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Optical Properties of Silicon Nanowires

Optical Properties of Silicon Nanowires and Other Nanostructures

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Silicon nanowires exhibit strong antireflective properties and are capable of enhancing optical absorption over that of bare bulk crystalline silicon. Low-dimensional silicon nanowires also exhibit luminescence visible to the naked eye under laser excitation. This chapter summarizes recent theoretical and experimental studies on the optical properties of silicon nanowires. The optical properties of silicon nanocones and core-shell nanowires are also discussed. Silicon nanowires are characterized by UV–VIS-NIR and photoluminescence spectroscopy.

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Adachi, M.M., Khorasaninejad, M., Saini, S.S., Karim, K.S. (2013). Optical Properties of Silicon Nanowires. In: Kumar, C. (eds) UV-VIS and Photoluminescence Spectroscopy for Nanomaterials Characterization. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27594-4_9

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