Ruan Banxian, Guo Jun, Wu Leiming, Zhu Jiaqi, You Qi, Dai Xiaoyu, Xiang Yuanjiang
SZU-NUS Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Science & Technology, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China.
Sensors (Basel). 2017 Aug 21;17(8):1924. doi: 10.3390/s17081924.
Graphene terahertz (THz) surface plasmons provide hope for developing functional devices in the THz frequency. By coupling graphene surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) and a planar waveguide (PWG) mode, Fano resonances are demonstrated to realize an ultrasensitive terahertz biosensor. By analyzing the dispersion relation of graphene SPPs and PWG, the tunable Fano resonances in the terahertz frequency are discussed. It is found that the asymmetric lineshape of Fano resonances can be manipulated by changing the Fermi level of graphene, and the influence of the thickness of coupling layer and air layer in sandwich structure on the Fano resonances is also discussed in detail. We then apply the proposed Fano resonance to realize the ultrasensitive terahertz biosensors, it is shown that the highest sensitivities of 3260 RIU-1 are realized. Our result is two orders of a conventional surface plasmon resonance sensor. Furthermore, we find that when sensing medium is in the vicinity of water in THz, the sensitivity increases with increasing refractive index of the sensing medium.
石墨烯太赫兹(THz)表面等离子体激元为开发太赫兹频率的功能器件带来了希望。通过将石墨烯表面等离子体激元极化子(SPPs)与平面波导(PWG)模式耦合,证明了法诺共振可实现超灵敏太赫兹生物传感器。通过分析石墨烯SPPs和PWG的色散关系,讨论了太赫兹频率下可调谐的法诺共振。研究发现,通过改变石墨烯的费米能级可以操控法诺共振的非对称线形,还详细讨论了三明治结构中耦合层和空气层厚度对法诺共振的影响。然后我们应用所提出的法诺共振来实现超灵敏太赫兹生物传感器,结果表明实现了高达3260 RIU-1的最高灵敏度。我们的结果比传统表面等离子体共振传感器高两个数量级。此外,我们发现当传感介质在太赫兹波段接近水时,灵敏度会随着传感介质折射率的增加而提高。
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