Finite-thickness photonic crystals based on nanostructured porous silicon for optical sensing

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Martín Palma, Raúl J ^a   Torres Costa, Vicente ^a   Manso, Miguel ^a   Martínez Duart, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biosensing; Chemical sensing; Photonic crystal; Porous silicon

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL SENSORS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON PHOTONICS;

BIOCHEMICAL SPECIES; BIOSENSING; CHEMICAL SENSING; FABRICATION OF PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; INDEX OF REFRACTION; PHOTONIC BAND STRUCTURES; SILICON BASED PHOTONICS; TRIANGULAR LATTICE;

POROUS SILICON;

EID: 65449126231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3079805     Document Type: Article

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