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Optical Birefringence of Porous Silicon

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Electrochemically etched porous silicon can exhibit pronounced optical anisotropy even though bulk silicon is basically optically isotropic. The origin of this effect, the most significant parameters, and potential applications in sensing and micro-optic devices are reviewed.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan

    Minoru Fujii

  2. Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, Garching, 85748, Germany

    Joachim Diener

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  1. Malvern, Worcestershire, United Kingdom

    Leigh Canham

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Fujii, M., Diener, J. (2014). Optical Birefringence of Porous Silicon. In: Canham, L. (eds) Handbook of Porous Silicon. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05744-6_26

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