Giant Goos-Hänchen Shifts in Au-ITO-TMDCs-Graphene Heterostructure and Its Potential for High Performance Sensor

In order to improve the performance of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor, the structure based on two-dimensional (2D) of graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are proposed to greatly enhance the Goos-Hänchen (GH) shift. It is theoretically proved that GH shift can be...

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Main Authors: Lei Han, Jianxing Pan, Chuan Wu, Keliang Li, Huafeng Ding, Qizheng Ji, Ming Yang, Jin Wang, Huijie Zhang, Tianye Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-02-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/4/1028
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Summary:In order to improve the performance of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor, the structure based on two-dimensional (2D) of graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are proposed to greatly enhance the Goos-H&#228;nchen (GH) shift. It is theoretically proved that GH shift can be significantly enhanced in SPR structure coated with gold (Au)-indium tin oxide (ITO)-TMDCs-graphene heterostructure. In order to realize high GH shifts, the number of TMDCs and graphene layer are optimized. The highest GH shift (&#8722;801.7 &#955;) is obtained by Au-ITO-MoSe<sub>2</sub>-graphene hybrid structure with MoSe<sub>2</sub> monolayer and graphene bilayer, respectively. By analyzing the GH variation, the index sensitivity of such configuration can reach as high as 8.02 &#215; 10<sup>5</sup> &#955;/RIU, which is 293.24 times of the Au-ITO structure and 177.43 times of the Au-ITO-graphene structure. The proposed SPR biosensor can be widely used in the precision metrology and optical sensing.
ISSN:1424-8220