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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Tunable Optimal Dual Band Metamaterial Absorber for High Sensitivity THz Refractive Index Sensing.

Madurakavi Karthikeyan, Pradeep Jayabala, Sitharthan Ramachandran, Shanmuga Sundar Dhanabalan, Thamizharasan Sivanesan, Manimaran Ponnusamy

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Madurakavi KarthikeyanDepartment of Communication, School of Electronics Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 632014, India.ORCID 0000-0001-9927-3401
Pradeep JayabalaDepartment of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Engineering College, Puducherry 605107, India.ORCID 0000-0003-3733-4568
Sitharthan RamachandranSchool of Electrical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 632014, India.
Shanmuga Sundar DhanabalanFunctional Materials and Microsystems Research Group, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia.
Thamizharasan SivanesanSchool of Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 632014, India.
Manimaran PonnusamySchool of Electronics Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai 600127, India.ORCID 0000-0003-0309-5204

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a simple dual band absorber design and investigate it in the terahertz (THz) region. The proposed absorber works in dual operating bands at 5.1 THz and 11.7 THz. By adjusting the graphene chemical potential, the proposed absorber has the controllability of the resonance frequency to have perfect absorption at various frequencies. The graphene surface plasmon resonance results in sharp and narrow resonance absorption peaks. For incident angles up to 8°, the structure possesses near-unity absorption. The proposed sensor absorber's functionality is evaluated using sensing medium with various refractive indices. The proposed sensor is simulated for glucose detection and a maximum sensitivity of 4.72 THz/RIU is observed. It has a maximum figure of merit (FOM) and Quality factor (Q) value of 14 and 32.49, respectively. The proposed optimal absorber can be used to identify malaria virus and cancer cells in blood. Hence, the proposed plasmonic sensor is a serious contender for biomedical uses in the diagnosis of bacterial infections, cancer, malaria, and other diseases.

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absorbersbiosensorsdual band absorbersglucose sensorshigh sensitive sensors

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PMID35957124
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