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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Banff, AB
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1511-2
DOI :
10.1109/OMEMS.2012.6318859