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Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 4, Issue 3, 036009(2025)

Forward and inverse design of single-layer metasurface-based broadband antireflective coating for silicon solar cells Editors' Pick

Anton Ovcharenko1、*, Sergey Polevoy2, and Oleh Yermakov1,3、*
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  • 1V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Department of Computational Physics, Kharkiv, Ukraine
  • 2O. Ya. Usikov Institute for Radiophysics and Electronics of NAS of Ukraine, Radiospectroscopy Department, Kharkiv, Ukraine
  • 3Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Department of Fiber Photonics, Jena, Germany
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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Oct. 31, 2024

    Accepted: Apr. 3, 2025

    Published Online: Apr. 30, 2025

    The Author Email: Anton Ovcharenko (anton.ovcharenko@karazin.ua), Oleh Yermakov (oe.yermakov@gmail.com)

    DOI:10.1117/1.APN.4.3.036009

    CSTR:32397.14.1.APN.4.3.036009

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