Photonic Sensors, Volume. 9, Issue 3, 205(2019)

High Sensitivity Plasmonic Metal-Dielectric-Metal Device With Two Side-Coupled Fano Cavities

Yunqing LU*, Jiong XU, Min XU, Ji XU, Jin WANG, and and Jiajin ZHENG
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  • College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Microelectronics, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
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    In this paper, we propose a compact plasmonic sensor structure comprised of a metal-dielectric-metal (MDM) waveguide, and a baffle plate in waveguide core and two side-coupled rectangular cavities. In this structure, two Fano resonances are achieved and can be tuned independently by changing the structural parameters of the cavities. Especially, when the resonant wavelengths of the two Fano resonances are the same, the sensing sensitivity can be enhanced by coupling between two Fano resonances. By investigating the transmission spectrum, the effect of structural parameters on Fano resonances and the refractive index sensitivity of the sensor structure are analyzed in detail. The numerical simulations demonstrate a sensitivity as high as 1295nm/RIU and a figure of merit of 1647.

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    Yunqing LU, Jiong XU, Min XU, Ji XU, Jin WANG, and Jiajin ZHENG. High Sensitivity Plasmonic Metal-Dielectric-Metal Device With Two Side-Coupled Fano Cavities[J]. Photonic Sensors, 2019, 9(3): 205

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    Paper Information

    Category: Regular

    Received: Nov. 30, 2018

    Accepted: Apr. 2, 2019

    Published Online: Sep. 8, 2019

    The Author Email: LU Yunqing (luyq@njupt.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s13320-019-0555-8

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