Passive and active waveguide systems for solar concentrators / von M.Sc. Maik Meudt. Wuppertal, 2023
Content
Introduction
Electromagnetic Theory of Waveguides and Structured Systems
Maxwell equations
Planar optical waveguides
Fundamentals of Plasmonics
Periodic layers for light coupling
Computation of RCWA
Phenomena of an Exemplary Waveguide Grating
Out- and Incoupling Efficiency and Concentration
Short Summary
Experimental Methods
Passive Systems
Plasmonic Structures for Strong and Broadband Light Coupling
Plasmonic Black Silver by Transfer Printing
Fourier-Space engineering via Plasmon- and Light-induced growth of AgNPs
Long Propagation Lengths utilizing TE Node Modes
Complete Suppression of Outcoupling with Hybrid Bound States in the Continuum
Short summary
Active waveguide systems: Broadband Electrically Controlled Light Trapping
Theory of Light Trapping and Perfect Local Outcoupling
Exemplary Calculation of a Symmetric Waveguide
Effects of Finite Beam Size
Effects of Unequal Beam Powers and Varying Relative Phases
Comparison to the Experiment
Outlook
Bibliography