High-temperature, spectrally-selective, scalable, and flexible thin-film Si absorber and emitter

doi:10.1364/OME.381680

Title: High-temperature, spectrally-selective, scalable, and flexible thin-film Si absorber and emitter

Authors:: Zhou, Zhiguang; Tian, Hao; Hymel, Thomas M.; Reddy, Harsha; Shalaev, Vladimir M.; Cui, Yi; Bermel, Peter

Publication Date:: 2019-12-23

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1580169

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0004946

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Optical Materials Express

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Optical Materials Express Journal Volume: 10 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2159-3930

Publisher:: Optical Society of America

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Zhou, Zhiguang, Tian, Hao, Hymel, Thomas M., Reddy, Harsha, Shalaev, Vladimir M., Cui, Yi, and Bermel, Peter. High-temperature, spectrally-selective, scalable, and flexible thin-film Si absorber and emitter.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Zhou, Zhiguang, Tian, Hao, Hymel, Thomas M., Reddy, Harsha, Shalaev, Vladimir M., Cui, Yi, & Bermel, Peter. High-temperature, spectrally-selective, scalable, and flexible thin-film Si absorber and emitter.  United States.  doi:10.1364/OME.381680.

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                    Zhou, Zhiguang, Tian, Hao, Hymel, Thomas M., Reddy, Harsha, Shalaev, Vladimir M., Cui, Yi, and Bermel, Peter. Mon .  
        "High-temperature, spectrally-selective, scalable, and flexible thin-film Si absorber and emitter".  United States.  doi:10.1364/OME.381680.

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@article{osti_1580169,

  title        = {High-temperature, spectrally-selective, scalable, and flexible thin-film Si absorber and emitter},

  author       = {Zhou, Zhiguang and Tian, Hao and Hymel, Thomas M. and Reddy, Harsha and Shalaev, Vladimir M. and Cui, Yi and Bermel, Peter},

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  doi          = {10.1364/OME.381680},

  journal      = {Optical Materials Express},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 10,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2019},

  month        = {12}

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