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Crystalline semiconductor nanomembranes (NMs), which are transferable, stackable, bondable and manufacturable, offer unprecedented opportunities for unique and novel device applications. We review here nanophotonic devices based on stacked semiconductor NMs on Si, glass and flexible PET substrates. Photonic crystal Fano resonance-based surface-normal optical filters and broadband reflectors have been demonstrated with unique angle and polarization properties. Flexible photodetectors and solar cells have also been developed based on the NM stacking processes. Such NM stacking process can lead to a paradigm shift on silicon photonic integration and hybrid organic/inorganic flexible photonics.
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Zhou, W., Ma, Z., Chuwongin, S. et al. Semiconductor nanomembranes for integrated silicon photonics and flexible Photonics. Opt Quant Electron 44, 605–611 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-012-9586-8
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