Introduction to Light Trapping in Solar Cell and Photo-detector Devices

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title page
3. Table of Contents
4. Copyright Page
5. Dedication
6. Preface
7. Chapter 1: A Brief Overview of Phenomena Involved in Light Trapping
   1. Abstract
   2. 1.1. Interference
   3. 1.2. Scattering
   4. 1.3. Reflection
   5. 1.4. Diffraction
   6. 1.5. Plasmonics
   7. 1.6. Refraction
8. Chapter 2: Modes and Hybridization
   1. Abstract
   2. 2.1. Introductory comments
   3. 2.2. Radiation modes
   4. 2.3. Trapped traveling modes: guided modes
   5. 2.4. Trapped traveling modes: Bloch modes
   6. 2.5. Trapped localized modes: Mie modes and plasma modes
9. Chapter 3: Light-Trapping Structures
   1. Abstract
   2. 3.1. Introduction
   3. 3.2. Planar structures with ARCs
   4. 3.3. Planar structures with randomly textured surfaces
   5. 3.4. Structures with nanoelement arrays
   6. 3.5. Structures with plasmonic effects
10. Chapter 4: Summary
    1. Abstract
    2. 4.1. The current picture
    3. 4.2. Some future directions?
    4. 4.3. Overview
11. Appendix A: Yablonovitch Limit Derivation
12. Appendix B: Fresnel Equations for the Situation of Section 2.2
13. Appendix C: Index of Refraction, Permittivity, and Absorption Coefficient
14. References