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Photon tunneling into a single-mode planar silicon waveguide

Photon tunneling into a single-mode planar silicon waveguide
Photon tunneling into a single-mode planar silicon waveguide
We demonstrate the direct excitation of a single TE mode in 25 nm thick planar crystalline silicon waveguide by photon tunneling from a layer of fluorescent dye molecules deposited by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique. The observed photon tunneling rate as a function of the dye-silicon separation is well fitted by a theoretical tunneling rate, which is obtained via a novel approach within the framework of quantum mechanics. We suggest that future ultrathin crystalline silicon solar cells can be made efficient by simple light trapping structures consisting of molecules on silicon.
1094-4087
Fang, L.
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Kiang, K.S.
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Alderman, N.P.
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Fang, L., Kiang, K.S., Alderman, N.P., Danos, L. and Markvart, T. (2015) Photon tunneling into a single-mode planar silicon waveguide. Optics Express, 23 (24), [A1528-A1532]. (doi:10.1364/OE.23.0A1528).

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We demonstrate the direct excitation of a single TE mode in 25 nm thick planar crystalline silicon waveguide by photon tunneling from a layer of fluorescent dye molecules deposited by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique. The observed photon tunneling rate as a function of the dye-silicon separation is well fitted by a theoretical tunneling rate, which is obtained via a novel approach within the framework of quantum mechanics. We suggest that future ultrathin crystalline silicon solar cells can be made efficient by simple light trapping structures consisting of molecules on silicon.

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Accepted/In Press date: 2 September 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 8 October 2015
Published date: 30 November 2015
Organisations: Electronics & Computer Science, Engineering Science Unit

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Local EPrints ID: 381706
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/381706
ISSN: 1094-4087
PURE UUID: 0f70366c-7c75-4a5f-be60-636e946934f0
ORCID for K.S. Kiang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7326-909X

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Date deposited: 30 Sep 2015 09:06
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:18

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Author: L. Fang
Author: K.S. Kiang ORCID iD
Author: N.P. Alderman
Author: L. Danos
Author: T. Markvart

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