Enhancing photovoltaic output power by 3-band spectrum-splitting and concentration using a diffractive micro-optic

Mohammad, Nabil; Wang, Peng; Friedman, Daniel; Menon, Rajesh

doi:10.1364/oe.22.0a1519

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“…Other noteworthy works include the design of MDLs to highlight broadband holograms enabling multi-plane image projection [29] as well as in holographic displays for AR and VR applications [30,31]. In addition to this, the usefulness of MDLs in the construction of solar cells for efficient solar energy harvesting has also recently emerged [32][33][34]. MDLs have also found their way into the area of maskless lithography [35].…”

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Inverse designed achromatic flat lens operating in the ultraviolet

Banerji

Sensale‐Rodriguez

2020

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We demonstrate an inverse designed achromatic, flat, polarization-insensitive diffractive optic element, i.e., multilevel diffractive lens (MDL), operating across a broadband range of UV light (250 nm -400 nm) via numerical simulations. The simulated average onaxis focusing efficiency of the MDL is optimized to be as high as ~86%. We also investigate the off-axis focusing characteristics at different incident angles of the incoming UV radiation such that the MDL has a full field of view of 30˚. The simulated average off-axis focusing efficiency is ~67%, which is the highest reported till date for any chromatic or achromatic UV metalens or diffractive lens to the best of our knowledge. The designed MDL is composed of silicon nitride. The work reported herein will be useful for the miniaturization and integration of lightweight and compact UV optical systems.

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Inverse designed achromatic flat lens operating in the ultraviolet

Banerji

Sensale‐Rodriguez

2020

OSA Continuum

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“…16 We further emphasize that we previously demonstrated water-immersion diffractive lenses with numerical aperture (NA) as high as 1.43. 17 Previously, we utilized the concept of broadband diffractive optics to design broadband holograms 18 and to demonstrate broadband spectrum splitting and concentration, 19,20 phase masks for 3D lithography 21 and cylindrical lenses with super-achromatic performance over the entire visible band. 22 Here, we design, fabricate and characterize broadband diffractive optics as planar lenses for imaging.…”

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Broadband imaging with one planar diffractive lens

Mohammad

Meem

Shen

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We demonstrate imaging over the visible band using a single planar diffractive lens. This is enabled via multi-level diffractive optics that is designed to focus over a broad wavelength range, which we refer to as an achromatic diffractive lens (ADL). We designed, fabricated and characterized two ADLs with numerical apertures of 0.05 and 0.18. Diffraction-limited focusing is demonstrated for the NA = 0.05 lens with measured focusing efficiency of over 40% across the entire visible spectrum (450 nm to 750 nm). We characterized the lenses with a monochromatic and a color CMOS sensor, and demonstrated video imaging under natural sunlight and other broadband illumination conditions. We use rigorous electromagnetic simulations to emphasize that ADLs can achieve high NA (0.9) and large operating bandwidth (300 nm in the visible spectrum), a combination of metrics that have so far eluded other flat-lens technologies such as metalenses. These planar diffractive lenses can be cost-effectively manufactured over large areas and thereby, can enable the wide adoption of flat, low-cost lenses for a variety of imaging applications.

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“…With the presented hybrid approach, we spectrally split and spatially concentrate light using a SpliCon that provides up to a 41.1% increase in SOE efficiency. Thank to the hybrid approach we reached an excess light intensity that helps in order to reduce our energy demand after harvesting much more solar energy with a DOE/SpliCon [16][17][18]. Our hybrid design approach may enable one to improve spectral resolution of optical spectrometers including a DOE/SpliCon designed for high spectral splitting within a short design duration.…”

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“…The increased resolution requirement in designing a phase plate also increases the number of parameters to be optimized for an efficient control on light. A diffractive optical element (DOE) is a special type of phase plate that modulates light by using diffraction and interference with preferably minimal light scattering [15][16][17][18][19].…”

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“…Solar energy can be more effectively converted to electricity using smart design schemes. Laterally arranged solar cells that are made from two different materials, produce increased energy output by enhancing spectral overlap between the absorption spectra of solar cells and the incident spectrum of the sunlight [15][16][17][18][19]. A DOE can spectrally disperse the sunlight and steer individual spectral band to the relevant target solar cell.…”

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Hybrid design of spectral splitters and concentrators of light for solar cells using iterative search and neural networks

Yolalmaz,

Yüce

2021

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The need for optically multi-functional micro-and nano-structures is growing in various fields. Designing such structures is impeded by the lack of computationally low-cost algorithms. In this study, we present a hybrid design scheme, which relies on a deep learning model and the local search optimization algorithm, to optimize a diffractive optical element that performs spectral splitting and spatial concentration of broadband light for solar cells. Using generated data set during optimization of a diffractive optical element, which is a one-time effort, we design topography of diffractive optical elements by using a deep learning-based inverse design scheme. We show that further iterative optimization of the reconstructed diffractive optical elements increases amount of spatially concentrated and spectrally split light. Our joint design approach both speeds up optimization of diffractive optical elements as well as providing better performance at least 57% excess light concentration with spectral splitting. The algorithm that we develop here will enable advanced and efficient design of multi-functional phase plates in various fields besides the application that we target in solar energy. The algorithm that we develop is openly available to contribute to other applications that rely on phase plates.

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Enhancing photovoltaic output power by 3-band spectrum-splitting and concentration using a diffractive micro-optic

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Inverse designed achromatic flat lens operating in the ultraviolet

Inverse designed achromatic flat lens operating in the ultraviolet

Broadband imaging with one planar diffractive lens

Hybrid design of spectral splitters and concentrators of light for solar cells using iterative search and neural networks

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