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ArticleFundamental research2025

Retime-mapping terahertz vernier biosensor for boosting sensitivity based on self-reference waveguide interferometers.

Liang Ma, Fei Fan, Weinan Shi, Yunyun Ji, Xianghui Wang, Shengjiang Chang

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Liang MaInstitute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, Tianjin 300350, China.
Fei FanInstitute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, Tianjin 300350, China.
Weinan ShiInstitute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, Tianjin 300350, China.
Yunyun JiInstitute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, Tianjin 300350, China.
Xianghui WangInstitute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, Tianjin 300350, China.
Shengjiang ChangInstitute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, Tianjin 300350, China.

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Abstract

The optical vernier effect serves as a potent mechanism for boosting sensitivity and accuracy in the communication band, which is a prominent hotspot in coherent detection. Extending vernier gain to the terahertz window exhibits significant appeal in next-generation wireless communication and high-resolution sensing. Here, a terahertz vernier biosensor is constructed utilizing two overlapping Mach-Zehnder interferometers within a three-channel metallic waveguide. The self-reference feature of the vernier biosensor facilitates a sensitive envelope, and the vernier gain significantly amplifies the detection sensitivity and accuracy from the superposition of slightly detuned terahertz interference spectra mapping within the time-frequency-time domain. An exalting sensitivity of 22.54 THz/RIU is demonstrated at operating frequencies near 0.9 THz and experimentally shows immense sensing performance in detection sensitivity and accuracy of biochemical sample areic mass are 10

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Self-reference detectionSensitivity enhancementTerahertzVernier biosensorWaveguide interferometer

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