A conceptual model of light coupling by pillar diffraction gratings

One of the authors K.R.C. acknowledges the support of an Australian Research Council fellowship. The Centre of Excellence for Advanced Silicon Photovoltaics and Photonics is supported by the Australian Research Council.

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