Porous Semiconductors: Optical Properties and Applications

Porous semiconductor materials are finding applications in many areas of science and technology. Porous Semiconductors: Optical Properties and Applications provides an examination of these new types of materials, with an emphasis on optical properties and optical applications. Beginning with a description of the basic electrochemistry of porous semiconductors and the different kinds of porous semiconductor materials that can be fabricated, the book moves on to describe the fabrication processes used in the production of porous semiconductor optical components. This is then followed by a detailed description of peculiar light propagation phenomena. Concluding the text, a number of optical components based on porous semiconductor materials are discussed in depth.

Vladimir Kochergin is principal investigator at Luna Innovations, Inc, a company which he joined after spending five years as senior scientist with Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc. He holds a PhD in physics from Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel.Helmut Foll is a professor at Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, where he was the first dean of the Faculty of Engineering and where he is currently executive director of the Institute of Materials Science.