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Optical devices based on anisotropically nanostructured silicon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

J. Diener
Affiliation:
Technische Universitäat München, Physik-Department E16, D-85747 Garching, Germany
N. Künzner
Affiliation:
Technische Universitäat München, Physik-Department E16, D-85747 Garching, Germany
E. Gross
Affiliation:
Technische Universitäat München, Physik-Department E16, D-85747 Garching, Germany
D. Kovalev
Affiliation:
Technische Universitäat München, Physik-Department E16, D-85747 Garching, Germany
M. Fujii
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University, Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657–8501, Japan
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Abstract

Anisotropic nanostructuring of bulk silicon (Si) leads to a significant optical anisotropy of single porous silicon (PSi) layers. A variation of the etching current in time allows a controlled modification of the porosity along the growth direction and therefore a three-dimensional variation of the refractive index (in plane an in depth). This technique can be important for photonic applications since it is the basis of a development of a variety of novel, polarization sensitive, silicon-based optical devices: retarders, dichroic Bragg Reflectors, dichroic microcavities and Si based polarizers.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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