Abstract
Complete statistical randomization of the direction of propagation of light trapped in semiconductor films can result in a large absorption enhancement. We have employed a calorimetric technique, photothermal deflection spectroscopy, to monitor the absorption of alpha-SiH(x) films textured by the natural lithography process. The observed enhancement factors, as high as 11.5, are consistent with full internal phase-space randomization of the incoming light.
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OpticsMaterials scienceSemiconductorPhotothermal therapyLithographyAbsorption (acoustics)Photothermal spectroscopyOptoelectronicsSpectroscopyPhysics
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- 8
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- 9
- Pages
- 491-491
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H. W. Deckman,
C. B. Roxlo,
Eli Yablonovitch
(1983).
Maximum statistical increase of optical absorption in textured semiconductor films.
Optics Letters
, 8
(9)
, 491-491.
https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.8.000491
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- 10.1364/ol.8.000491