TY - GEN A1 - Hammerschmidt, Martin A1 - Lockau, Daniel A1 - Zschiedrich, Lin A1 - Schmidt, Frank T1 - Optical modelling of incoherent substrate light-trapping in silicon thin film multi-junction solar cells with finite elements and domain decomposition N2 - 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. T3 - ZIB-Report - 14-21 KW - finite element method KW - rigorous optical modeling KW - domain decomposition KW - multi-junction solar cells KW - thin-film silicon solar cells KW - incoherent layers KW - incoherent light-trapping Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-50410 SN - 1438-0064 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Lockau, Daniel A1 - Hammerschmidt, Martin A1 - Haschke, Jan A1 - Blome, Mark A1 - Ruske, Florian A1 - Schmidt, Frank A1 - Rech, Bernd T1 - A comparison of scattering and non-scattering anti-reflection designs for back contacted polycrystalline thin film silicon solar cells in superstrate configuration T2 - Proc. SPIE Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2052362 VL - 9140 SP - 914006 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Lockau, Daniel A1 - Hammerschmidt, Martin A1 - Blome, Mark A1 - Schmidt, Frank ED - Deuflhard, Peter ED - et al., T1 - Optics of thin film solar cells T2 - MATHEON-Mathematics for Key Technologies Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4171/137 VL - 1 SP - 278 EP - 279 PB - European Mathematical Society ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Jäger, Klaus A1 - Barth, Carlo A1 - Hammerschmidt, Martin A1 - Herrmann, Sven A1 - Burger, Sven A1 - Schmidt, Frank A1 - Becker, Christiane ED - European Society for Quantum Solar Energy Conversion, T1 - Sinusoidal Nanotextures for Enhanced Light Management in Thin-Film Solar Cells T2 - 28th Workshop on Quantum Solar Energy Conversion - (QUANTSOL) Y1 - 2016 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jäger, Klaus A1 - Köppel, Grit A1 - Barth, Carlo A1 - Hammerschmidt, Martin A1 - Herrmann, Sven A1 - Burger, Sven A1 - Schmidt, Frank A1 - Becker, Christiane T1 - Sinusoidal gratings for optimized light management in c-Si thin-film solar cells JF - Proc. SPIE Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2225459 VL - 9898 SP - 989808 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Burger, Sven A1 - Gutsche, Philipp A1 - Hammerschmidt, Martin A1 - Herrmann, Sven A1 - Pomplun, Jan A1 - Schmidt, Frank A1 - Wohlfeil, Benjamin A1 - Zschiedrich, Lin T1 - Hp-finite-elements for simulating electromagnetic fields in optical devices with rough textures T2 - Proc. SPIE Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2190119 VL - 9630 SP - 96300S ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Burger, Sven A1 - Hammerschmidt, Martin A1 - Herrmann, Sven A1 - Pomplun, Jan A1 - Schmidt, Frank T1 - Reduced basis methods for optimization of nano-photonic devices T2 - Proc. Int. Conf. Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD) Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/NUSOD.2015.7292871 SP - 159 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Jäger, Klaus A1 - Barth, Carlo A1 - Hammerschmidt, Martin A1 - Herrmann, Sven A1 - Burger, Sven A1 - Schmidt, Frank A1 - Becker, Christiane T1 - Sinusoidal Nanotextures for Coupling Light into c-Si Thin-Film Solar Cells T2 - Light, Energy and the Environement 2015 Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1364/PV.2015.PTu4B.3 SP - PTu4B.3 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Barth, Carlo A1 - Jäger, Klaus A1 - Burger, Sven A1 - Hammerschmidt, Martin A1 - Schmidt, Frank A1 - Becker, Christiane T1 - Design of Photonic Crystals with Near-Surface Field Enhancement T2 - Light, Energy and the Environement 2015 Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1364/PV.2015.JTu5A.9 SP - JTu5A.9 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lockau, Daniel A1 - Sontheimer, Tobias A1 - Preidel, Veit A1 - Ruske, Florian A1 - Hammerschmidt, Martin A1 - Becker, Christiane A1 - Schmidt, Frank A1 - Rech, Bernd T1 - Advanced microhole arrays for light trapping in thin film silicon solar cells JF - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2013.11.024 VL - 125 SP - 298 EP - 304 ER -