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Silicon nitride grating based planar spectral splitting concentrator for NIR light harvesting

Elikkottil et al., 2020

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6092076682594566723
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Elikkottil A
Tahersima M
Gupta S
Sorger V
Pesala B
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Optics Express

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We design a multi-layered solar spectral splitting planar concentrator for near infrared (NIR) light energy harvesting application. Each layer includes a silicon nitride based subwavelength diffraction grating on top of a glass substrate that is optimized to diffract the …
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