Smart optical sensors for chemical substances based on porous silicon technology

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 167-172

  De Stefano, Luca ^a   Rendina, Ivo ^a   Moretti, Luigi ^b   Tundo, Stefania ^a   Rossi, Andrea Mario ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ELETTROTECNICO NAZIONALE GALILEO FERRARIS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL SENSORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VOLUME FRACTION;

BRUGGEMAN THEORY; CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES; OPTICAL MICROCAVITIES;

POROUS SILICON;

EID: 0347268975     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.000167     Document Type: Article

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