• DocumentCode
    3534524
  • Title

    Colorful silicon nanowire arrays for sensing

  • Author

    Khorasaninjead, M. ; Abedzadeh, N. ; Walia, J. ; Saini, S.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    6-9 Aug. 2012
  • Firstpage
    174
  • Lastpage
    175
  • Abstract
    Ordered arrays of vertical silicon nanowires reflect vivid colors. Sensitivity of the colors to refractive-index of the surrounding medium was investigated and a resolution of 1.6×10-3 was achieved; resulting in a low-cost simple refractive-index sensor.
  • Keywords
    colour; elemental semiconductors; nanophotonics; nanosensors; nanowires; optical arrays; optical sensors; refractive index; sensor arrays; silicon; Si; color sensitivity; colorful silicon nanowire arrays; low-cost simple refractive-index sensor; ordered arrays; vertical silicon nanowires; Electromagnetic coupling; Image color analysis; Image resolution; Reflection; Refractive index; Sensitivity; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), 2012 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Banff, AB
  • ISSN
    2160-5033
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1511-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OMEMS.2012.6318859
  • Filename
    6318859
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3534524