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A planar optical concentrator is shown on the left figure. It consists of a solar cell, a periodically multi-layered isotropic dielectric (PMLID) material, an ITO layer acting as anti-reflection coating and a buffer layer that reduces the reflection between the solar cell and the PMLID material. A simulation of the intensity of the electric field using a finite element method is displayed on the right. More details in:

Barber, G., Faryad, M., Lakhtakia, A., Mallouk, T., Monk, P. and Solano, M.: Buffer layer between a planar optical concentrator and a solar cell. Preprint 2014-26, Centro de Investigacion en Ingenieria Matematica (CI²MA), Universidad de Concepcion, (2014).