Porous semiconductor materials are finding applications in many areas of science and technology. This detailed book provides a detailed examination of these new types of materials, with an emphasis on optical properties and optical applications.

Porous Semiconductors: Optical Properties and Applications provides an examination of porous semiconductor materials. Beginning with a description of the basic electrochemistry of porous semiconductors and the different kinds of porous semiconductor materials that can be fabricated, the book moves on to describe the fabrication processes used in the production of porous semiconductor optical components. Concluding the text, a number of optical components based on porous semiconductor materials are discussed in depth.

Porous Semiconductors: Optical Properties and Applications provides a thorough grounding in the design, fabrication and theory behind the optical applications of porous semiconductor materials for graduate and undergraduate students interested in optics, photonics, MEMS, and material science. The book is also a valuable reference for scientists, researchers, and engineers in the field of optics and materials science.

Provides a thorough grounding in the design, fabrication and theory behind the optical applications of porous semiconductor materials Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext

Vladimir Kochergin is principal investigator at Luna Innovations, Inc, a company which he joined after spending five years as senior scientist with Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc. He holds a PhD in physics from Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel. Helmut Föll is a professor at Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, where he was the first dean of the Faculty of Engineering and where he is currently executive director of the Institute of Materials Science.

Inhalt
Pore Etching Essentials.- Subwavelength Approach of Light Propagation Through Porous Semiconductors.- Leaky Waveguide Approach of Light Propagation Through Porous Semiconductors.- Normal Waveguide Approach of Light Propagation Through Porous Semiconductors.- Optical Components from Mesoporous Silicon.- Long Wave Pass Filters.- Macroporous Silicon Ultraviolet Filters.- Polarization Components for the UV Range.- Retroreflection Suppression Plate.- Omnidirectional IR Filters.- Biochemical Sensors Based on Porous Silicon.