Optical antennas for enhanced efficiency

Ruben Esteban (1) , Marine Laroche (2) , Jean-Jacques Greffet (2)

1 CIRCé
2 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Naphel

High efficiency solutions for photovoltaics requires taking advantage of IR photons energy. Possible solutions are based on up-conversion processes which have a low cross section. We will discuss different solutions to enhance the absorption.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Ruben Esteban, Marine Laroche, Jean-Jacques Greffet. Optical antennas for enhanced efficiency. 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference & Exhibition, Jun 2008, Stanford, United States. ⟨hal-00576086⟩