: 85010130522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.00A326     Document Type: Article

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