@misc{HammerschmidtLockauZschiedrichetal., author = {Hammerschmidt, Martin and Lockau, Daniel and Zschiedrich, Lin and Schmidt, Frank}, title = {Optical modelling of incoherent substrate light-trapping in silicon thin film multi-junction solar cells with finite elements and domain decomposition}, issn = {1438-0064}, doi = {10.1117/12.2036346}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-50410}, abstract = {In many experimentally realized applications, e.g. photonic crystals, solar cells and light-emitting diodes, nano-photonic systems are coupled to a thick substrate layer, which in certain cases has to be included as a part of the optical system. The finite element method (FEM) yields rigorous, high accuracy solutions of full 3D vectorial Maxwell's equations [1] and allows for great flexibility and accuracy in the geometrical modelling. Time-harmonic FEM solvers have been combined with Fourier methods in domain decomposition algorithms to compute coherent solutions of these coupled system. [2,3] The basic idea of a domain decomposition approach lies in a decomposition of the domain into smaller subdomains, separate calculations of the solutions and coupling of these solutions on adjacent subdomains. In experiments light sources are often not perfectly monochromatic and hence a comparision to simulation results might only be justified if the simulation results, which include interference patterns in the substrate, are spectrally averaged. In this contribution we present a scattering matrix domain decomposition algorithm for Maxwell's equations based on FEM. We study its convergence and advantages in the context of optical simulations of silicon thin film multi-junction solar cells. This allows for substrate light-trapping to be included in optical simulations and leads to a more realistic estimation of light path enhancement factors in thin-film devices near the band edge.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{LockauHammerschmidtHaschkeetal., author = {Lockau, Daniel and Hammerschmidt, Martin and Haschke, Jan and Blome, Mark and Ruske, Florian and Schmidt, Frank and Rech, Bernd}, title = {A comparison of scattering and non-scattering anti-reflection designs for back contacted polycrystalline thin film silicon solar cells in superstrate configuration}, series = {Proc. SPIE}, volume = {9140}, booktitle = {Proc. SPIE}, doi = {10.1117/12.2052362}, pages = {914006}, language = {en} } @misc{LockauHammerschmidtBlomeetal., author = {Lockau, Daniel and Hammerschmidt, Martin and Blome, Mark and Schmidt, Frank}, title = {Optics of thin film solar cells}, series = {MATHEON-Mathematics for Key Technologies}, volume = {1}, journal = {MATHEON-Mathematics for Key Technologies}, editor = {Deuflhard, Peter and et al.,}, publisher = {European Mathematical Society}, doi = {10.4171/137}, pages = {278 -- 279}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{JaegerBarthHammerschmidtetal., author = {J{\"a}ger, Klaus and Barth, Carlo and Hammerschmidt, Martin and Herrmann, Sven and Burger, Sven and Schmidt, Frank and Becker, Christiane}, title = {Sinusoidal Nanotextures for Enhanced Light Management in Thin-Film Solar Cells}, series = {28th Workshop on Quantum Solar Energy Conversion - (QUANTSOL)}, booktitle = {28th Workshop on Quantum Solar Energy Conversion - (QUANTSOL)}, editor = {European Society for Quantum Solar Energy Conversion,}, language = {en} } @article{JaegerKoeppelBarthetal., author = {J{\"a}ger, Klaus and K{\"o}ppel, Grit and Barth, Carlo and Hammerschmidt, Martin and Herrmann, Sven and Burger, Sven and Schmidt, Frank and Becker, Christiane}, title = {Sinusoidal gratings for optimized light management in c-Si thin-film solar cells}, series = {Proc. SPIE}, volume = {9898}, journal = {Proc. SPIE}, doi = {10.1117/12.2225459}, pages = {989808}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{BurgerGutscheHammerschmidtetal., author = {Burger, Sven and Gutsche, Philipp and Hammerschmidt, Martin and Herrmann, Sven and Pomplun, Jan and Schmidt, Frank and Wohlfeil, Benjamin and Zschiedrich, Lin}, title = {Hp-finite-elements for simulating electromagnetic fields in optical devices with rough textures}, series = {Proc. SPIE}, volume = {9630}, booktitle = {Proc. SPIE}, doi = {10.1117/12.2190119}, pages = {96300S}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{BurgerHammerschmidtHerrmannetal., author = {Burger, Sven and Hammerschmidt, Martin and Herrmann, Sven and Pomplun, Jan and Schmidt, Frank}, title = {Reduced basis methods for optimization of nano-photonic devices}, series = {Proc. Int. Conf. Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD)}, booktitle = {Proc. Int. Conf. Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD)}, doi = {10.1109/NUSOD.2015.7292871}, pages = {159}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{JaegerBarthHammerschmidtetal., author = {J{\"a}ger, Klaus and Barth, Carlo and Hammerschmidt, Martin and Herrmann, Sven and Burger, Sven and Schmidt, Frank and Becker, Christiane}, title = {Sinusoidal Nanotextures for Coupling Light into c-Si Thin-Film Solar Cells}, series = {Light, Energy and the Environement 2015}, booktitle = {Light, Energy and the Environement 2015}, doi = {10.1364/PV.2015.PTu4B.3}, pages = {PTu4B.3}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{BarthJaegerBurgeretal., author = {Barth, Carlo and J{\"a}ger, Klaus and Burger, Sven and Hammerschmidt, Martin and Schmidt, Frank and Becker, Christiane}, title = {Design of Photonic Crystals with Near-Surface Field Enhancement}, series = {Light, Energy and the Environement 2015}, booktitle = {Light, Energy and the Environement 2015}, doi = {10.1364/PV.2015.JTu5A.9}, pages = {JTu5A.9}, language = {en} } @article{LockauSontheimerPreideletal., author = {Lockau, Daniel and Sontheimer, Tobias and Preidel, Veit and Ruske, Florian and Hammerschmidt, Martin and Becker, Christiane and Schmidt, Frank and Rech, Bernd}, title = {Advanced microhole arrays for light trapping in thin film silicon solar cells}, series = {Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells}, volume = {125}, journal = {Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells}, doi = {10.1016/j.solmat.2013.11.024}, pages = {298 -- 304}, language = {en} }