Broadband light-trapping enhancement in an ultrathin film a-Si absorber using whispering gallery modes and guided wave modes with dielectric surface-textured structures.

Kang, Gumin; Park, Haesung; Shin, Dongheok; Baek, Seunghwa; Choi, Minjung; Yu, Dai-Hyuk; Kim, Kyoungsik; Padilla, Willie J · Adv Mater · 2013

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

An embedded nanosphere dielectric structure on an a-Si ultrathin film improves weighted absorption from 23.8% to 39.9%. The PMMA embedding layer offers a guided wave mode as well as mechanical robustness, in addition to the resonant whispering gallery modes coupling. Broadband light-trapping enhancements are observed by dielectric surface textured structures of hemispheres, nanocones, nanospheres, or embedded nanospheres.