Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 50, Issue 1, 131(2021)

Terahertz Microfluidic Sensor Based on Metamaterial Absorbers with Enhanced Electromagnetic Field Interaction

Tao CHEN, Fengyu HUANG, Xin ZHONG, Weijie JIANG, and Dapeng ZHANG
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  • Guangxi Key Laboratory of Automatic Detecting Technology and Instruments, School of Electronic Engineering and Automation, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, Guangxi541004, China
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    Schematic of a unit cell
    Absorption and reflection spectrum of the sensor
    The x-y plane electric field distribution of the sensor at the resonance frequency 0.66THz and 1.16 THz
    Absorption spectrum of the sensor under single metal structure
    The surface current distribution on metal microstructure and metallic reflecting layer at resonance frequency point 0.66THz and 1.16THz
    Equivalent circuit and equivalent complex impedance spectrum of this sensor
    Absorption of the proposed sensor under different incident angles for TM and TE polarizations of THz
    Absorption of the proposed sensor under different polarization angles for TE polarizations of THz
    The x-z plane electric field distributions of the sensor at resonance frequency
    The influence of different refractive index analytes on the sensor's sensing performance
    Absorption spectra of the sensor under different tangent of loss angles for the analytes
    The absorption and Q-factor of Mode A and Mode B with different thicknesses of the microfluidic channel
    The sensitivity of Mode A and Mode B with different permittivity and thicknesses of the dielectric layer
    • Table 1. Detailed geometries of the metal microstructure

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      Table 1. Detailed geometries of the metal microstructure

      Parametersabcdefgij
      Value/μm10810840402626868
    • Table 2. Comparison of the proposed sensor with prior reported sensor

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      Table 2. Comparison of the proposed sensor with prior reported sensor

      ReferencesOperating band/THzSensitivity/(GHz·RIU-1)
      [19]0.1~2.2566
      [29]0.3~0.90153.17
      [30]0.4~1.20220
      [31]0.3~1.80240
      [32]0.1~2.00387
      [33]1.5~2.50190.4
      Proposed0.4~1.40537
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    Tao CHEN, Fengyu HUANG, Xin ZHONG, Weijie JIANG, Dapeng ZHANG. Terahertz Microfluidic Sensor Based on Metamaterial Absorbers with Enhanced Electromagnetic Field Interaction[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2021, 50(1): 131

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    Category: Materials

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    Published Online: Mar. 12, 2021

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    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20215001.0116001

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