This work demonstrated a-Si:H thin-film solar cells with backside TiO(2)/ SiO(2) distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs) for applications involving building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs). Selectively transparent solar cells are formed by adjusting the positions of the DBR stop bands to allow the transmission of certain parts of light through the solar cells. Measurement and simulation results indicate that the transmission of blue light (430 ~500 nm) with the combination of three DBR mirrors has the highest increase in conversion efficiency.
We report the epitaxy, fabrication, and measurement of vertically coupled double-microdisk lasers using InGaAs quantum dots-in-a-well as the optical gain material. The bonding and anti-bonding photonic molecule laser modes are simultaneously observed at room temperature (T = 300 K). The optical coupling is confirmed by measuring the double disks for three different air gaps of 100 nm, 200 nm, and 480 nm, respectively. The coupling strengths for the photonic molecule bonding mode MB1,9 and anti-bonding mode MA1,9 between the adjacent microdisks are equal to 17.4 THz for 100 nm air gap, and 5.2 THz for 200 nm air gap, respectively. The refractive index sensing experiments show the lasing wavelength sensitivity of 60 nm/RIU for the vertically coupled double-microdisk laser of 100 nm air gap.
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