• 文献标题:   Design of Ultra-Narrow Band Graphene Refractive Index Sensor
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SHANGGUAN QY, CHEN ZH, YANG H, CHENG SB, YANG WX, YI Z, WU XW, WANG SF, YI YG, WU PH
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, ultranarrow band, refractive index sensor, terahertz wave
  • 出版物名称:   SENSORS
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  • 被引频次:   114
  • DOI:   10.3390/s22176483
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

The paper proposes an ultra-narrow band graphene refractive index sensor, consisting of a patterned graphene layer on the top, a dielectric layer of SiO2 in the middle, and a bottom Au layer. The absorption sensor achieves the absorption efficiency of 99.41% and 99.22% at 5.664 THz and 8.062 THz, with the absorption bandwidths 0.0171 THz and 0.0152 THz, respectively. Compared with noble metal absorbers, our graphene absorber can achieve tunability by adjusting the Fermi level and relaxation time of the graphene layer with the geometry of the absorber unchanged, which greatly saves the manufacturing cost. The results show that the sensor has the properties of polarization-independence and large-angle insensitivity due to the symmetric structure. In addition, the practical application of testing the content of hemoglobin biomolecules was conducted, the frequency of first resonance mode shows a shift of 0.017 THz, and the second resonance mode has a shift of 0.016 THz, demonstrating the good frequency sensitivity of our sensor. The S (sensitivities) of the sensor were calculated at 875 GHz/RIU and 775 GHz/RIU, and quality factors FOM (Figure of Merit) are 26.51 and 18.90, respectively; and the minimum limit of detection is 0.04. By comparing with previous similar sensors, our sensor has better sensing performance, which can be applied to photon detection in the terahertz band, biochemical sensing, and other fields.