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Tunable resonance transmission modes in hybrid heterostructures based on porous silicon
Author affiliations
1 Instituto de Física, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, A.P. J-48, Puebla, 72570, México
2 Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Alvaro Obregón 64, San Luis Potosí, 78000, México
3 Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, Cuernavaca, CP 62209, Morelos, México
Citation and License
Nanoscale Research Letters 2012, 7:392 doi:10.1186/1556-276X-7-392
Published: 13 July 2012Abstract
In this work, we report the experimental results and theoretical analysis of strong localization of resonance transmission modes generated by hybrid periodic/quasiperiodic heterostructures (HHs) based on porous silicon. The HHs are formed by stacking a quasiperiodic Fibonacci (FN) substructure between two distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs). FN substructure defines the number of strong localized modes that can be tunable at any given wavelength and be unfolded when a partial periodicity condition is imposed. These structures show interesting properties for biomaterials research, biosensor applications and basic studies of adsorption of organic molecules. We also demonstrate the sensitivity of HHs to material infiltration.
