title: Optical model for multilayer structures with coherent, partly coherent and incoherent layers.
abstract: We present a novel approach for modeling the reflectance, transmittance and absorption depth profile of thin-film multilayer structures such as solar cells. Our model is based on the net-radiation method adapted for coherent calculations and is highly flexible while using a simple algorithm. We demonstrate that as a result arbitrary multilayer structures with coherent, partly coherent and incoherent layers can be simulated more accurately at much lower computational cost.
authors.affiliation: Photovoltaic Materials and Devices, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD Delft, the Netherlands. r.santbergen@tudelft.nl
authors.forename: Rudi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Santbergen
authors.forename: Arno H M
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Smets
authors.forename: Miro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zeman