• DocumentCode
    2119456
  • Title

    Broadband light absorber based on one-dimensional gratings in semiconductor films

  • Author

    Jae Woong Yoon ; Kyu Jin Lee ; Wenhua Wu ; Magnusson, Robert

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Texas - Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    8-12 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    564
  • Lastpage
    565
  • Abstract
    We design and fabricate a light absorber based on one-dimensional gratings in amorphous Si. We obtain high theoretical and experimental absorption in unpolarized light over wide wavelength and angular ranges.
  • Keywords
    amorphous semiconductors; diffraction gratings; elemental semiconductors; infrared spectra; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; semiconductor thin films; silicon; solar absorber-convertors; visible spectra; Si; amorphous semiconductor films; broadband light absorber; one-dimensional gratings; unpolarized light absorption; Absorption; Broadband communication; Films; Gratings; Photovoltaic cells; Silicon; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Bellevue, WA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1506-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656688
  • Filename
    6656688