Photothermal and photoacoustic characterization of porous silicon

Optical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 423-431

  Amato, G ^a   Benedetto, G ^a   Boarino, L ^a   Brunetto, N ^a   Spagnolo, R ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ELETTROTECNICO NAZIONALE GALILEO FERRARIS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Optical absorption; Photoacoustic and photothermal science and engineering; Photoacoustics; Photothermal; Porous silicon; Thermal conductivity; silicon sensors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001380702     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601214     Document Type: Article

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