Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 36, Issue 5, 516002(2016)

Simulation of Anti-Reflection and Light-Trapping Property of Bio-Inspired Silicon Structure

Pan Feng*, Zhang Wang, and Zhang Di
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    Paper Information

    Category: Materials

    Received: Nov. 3, 2015

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: May. 3, 2016

    The Author Email: Feng Pan (perfectpf123@sjtu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/aos201636.0516002

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