Light scattering and diffuse light propagation in sintered porous silicon

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  • A. Wolf
  • B. Terheiden
  • R. Brendel

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  • Institut für Solarenergieforschung GmbH (ISFH)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer033106
FachzeitschriftJournal of applied physics
Jahrgang104
Ausgabenummer3
Frühes Online-Datum4 Aug. 2008
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2008
Extern publiziertJa

Abstract

The scattering coefficient and the refractive index of sintered porous silicon are deduced from measurements on 1-4 μm thick freestanding films. Mie's theory is applied to describe the light scattering by the spherical pores. Using a reduced effective refractive index for the host medium in Mie's theory accounts for the close spacing of the pores and results in an agreement between the measured and calculated scattering coefficients. A coherent calculation for the specular nonscattered radiation is combined with a model that describes the propagation of the scattered diffuse light flux. For this diffuse model two approaches, the Kubelka Munk theory and a Lambertian model developed in this work, are compared. The combined model reproduces both, the specular as well as the diffuse component of the measured reflection and transmission.

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Light scattering and diffuse light propagation in sintered porous silicon. / Wolf, A.; Terheiden, B.; Brendel, R.
in: Journal of applied physics, Jahrgang 104, Nr. 3, 033106, 2008.

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Wolf A, Terheiden B, Brendel R. Light scattering and diffuse light propagation in sintered porous silicon. Journal of applied physics. 2008;104(3):033106. Epub 2008 Aug 4. doi: 10.1063/1.2956690
Wolf, A. ; Terheiden, B. ; Brendel, R. / Light scattering and diffuse light propagation in sintered porous silicon. in: Journal of applied physics. 2008 ; Jahrgang 104, Nr. 3.
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