• 文献标题:   Highly sensitive and tunable terahertz biosensor based on optical Tamm states in graphene-based Bragg reflector
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YE YY, XIE MZ, TANG J, OUYANG JX
  • 作者关键词:   biosensor, terahertz, graphene, photonic crystal, optical tamm state
  • 出版物名称:   RESULTS IN PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   2211-3797
  • 通讯作者地址:   Hunan Normal Univ
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.rinp.2019.102779
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

A highly sensitive and tunable biosensor at terahertz (THz) frequencies is proposed by using a composite structure of graphene and one-dimensional photonic crystal. The theoretical analysis and simulation results show that the sensitivity and figure-of-merit of the biosensor can reach 517.9 degrees/RIU and 222.9RIU(-1) , respectively. The high sensitivity of the biosensor originates from the excitation of optical Tamm states caused by graphene-based distributed Bragg reflector. By varying the voltage on graphene, we can electrically control the sensitivity and figure-of-merit of the biosensor. Furthermore, we have shown that the biosensor has a wide range (1.40-1.70) for measuring the refractive index of the sensing medium. We believe the biosensor has a good application prospect in the field of biological detection.