Color matrix refractive index sensors using coupled vertical silicon nanowire arrays

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4228-4234

  Khorasaninejad, M ^a,b   Abedzadeh, N ^a   Walia, J ^a,b   Patchett, S ^a   Saini, S S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

color filtering; coupled arrays; refractive index sensors; Vertical silicon nanowire

Indexed keywords

BRIGHT-FIELD IMAGES; COLOR FILTERING; COLOR MATRIX; COUPLED ARRAYS; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; REFLECTED COLORS; REFLECTION SPECTRA; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSOR; SILICON NANOWIRE ARRAYS; SILICON NANOWIRES; SQUARE LATTICES;

COLOR; NANOWIRES; REFRACTOMETERS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 84864701042     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl301840y     Document Type: Article

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