125 research outputs found
Angular constraint on light-trapping absorption enhancement in solar cells
Light trapping for solar cells can reduce production cost and improve energy
conversion efficiency. Understanding some of the basic theoretical constraints
on light trapping is therefore of fundamental importance. Here, we develop a
general angular constraint on the absorption enhancement in light trapping. We
show that there is an upper limit for the angular integration of absorption
enhancement factors. This limit is determined by the number of accessible
resonances supported by an absorber
Sparsity for Ultrafast Material Identification
Mid-infrared spectroscopy is often used to identify material. Thousands of
spectral points are measured in a time-consuming process using expensive
table-top instrument. However, material identification is a sparse problem,
which in theory could be solved with just a few measurements. Here we exploit
the sparsity of the problem and develop an ultra-fast, portable, and
inexpensive method to identify materials. In a single-shot, a mid-infrared
camera can identify materials based on their spectroscopic signatures. This
method does not require prior calibration, making it robust and versatile in
handling a broad range of materials
Training deep neural networks for the inverse design of nanophotonic structures
Data inconsistency leads to a slow training process when deep neural networks
are used for the inverse design of photonic devices, an issue that arises from
the fundamental property of non-uniqueness in all inverse scattering problems.
Here we show that by combining forward modeling and inverse design in a tandem
architecture, one can overcome this fundamental issue, allowing deep neural
networks to be effectively trained by data sets that contain non-unique
electromagnetic scattering instances. This paves the way for using deep neural
networks to design complex photonic structures that requires large training
sets
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