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1. Perfect Light Absorption in Thin and Ultra-Thin Films and Its Applications

Authors : Sreekanth K. V., Mohamed ElKabbash, Vincenzo Caligiuri, Ranjan Singh, Antonio De Luca, Giuseppe Strangi

Published in: New Directions in Thin Film Nanophotonics

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Perfect light absorption (PLA) has a wide range of applications from solar-thermal based applications to radiative cooling. In this chapter, we discuss the main schemes to realize PLA using thin-film nanocavities. We cover some of the main applications of thin-film based PLA.

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Title: Perfect Light Absorption in Thin and Ultra-Thin Films and Its Applications
Authors: Sreekanth K. V.
Mohamed ElKabbash
Vincenzo Caligiuri
Ranjan Singh
Antonio De Luca
Giuseppe Strangi
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Book: New Directions in Thin Film Nanophotonics
Print ISBN: 978-981-13-8890-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-13-8891-0

Copyright Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8891-0_1

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