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Photonics Research, Volume. 1, Issue 1, 22(2013)

Concept to devices: from plasmonic light trapping to upscaled plasmonic solar modules [Invited]

Baohua Jia1、*, Xi Chen1, Jhantu Kumar Saha1, Qi Qiao2, Yongqian Wang2, Zhengrong Shi2, and Min Gu1
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  • 1Centre for Micro-Photonics, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia
  • 2Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., 9 Xinhua Road, New District, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province 214028, China
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    Category: Nanophotonics

    Received: Mar. 18, 2013

    Accepted: Apr. 17, 2013

    Published Online: Jul. 17, 2013

    The Author Email: Baohua Jia (bjia@swin.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.1.000022

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