A porous silicon multilayer, constituted by a Fabry-Perot cavity between two distributed Bragg reflectors, is exposed to vapor of several organic species. Different resonant peak shifts in the reflectivity spectra, ascribed to capillary condensation of the vapor in the silicon pores, have been observed. Starting from experimental data, the layer liquid volume fractions condensed in the sensing stack have been numerically estimated. Values ranging between 0.27 (for ethanol) and 0.33 (for iso-propanol) have been found. Time-resolved measurements show that the solvent identification occurs in less then 10 s.
Optical sensing of flammable substances using porous silicon microcavities
De Stefano L;Rendina I;
2003
Abstract
A porous silicon multilayer, constituted by a Fabry-Perot cavity between two distributed Bragg reflectors, is exposed to vapor of several organic species. Different resonant peak shifts in the reflectivity spectra, ascribed to capillary condensation of the vapor in the silicon pores, have been observed. Starting from experimental data, the layer liquid volume fractions condensed in the sensing stack have been numerically estimated. Values ranging between 0.27 (for ethanol) and 0.33 (for iso-propanol) have been found. Time-resolved measurements show that the solvent identification occurs in less then 10 s.File in questo prodotto:
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