• DocumentCode
    1649152
  • Title

    Inverse design of a nano-scale surface texture for light trapping

  • Author

    Miller, Owen D. ; Ganapati, Vidya ; Yablonovitch, Eli

  • Author_Institution
    Mater. Sci. Div., Lawrence Berkeley Nat. Lab., Berkeley, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We introduce computational inverse design to optimize nano-scale surface textures for light trapping. The approach yields a structure with a 40.8 absorption enhancement factor, the highest reported for a high-index material in the full-wave domain.
  • Keywords
    light absorption; nanophotonics; radiation pressure; surface texture; absorption enhancement factor; computational inverse design; full-wave domain; high-index material; light trapping; nanoscale surface texture; Absorption; Charge carrier processes; Materials; Optical surface waves; Photovoltaic cells; Surface texture; Surface treatment;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325491