• DocumentCode
    1107488
  • Title

    Reply to "Comments on intensity enhancement in textured optical sheets"

  • Author

    Yablonovitch, Eli

  • Volume
    33
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1986
  • fDate
    2/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    313
  • Lastpage
    314
  • Abstract
    The recent comments on the above paper are self-contradictory and are physically incorrect. The comments violate the principle of time-reversal invariance for the Fresnel transmission and reflection coefficients of light rays. The proposed alternate formula for the intensity enhancement in optical media is an overestimation that violates the first and second laws of thermodynamics.
  • Keywords
    Amorphous silicon; Conducting materials; Electron devices; Electron optics; Optical reflection; Optical refraction; Photovoltaic cells; Solar power generation; Temperature; Thermodynamics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-ED.1986.22486
  • Filename
    1485703