Photonics for Neuromorphic Computing: Fundamentals, Devices, and Opportunities

R Li, Y Gong, H Huang, Y Zhou, S Mao… - Advanced …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
In the dynamic landscape of Artificial Intelligence (AI), two notable phenomena are
becoming predominant: the exponential growth of large AI model sizes and the explosion of …

Dielectric‐Based Metamaterials for Near‐Perfect Light Absorption

BX Wang, X Qin, G Duan, G Yang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of metamaterials and their continued prosperity have built a powerful
working platform for accurately manipulating the behavior of electromagnetic waves …

Photo-thermoelectric conversion using black silicon with enhanced light trapping performance far beyond the band edge absorption

P Cheng, H Wang, B Müller, J Müller… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
During the past years, much research work has been focused on efficiently harvesting solar
energy with black silicon (b-Si). However, semiconductor Si can only utilize solar energy …

Investigation of the structural and optical properties of silicon-perovskite structures with a black silicon layer

GY Ayvazyan, DL Kovalenko, MS Lebedev… - Journal of Contemporary …, 2022 - Springer
The technological possibility of using black silicon (b-Si) in tandem silicon-perovskite solar
cells as an antireflection surface is analyzed. The structural and optical properties of …

Status report on emerging photovoltaics

A Anctil, MN Beattie, C Case… - … of Photonics for …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
This report provides a snapshot of emerging photovoltaic (PV) technologies. It consists of
concise contributions from experts in a wide range of fields including silicon, thin film, III-V …

Improved emitter performance of RIE black silicon through the application of in-situ oxidation during POCl3 diffusion

TH Fung, TP Pasanen, Y Zhang, A Soeriyadi… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nano-texture has the potential to reduce the optical losses of crystalline silicon solar cells.
RIE fabricated black silicon enables near zero reflectance across a broad range of …

Nanostructured germanium with> 99% absorption at 300–1600 nm wavelengths

TP Pasanen, J Isometsä, M Garin… - Advanced Optical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Near‐infrared (NIR) sensors find numerous applications within various industry fields,
including optical communications and medical diagnostics. However, the state‐of‐the‐art …

Properties of Black Silicon Layers Fabricated by Different Techniques for Solar Cell Applications

G Ayvazyan, K Ayvazyan… - physica status solidi …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Black silicon (BS) layers coated with passivation films are widely used as antireflective
frontal surfaces for solar cells. The most common BS fabrication techniques are reactive ion …

Application and validity of the effective medium approximation to the optical properties of nano-textured silicon coated with a dielectric layer

TH Fung, T Veeken, D Payne, B Veettil, A Polman… - Optics express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
The emergence of nanotextures in photovoltaics has resulted in challenges associated with
optical modelling. Whilst rigorous methods exist to accurately solve these textures, the …

Effective passivation of black silicon surfaces via plasma‐enhanced chemical vapor deposition grown conformal hydrogenated amorphous silicon layer

E Özkol, P Procel, Y Zhao, L Mazzarella… - physica status solidi …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Solar cells based on black silicon (b‐Si) are proven to be promising in photovoltaics (PVs)
by exceeding 22% efficiency. To reach high efficiencies with b‐Si surfaces, the most crucial …