• Journal of Semiconductors
  • Vol. 40, Issue 3, 032702 (2019)
Xia Guo1, Qiaoli Liu1、2, Huijun Tian1、3, Ben Li2, Hongyi Zhou2, Chong Li2, Anqi Hu1, and Xiaoying He1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Electronic Engineering, State Key Laboratory for Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing Key Laboratory of Work Safety Intelligent Monitoring, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
  • 2School of Information, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
  • 3Institute of Laser Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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    Xia Guo, Qiaoli Liu, Huijun Tian, Ben Li, Hongyi Zhou, Chong Li, Anqi Hu, Xiaoying He. Optimization of broadband omnidirectional antireflection coatings for solar cells[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2019, 40(3): 032702 Copy Citation Text show less
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