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Double-light detection is a combination of refractive index change detection and fluorescence change detection. It uses quantum dots to label probe molecules to detect target molecules. In the double-signal-light detection method, the first detection-signal light is the detection light that is reflected from the surface of the porous silicon Bragg mirror. The wavelength of the detection light is the same as the wavelength of the photonic band gap edge of the porous silicon Bragg mirror. CdSe\/ZnS quantum dots are used to label the probe DNA and hybridize it with the target DNA molecules in the pores of porous silicon to improve its effective refractive index and enhance the detection-reflection light. The second detection-signal light is fluorescence, which is generated by the quantum dots in the reactant that are excited by light of a certain wavelength. The Bragg mirror structure further enhances the fluorescence signal. A digital microscope is used to simultaneously receive the digital image of two kinds of signal light superimposed on the surface of porous silicon, and the corresponding algorithm is used to calculate the change in the average grey value before and after the hybridization reaction to calculate the concentration of the DNA molecules. The detection limit of the DNA molecules was 0.42 pM. 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