Novel porous silicon vapor sensor based on polarization interferometry

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 58-62

  Liu, Rong ^a   Schmedake, Thomas A ^b   Li, Yang Yang ^b   Sailor, Michael J ^b   Fainman, Yeshaiahu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical form birefringence; Polarization interference; Porous silicon; Sensor

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ETHANOL; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; POROUS SILICON; SOLVENTS;

SILICON VAPOR SENSORS;

SILICON SENSORS;

EID: 0037111175     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(02)00217-4     Document Type: Article

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