Aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) thin films were prepared by radio frequency (RF)
sputtering at room temperature, and then post-treated by hydrogen (H 2) plasma at different …

Solar selective absorbers have significant applications in various photothermal conversion
systems. In this work, a global optimization method based on genetic algorithm was …

To improve the thermal stability of multilayered solar selective absorber, an atomic-layer-
deposited (ALD) Al 2 O 3 layer was adopted to suppress the diffusion of metal atoms from …

A new method for measuring the dielectric functions change with the thickness of nanometal
thin films was proposed. To confirm the accuracy and reliability of the method, a nano-thin …

In solar thermoelectric generators (STEGs), solar selective absorbers play a vital role in
enhancing the light-to-heat conversion efficiency by improving sunlight absorption and …

In this work, optical constants of direct current (DC) and radio frequency (RF) co-sputtered Ti-
SiO_2 nanocomposite thin films were investigated and tuned by controlling the deposition …

The free-electron relaxation time is a crucial property to be considered in the design of
optical devices, because it determines the dielectric function. Thus, an accurate …

A smooth gold (Au) film with thickness below 10 nanometer (nm) is hard to fabricate as well
as to accurately measure its thickness and the corresponding dielectric function. Here, we …

In this work, we present a comprehensive modal analysis, by means of numerical
simulations, of a long-range surface plasmon polariton waveguide consisting of a metal …