Enhancement of optical absorption in thin-film organic solar cells through the excitation of plasmonic modes in metallic gratings
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the excitation of plasmonic modes in metallic gratings Changjun Min, Jennifer Li, Georgios Veronis, Jung-Yong Lee, Shanhui Fan, and Peter Peumans Center for Computation and Technology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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