Sand-castle biperiodic pattern for spectral and angular broadening of antireflective properties.
This Letter deals with the antireflective properties of top-patterned pyramids, looking like sand castles, bi-periodically repeated on a silicon surface. It is demonstrated numerically that such an original pattern allows a dramatic spectral and angular broadening of the antireflective efficiency. Design examples are given for wavelengths ranging from 0.5 microm to 5 microm and incidence angles of 30 degrees and 45 degrees. Applications of such antireflective surfaces on photodetectors and solar cells are soon expected.
Escoubas
Ludovic
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Aix-Marseille University, Institut Matériaux Microélectronique Nanosciences de Provence-IM2NP CNRS UMR 6242, Campus de Saint-Jérôme, Avenue Escadrille Normandie Niemen-Service 231, F-13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France. ludovic.escoubas@univ-cezanne.fr
Bouffaron
Renaud
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Brissonneau
Vincent
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Simon
Jean-Jacques
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Berginc
Gérard
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Flory
Francois
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Torchio
Philippe
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