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Butt MA, Kazanskiy NL, Khonina SN, Voronkov GS, Grakhova EP, Kutluyarov RV. A Review on Photonic Sensing Technologies: Status and Outlook. Biosensors (Basel) 2023; 13:bios13050568. [PMID: 37232929 DOI: 10.3390/bios13050568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In contemporary science and technology, photonic sensors are essential. They may be made to be extremely resistant to some physical parameters while also being extremely sensitive to other physical variables. Most photonic sensors may be incorporated on chips and operate with CMOS technology, making them suitable for use as extremely sensitive, compact, and affordable sensors. Photonic sensors can detect electromagnetic (EM) wave changes and convert them into an electric signal due to the photoelectric effect. Depending on the requirements, scientists have found ways to develop photonic sensors based on several interesting platforms. In this work, we extensively review the most generally utilized photonic sensors for detecting vital environmental parameters and personal health care. These sensing systems include optical waveguides, optical fibers, plasmonics, metasurfaces, and photonic crystals. Various aspects of light are used to investigate the transmission or reflection spectra of photonic sensors. In general, resonant cavity or grating-based sensor configurations that work on wavelength interrogation methods are preferred, so these sensor types are mostly presented. We believe that this paper will provide insight into the novel types of available photonic sensors.
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- Samara National Research University, 443086 Samara, Russia
- IPSI RAS-Branch of the FSRC "Crystallography and Photonics" RAS, 443001 Samara, Russia
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- Samara National Research University, 443086 Samara, Russia
- IPSI RAS-Branch of the FSRC "Crystallography and Photonics" RAS, 443001 Samara, Russia
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- Ufa University of Science and Technology, Z. Validi St. 32, 450076 Ufa, Russia
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- Ufa University of Science and Technology, Z. Validi St. 32, 450076 Ufa, Russia
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Kazanskiy NL, Khonina SN, Butt MA. A Review of Photonic Sensors Based on Ring Resonator Structures: Three Widely Used Platforms and Implications of Sensing Applications. Micromachines (Basel) 2023; 14:mi14051080. [PMID: 37241703 DOI: 10.3390/mi14051080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Revised: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Optical ring resonators (RRs) are a novel sensing device that has recently been developed for several sensing applications. In this review, RR structures based on three widely explored platforms, namely silicon-on-insulator (SOI), polymers, and plasmonics, are reviewed. The adaptability of these platforms allows for compatibility with different fabrication processes and integration with other photonic components, providing flexibility in designing and implementing various photonic devices and systems. Optical RRs are typically small, making them suitable for integration into compact photonic circuits. Their compactness allows for high device density and integration with other optical components, enabling complex and multifunctional photonic systems. RR devices realized on the plasmonic platform are highly attractive, as they offer extremely high sensitivity and a small footprint. However, the biggest challenge to overcome is the high fabrication demand related to such nanoscale devices, which limits their commercialization.
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- Nikolay L Kazanskiy
- Department of Technical Cybernetics, Samara National Research University, 443086 Samara, Russia
- IPSI RAS-Branch of the FSRC "Crystallography and Photonics" RAS, 443001 Samara, Russia
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- Department of Technical Cybernetics, Samara National Research University, 443086 Samara, Russia
- IPSI RAS-Branch of the FSRC "Crystallography and Photonics" RAS, 443001 Samara, Russia
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- Department of Technical Cybernetics, Samara National Research University, 443086 Samara, Russia
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Irfan M, Khan Y, Rehman AU, Ullah N, Khonina SN, Kazanskiy NL, Butt MA. Plasmonic Perfect Absorber Utilizing Polyhexamethylene Biguanide Polymer for Carbon Dioxide Gas Sensing Application. Materials (Basel) 2023; 16:2629. [PMID: 37048923 PMCID: PMC10096377 DOI: 10.3390/ma16072629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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In this paper a perfect absorber with a photonic crystal cavity (PhC-cavity) is numerically investigated for carbon dioxide (CO2) gas sensing application. Metallic structures in the form of silver are introduced for harnessing plasmonic effects to achieve perfect absorption. The sensor comprises a PhC-cavity, silver (Ag) stripes, and a host functional material-Polyhexamethylene biguanide polymer-deposited on the surface of the sensor. The PhC-cavity is implemented within the middle of the cell, helping to penetrate the EM waves into the sublayers of the structure. Therefore, corresponding to the concentration of the CO2 gas, as it increases, the refractive index of the host material decreases, causing a blue shift in the resonant wavelength and vice versa of the device. The sensor is used for the detection of 0-524 parts per million (ppm) concentration of the CO2 gas, with a maximum sensitivity of 17.32 pm (pico meter)/ppm achieved for a concentration of 366 ppm with a figure of merit (FOM) of 2.9 RIU-1. The four-layer device presents a straightforward and compact design that can be adopted in various sensing applications by using suitable host functional materials.
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- Muhammad Irfan
- Nanophotonics Research Group, Department of Electronic Engineering, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta 87300, Pakistan
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- Nanophotonics Research Group, Department of Electronic Engineering, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta 87300, Pakistan
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- Nanophotonics Research Group, Department of Electronic Engineering, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta 87300, Pakistan
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- Nanophotonics Research Group, Department of Electronic Engineering, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta 87300, Pakistan
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- Samara National Research University, 443086 Samara, Russia
- IPSI RAS-Branch of the FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics” RAS, 443001 Samara, Russia
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- Samara National Research University, 443086 Samara, Russia
- IPSI RAS-Branch of the FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics” RAS, 443001 Samara, Russia
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- Institute of Microelectronics and Optoelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warszawa, Poland
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Muhammad A. Butt. Numerical Assessment of a Metal-Insulator-Metal Waveguide-Based Plasmonic Sensor System for the Recognition of Tuberculosis in Blood Plasma. Micromachines (Basel) 2023; 14:729. [ DOI: 10.3390/mi14040729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Revised: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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In this paper, a numerical analysis of a plasmonic sensor based on a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) waveguide is conducted for the detection of tuberculosis (TB)-infected blood plasma. It is not straightforward to directly couple the light to the nanoscale MIM waveguide, because of which two Si3N4 mode converters are integrated with the plasmonic sensor. This allows the efficient conversion of the dielectric mode into a plasmonic mode, which propagates in the MIM waveguide via an input mode converter. At the output port, the plasmonic mode is converted back to the dielectric mode via the output mode converter. The proposed device is employed to detect TB-infected blood plasma. The refractive index of TB-infected blood plasma is slightly lower than that of normal blood plasma. Therefore, it is important to have a sensing device with high sensitivity. The sensitivity and figure of merit of the proposed device are ~900 nm/RIU and 11.84, respectively.
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Butt MA, Kazanskiy NL, Khonina SN. Advances in Waveguide Bragg Grating Structures, Platforms, and Applications: An Up-to-Date Appraisal. Biosensors 2022; 12:bios12070497. [PMID: 35884300 PMCID: PMC9313028 DOI: 10.3390/bios12070497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2022] [Revised: 07/03/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A Bragg grating (BG) is a one-dimensional optical device that may reflect a specific wavelength of light while transmitting all others. It is created by the periodic fluctuation of the refractive index in the waveguide (WG). The reflectivity of a BG is specified by the index modulation profile. A Bragg grating is a flexible optical filter that has found broad use in several scientific and industrial domains due to its straightforward construction and distinctive filtering capacity. WG BGs are also widely utilized in sensing applications due to their easy integration and high sensitivity. Sensors that utilize optical signals for sensing have several benefits over conventional sensors that use electric signals to achieve detection, including being lighter, having a strong ability to resist electromagnetic interference, consuming less power, operating over a wider frequency range, performing consistently, operating at a high speed, and experiencing less loss and crosstalk. WG BGs are simple to include in chips and are compatible with complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) manufacturing processes. In this review, WG BG structures based on three major optical platforms including semiconductors, polymers, and plasmonics are discussed for filtering and sensing applications. Based on the desired application and available fabrication facilities, the optical platform is selected, which mainly regulates the device performance and footprint.
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- Muhammad A. Butt
- Institute of Microelectronics and Optoelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warszawa, Poland
- Samara National Research University, 443086 Samara, Russia; (N.L.K.); (S.N.K.)
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- Samara National Research University, 443086 Samara, Russia; (N.L.K.); (S.N.K.)
- IPSI RAS-Branch of the FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics” RAS, 443001 Samara, Russia
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- Samara National Research University, 443086 Samara, Russia; (N.L.K.); (S.N.K.)
- IPSI RAS-Branch of the FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics” RAS, 443001 Samara, Russia
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Moeinimaleki B, Kaatuzian H, Livani AM. Design and simulation of a plasmonic density nanosensor for polarizable gases. Appl Opt 2022; 61:4735-4742. [PMID: 36255954 DOI: 10.1364/ao.457454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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In this paper, an optical method of measuring the mass density of polarizable gases is proposed using a plasmonic refractive index nano-sensor. Plasmonic sensors can detect very small changes in the refracting index of arbitrary dielectric materials. However, attributing them to a specific application needs more elaboration of the material's refractive index unit's (RIU) relation with the introduced application. In a gaseous medium, the optical properties of molecules are related to their dipole moment polarizability. Hence, the theoretical index-density relation of Lorentz-Lorenz is applied in the proposed sensing mechanism to interpret changes in the gas' refractive index and to changes in its density. The proposed plasmonic mass density sensor shows a sensitivity of 348.8nm/(gr/cm3) for methane gas in the visible light region. This sensor can be integrated with photonic circuits for gas sensing purposes.
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Chou Chao CT, Chou Chau YF, Chiang HP. Breaking the Symmetry of a Metal-Insulator-Metal-Based Resonator for Sensing Applications. Nanoscale Res Lett 2022; 17:48. [PMID: 35441252 PMCID: PMC9018922 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-022-03684-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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This article designed a novel multi-mode plasmonic sensor based on a metal-insulator-metal waveguide side-coupled to a circular-shaped resonator containing an air path in the resonator. The electromagnet field distributions and transmittance spectra are investigated using finite element method-based simulations. Simulation results show that an air path in the resonator's core would impact the transmittance spectrum of SPPs. Besides, the air path is crucial in offering efficient coupling and generating multiple plasmon modes in the sensor system. The proposed structure has the advantage of multi-channel, and its sensitivity, figure of merit, and dipping strength can reach 2800 nm/RIU, 333.3 1/RIU, and 86.97%, respectively. The achieved plasmonic sensor can also apply for lab-on-chip in biochemical analysis for detecting the existence or nonappearance of diabetes through the human glucose concentration in urine.
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- Chung-Ting Chou Chao
- Department of Optoelectronics and Materials Technology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan
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- Centre for Advanced Material and Energy Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Tungku Link, Gadong, Negara, BE1410, Brunei Darussalam.
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- Department of Optoelectronics and Materials Technology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan.
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Khani S, Hayati M. Optical biosensors using plasmonic and photonic crystal band-gap structures for the detection of basal cell cancer. Sci Rep 2022; 12:5246. [PMID: 35347198 PMCID: PMC8960887 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-09213-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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One of the most interesting topics in bio-optics is measuring the refractive index of tissues. Accordingly, two novel optical biosensor configurations for cancer cell detections have been proposed in this paper. These structures are composed of one-dimensional photonic crystal (PC) lattices coupled to two metal-insulator-metal (MIM) plasmonic waveguides. Also, the tapering method is used to improve the matching between the MIM plasmonic waveguides and PC structure in the second proposed topology. The PC lattices at the central part of the structures generate photonic bandgaps (PBGs) with sharp edges in the transmission spectra of the biosensors. These sharp edges are suitable candidates for sensing applications. On the other hand, the long distance between two PBG edges causes that when the low PBG edge is used for sensing mechanism, it does not have an overlapping with the high PBG edge by changing the refractive index of the analyte. Therefore, the proposed biosensors can be used for a wide wavelength range. The maximum obtained sensitivities and FOM values of the designed biosensors are equal to 718.6, 714.3 nm/RIU, and 156.217, 60.1 RIU-1, respectively. The metal and insulator materials which are used in the designed structures are silver, air, and GaAs, respectively. The finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method is used for the numerical investigation of the proposed structures. Furthermore, the initial structure of the proposed biosensors is analyzed using the transmission line method to verify the FDTD simulations. The attractive and simple topologies of the proposed biosensors and their high sensitivities make them suitable candidates for biosensing applications.
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- Shiva Khani
- Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Razi University, Kermanshah, 67149-67346, Iran
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- Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Razi University, Kermanshah, 67149-67346, Iran.
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Kazanskiy NL, Khonina SN, Butt MA, Kaźmierczak A, Piramidowicz R. A Numerical Investigation of a Plasmonic Sensor Based on a Metal-Insulator-Metal Waveguide for Simultaneous Detection of Biological Analytes and Ambient Temperature. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2021; 11:2551. [PMID: 34684992 DOI: 10.3390/nano11102551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Revised: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A multipurpose plasmonic sensor design based on a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) waveguide is numerically investigated in this paper. The proposed design can be instantaneously employed for biosensing and temperature sensing applications. The sensor consists of two simple resonant cavities having a square and circular shape, with the side coupled to an MIM bus waveguide. For biosensing operation, the analytes can be injected into the square cavity while a thermo-optic polymer is deposited in the circular cavity, which provides a shift in resonance wavelength according to the variation in ambient temperature. Both sensing processes work independently. Each cavity provides a resonance dip at a distinct position in the transmission spectrum of the sensor, which does not obscure the analysis process. Such a simple configuration embedded in the single-chip can potentially provide a sensitivity of 700 nm/RIU and -0.35 nm/°C for biosensing and temperature sensing, respectively. Furthermore, the figure of merit (FOM) for the biosensing module and temperature sensing module is around 21.9 and 0.008, respectively. FOM is the ratio between the sensitivity of the device and width of the resonance dip. We suppose that the suggested sensor design can be valuable in twofold ways: (i) in the scenarios where the testing of the biological analytes should be conducted in a controlled temperature environment and (ii) for reducing the influence on ambient temperature fluctuations on refractometric measurements in real-time mode.
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Chou Chau YF, Ming TY, Chou Chao CT, Thotagamuge R, Kooh MRR, Huang HJ, Lim CM, Chiang HP. Significantly enhanced coupling effect and gap plasmon resonance in a MIM-cavity based sensing structure. Sci Rep 2021; 11:18515. [PMID: 34531463 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-98001-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Herein, we design a high sensitivity with a multi-mode plasmonic sensor based on the square ring-shaped resonators containing silver nanorods together with a metal–insulator-metal bus waveguide. The finite element method can analyze the structure's transmittance properties and electromagnetic field distributions in detail. Results show that the coupling effect between the bus waveguide and the side-coupled resonator can enhance by generating gap plasmon resonance among the silver nanorods, increasing the cavity plasmon mode in the resonator. The suggested structure obtained a relatively high sensitivity and acceptable figure of merit and quality factor of about 2473 nm/RIU (refractive index unit), 34.18 1/RIU, and 56.35, respectively. Thus, the plasmonic sensor is ideal for lab-on-chip in gas and biochemical analysis and can significantly enhance the sensitivity by 177% compared to the regular one. Furthermore, the designed structure can apply in nanophotonic devices, and the range of the detected refractive index is suitable for gases and fluids (e.g., gas, isopropanol, optical oil, and glucose solution).
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Chau YC, Chou Chao CT, Jumat SZBH, Kooh MRR, Thotagamuge R, Lim CM, Chiang HP. Improved Refractive Index-Sensing Performance of Multimode Fano-Resonance-Based Metal-Insulator-Metal Nanostructures. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2021; 11:2097. [PMID: 34443927 DOI: 10.3390/nano11082097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Revised: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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This work proposed a multiple mode Fano resonance-based refractive index sensor with high sensitivity that is a rarely investigated structure. The designed device consists of a metal–insulator–metal (MIM) waveguide with two rectangular stubs side-coupled with an elliptical resonator embedded with an air path in the resonator and several metal defects set in the bus waveguide. We systematically studied three types of sensor structures employing the finite element method. Results show that the surface plasmon mode’s splitting is affected by the geometry of the sensor. We found that the transmittance dips and peaks can dramatically change by adding the dual air stubs, and the light–matter interaction can effectively enhance by embedding an air path in the resonator and the metal defects in the bus waveguide. The double air stubs and an air path contribute to the cavity plasmon resonance, and the metal defects facilitate the gap plasmon resonance in the proposed plasmonic sensor, resulting in remarkable characteristics compared with those of plasmonic sensors. The high sensitivity of 2600 nm/RIU and 1200 nm/RIU can simultaneously achieve in mode 1 and mode 2 of the proposed type 3 structure, which considerably raises the sensitivity by 216.67% for mode 1 and 133.33% for mode 2 compared to its regular counterpart, i.e., type 2 structure. The designed sensing structure can detect the material’s refractive index in a wide range of gas, liquids, and biomaterials (e.g., hemoglobin concentration).
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Butt MA, Kaźmierczak A, Kazanskiy NL, Khonina SN. Metal-Insulator-Metal Waveguide-Based Racetrack Integrated Circular Cavity for Refractive Index Sensing Application. Electronics 2021; 10:1419. [DOI: 10.3390/electronics10121419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Herein, a novel cavity design of racetrack integrated circular cavity established on metal-insulator-metal (MIM) waveguide is suggested for refractive index sensing application. Over the past few years, we have witnessed several unique cavity designs to improve the sensing performance of the plasmonic sensors created on the MIM waveguide. The optimized cavity design can provide the best sensing performance. In this work, we have numerically analyzed the device design by utilizing the finite element method (FEM). The small variations in the geometric parameter of the device can bring a significant shift in the sensitivity and the figure of merit (FOM) of the device. The best sensitivity and FOM of the anticipated device are 1400 nm/RIU and ~12.01, respectively. We believe that the sensor design analyzed in this work can be utilized in the on-chip detection of biochemical analytes.
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