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Title: Light trapping beyond the 4 n 2 limit in thin waveguides

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3695156· OSTI ID:1381280
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Research Organization:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion (LMI)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
DOE Contract Number:
SC0001293
OSTI ID:
1381280
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 100, Issue 12; Related Information: LMI partners with California Institute of Technology (lead); Harvard University; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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