Porous silicon microcavities: synthesis, characterization, and application to photonic barcode devices

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Fernando Ramiro-Manzano
Roberto Fenollosa
Elisabet Xifré-Pérez
Moises Garín
Francisco Meseguer
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[1] Universidad Politécnica de Valencia,Centro de Tecnologías Físicas, Unidad Asociada ICMM/CSIC
[2] Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid CSIC,UPV
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Nanoscale Research Letters | / 7卷
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Porous silicon colloids; Photoluminescence emission; Optical cavity modes;
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We have recently developed a new type of porous silicon we name as porous silicon colloids. They consist of almost perfect spherical silicon nanoparticles with a very smooth surface, able to scatter (and also trap) light very efficiently in a large-span frequency range. Porous silicon colloids have unique properties because of the following: (a) they behave as optical microcavities with a high refractive index, and (b) the intrinsic photoluminescence (PL) emission is coupled to the optical modes of the microcavity resulting in a unique luminescence spectrum profile. The PL spectrum constitutes an optical fingerprint identifying each particle, with application for biosensing.
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