Visible to near infrared highly sensitive microbiosensor based on surface plasmon polariton with external sensing approach

We propose a simple geometric, highly responsive and miniaturized surface plasmon polariton microbiosensor using a photonic quasicrystal fiber. Here, we consider gold as plasmonic material as the external coating for exciting the surface plasmon to detect the refractive index of the external analyte...

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Main Authors: M.S. Aruna Gandhi, K. Senthilnathan, P. Ramesh Babu, Qian Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:Results in Physics
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211379719315372
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author M.S. Aruna Gandhi
K. Senthilnathan
P. Ramesh Babu
Qian Li
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K. Senthilnathan
P. Ramesh Babu
Qian Li
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description We propose a simple geometric, highly responsive and miniaturized surface plasmon polariton microbiosensor using a photonic quasicrystal fiber. Here, we consider gold as plasmonic material as the external coating for exciting the surface plasmon to detect the refractive index of the external analyte sensing to facilitate the practical realization. Further, we carry out detailed characteristics evaluations such as wavelength and amplitude sensitivities, resolution, full-width at half maximum, the figure of merit, signal to noise ratio and detection limit for both 6-fold and 8-fold plasmonic sensors. The proposed 6 and 8-fold sensors show a maximum sensitivity of 28,000 nm/RIU for an analyte range of 1.41–1.42 and 27,000 nm/RIU for an analyte range of 1.4–1.41, respectively. While the figure-of-merit of the 6-fold sensor is 491, for the 8-fold sensor, it is 231. Besides, the structural parameters and the arrangements of the air-holes in cladding region add to the sensing performance. The proposed sensing systems operate for a wide range of wavelengths from 600 to 1300 nm. Thus, the proposed sensors might turn out to be promising candidates for the refractive index-based biological and chemical detections. Keywords: Photonic quasicrystal fiber, Surface plasmonic polariton, Microbiosensor, External sensing approach
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spelling doaj.art-255746232005473e84961e62dd847cbe2022-12-22T03:41:18ZengElsevierResults in Physics2211-37972019-12-0115Visible to near infrared highly sensitive microbiosensor based on surface plasmon polariton with external sensing approachM.S. Aruna Gandhi0K. Senthilnathan1P. Ramesh Babu2Qian Li3School of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Peking University, Shenzhen 518055, ChinaSchool of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 632014, IndiaSchool of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 632014, IndiaSchool of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Peking University, Shenzhen 518055, China; Corresponding author.We propose a simple geometric, highly responsive and miniaturized surface plasmon polariton microbiosensor using a photonic quasicrystal fiber. Here, we consider gold as plasmonic material as the external coating for exciting the surface plasmon to detect the refractive index of the external analyte sensing to facilitate the practical realization. Further, we carry out detailed characteristics evaluations such as wavelength and amplitude sensitivities, resolution, full-width at half maximum, the figure of merit, signal to noise ratio and detection limit for both 6-fold and 8-fold plasmonic sensors. The proposed 6 and 8-fold sensors show a maximum sensitivity of 28,000 nm/RIU for an analyte range of 1.41–1.42 and 27,000 nm/RIU for an analyte range of 1.4–1.41, respectively. While the figure-of-merit of the 6-fold sensor is 491, for the 8-fold sensor, it is 231. Besides, the structural parameters and the arrangements of the air-holes in cladding region add to the sensing performance. The proposed sensing systems operate for a wide range of wavelengths from 600 to 1300 nm. Thus, the proposed sensors might turn out to be promising candidates for the refractive index-based biological and chemical detections. Keywords: Photonic quasicrystal fiber, Surface plasmonic polariton, Microbiosensor, External sensing approachhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211379719315372
spellingShingle M.S. Aruna Gandhi
K. Senthilnathan
P. Ramesh Babu
Qian Li
Visible to near infrared highly sensitive microbiosensor based on surface plasmon polariton with external sensing approach
Results in Physics
title Visible to near infrared highly sensitive microbiosensor based on surface plasmon polariton with external sensing approach
title_full Visible to near infrared highly sensitive microbiosensor based on surface plasmon polariton with external sensing approach
title_fullStr Visible to near infrared highly sensitive microbiosensor based on surface plasmon polariton with external sensing approach
title_full_unstemmed Visible to near infrared highly sensitive microbiosensor based on surface plasmon polariton with external sensing approach
title_short Visible to near infrared highly sensitive microbiosensor based on surface plasmon polariton with external sensing approach
title_sort visible to near infrared highly sensitive microbiosensor based on surface plasmon polariton with external sensing approach
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211379719315372
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