Antireflection and Enhanced Absorption in Tapered Silicon Photonic Crystals
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Tapered silicon photonic crystals provide a broad and wide-angle antireflective window and strong optical resonances for enhanced absorption for TEand TM-polarized light, respectively, showing the potential for improving the performance of photovoltaic devices. 2010 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (050.5298) Photonic crystals; (160.4760) Optical properties ; (220.4241) Nanostructure fabrication
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تاریخ انتشار 2010