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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Ultra-High Refractive Index Sensing Structure Based on a Metal-Insulator-Metal Waveguide-Coupled T-Shape Cavity with Metal Nanorod Defects.

Yuan-Fong Chou Chau, Chung-Ting Chou Chao, Hung Ji Huang, N T R N Kumara, Chee Ming Lim, Hai-Pang Chiang

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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Yuan-Fong Chou ChauCentre for Advanced Material and Energy Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Tungku Link, Gadong BE1410, Negara Brunei Darussalam. chou.fong@ubd.edu.bn.ORCID 0000-0002-5249-8715
Chung-Ting Chou ChaoInstitute of Optoelectronic Sciences, National Taiwan Ocean University, No. 2 Pei-Ning Rd., Keelung 202, Taiwan. suyang191@gmail.com.
Hung Ji HuangTaiwan Instrument Research Institute, National Applied Research Laboratories, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan. hjhuang@narlabs.org.tw.ORCID 0000-0003-3753-0067
N T R N KumaraCentre for Advanced Material and Energy Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Tungku Link, Gadong BE1410, Negara Brunei Darussalam. roshan.kumara@ubd.edu.bn.
Chee Ming LimCentre for Advanced Material and Energy Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Tungku Link, Gadong BE1410, Negara Brunei Darussalam. cheeming.lim@ubd.edu.bn.
Hai-Pang ChiangInstitute of Optoelectronic Sciences, National Taiwan Ocean University, No. 2 Pei-Ning Rd., Keelung 202, Taiwan. hpchiang@mail.ntou.edu.tw.ORCID 0000-0003-0752-175X

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Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan MOST 106-2112-M-019-005-MY3Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan MOST 108-2112-M-492-001Universiti Brunei Darussalam UBD/OAVCRI/CRGWG (004)/170101
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Abstract

An ultra-high plasmonic refractive index sensing structure composed of a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) waveguide coupled to a T-shape cavity and several metal nanorod defects is proposed and investigated by using finite element method. The designed plasmonic MIM waveguide can constitute a cavity resonance zone and the metal nanorod defects can effectively trap the light in the T-shape cavity. The results reveal that both the size of defects in wider rectangular cavity and the length of narrower rectangular cavity are primary factors increasing the sensitivity performance. The sensitivity can achieve as high as 8280 nm/RIU (RIU denotes the refractive index unit), which is the highest sensitivity reported in plasmonic MIM waveguide-based sensors to our knowledge. In addition, the proposed structure can also serve as a temperature sensor with temperature sensitivity as high as 3.30 nm/°C. The designed structure with simplicity and ease of fabrication can be applied in sensitivity nanometer scale refractive index sensor and may potentially be used in optical on-chip nanosensor.

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finite element methodmetal–insulator–metalnanorod defectsplasmonicsrefractive index sensorsensitivitytemperature sensorT-shape cavity

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PMID31658653
PMCPMC6835911

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