Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 49, Issue 6, 0613001(2022)

Microfluidic Refractive Index Sensor Based on All-Dielectric Metasurfaces

Ying Chen1, Min Zhang1, Zhixin Ding1, Jian Zhou1, Meng Zhao1, Meijie Li1, Jiankun Wang1, and Qiguang Zhu2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Hebei Province Key Laboratory of Test/Measurement Technology and Instrument, School of Electrical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei 066004, China
  • 2Hebei Province Key Laboratory for Special Fiber and Fiber Sensor, School of Information Science and Engineering, YanShan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei 066004, China
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    Schematics of metasurface sensor flow microchannel device. (a) Notched disc metasurface microfluidic device; (b) unit cell diagram of metasurface unit; (c) the top view of unit structure
    Formation of Fano resonance. (a) Comparison of transmission spectrum curves of symmetric and asymmetric structures (the line with dot marks represents complete silicon disk structure, and the line with square marks represents metasurface structure with notched disk); (b) the fitting curve model
    Normalized electromagnetic field distributions at each resonance under initial structure parameters. In the figures of field distributions, the white arrows represent the direction of the magnetic field vector, the black arrows represent the direction of the displacement current, and the color bars represent the amplitude of each field strength. (a)(c) Normalized electric field distribution |E/E0| on the xoy plane and normalized magnetic field distributions |H/H0| on the xoz and yoz planes at λ1=1219.95 nm; (d) schematic of electric quadrupole (EQ); (e)(g) normalized electric field distribution |E/E0| on the xoy plane and normalized magnetic field distributions |H/H0| on the xoz and yoz planes at λ2=1311.70 nm; (h) schematic of electric dipole (ED); (i)(k) normalized electric field distribution |E/E0| on the xoy plane and normalized magnetic field distributions |H/H0| on the xoz and yoz planes at λ3=1527.55 nm; (l) schematic of magnetic dipole (MD)
    Influences of structural parameters on sensing characteristics. (a) Influence of rectangular notch length l on resonance peak; (b) influence of rectangular notch width g on resonance peak; (c) influence of period P on resonance peak; (d) influence of silicon disk’s radius R on resonance peak; (e) influence of silicon disk’s thickness t on resonance peak
    Microfluidic sensing detection. (a) Influence of analyte thickness on Fano resonance peak; (b) transmission spectrum change of solution to be tested with different refractive indexes; (c) refractive index sensitivity of different resonances
    • Table 1. Parameters corresponding to Fano resonances Ⅰ and Ⅲ

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      Table 1. Parameters corresponding to Fano resonances Ⅰ and Ⅲ

      Fano resonanceWavelength /nmω0 /eVΓ /nmT0A0q
      1219.951.0160.31210.0030.97289-0.11869
      1527.550.8140.31841.001-0.16299-1.98003
    • Table 2. Comparison of sensing detection performance of different metasurface structures

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      Table 2. Comparison of sensing detection performance of different metasurface structures

      StructureWavelength bandNumber of resonant peaksS /(nm·RIU-1)Q
      Au nanoparticle array[31]From visible to near-infraredTwo250121*
      I-shaped metal metasurface[32]Near-infraredTwo87*1029
      Double Si nanorods array[18]Near-infraredTwo250213.4
      Si split arcs array[23]Near-infraredTwo161.5728
      Hollow Si cuboids array[33]Near-infraredThree400.361252.3
      Our structure (notched Si disc array)From visible to near-infraredThree42526*
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    Ying Chen, Min Zhang, Zhixin Ding, Jian Zhou, Meng Zhao, Meijie Li, Jiankun Wang, Qiguang Zhu. Microfluidic Refractive Index Sensor Based on All-Dielectric Metasurfaces[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2022, 49(6): 0613001

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    Paper Information

    Category: micro and nano optics

    Received: Jul. 12, 2021

    Accepted: Aug. 18, 2021

    Published Online: Mar. 2, 2022

    The Author Email: Zhu Qiguang (zhu7880@ysu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202249.0613001

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