• 文献标题:   A Broadband Biosensor Using Graphene-Metasurface Based Cross-Polarization Converter
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GHOSH SK, CHAUDHURI A, PAL P, RAI B, DAS S, BHATTACHARYYA S
  • 作者关键词:   graphene metasurface, crosspolarization conversion, biosensing, sensitivity, figure of merit fom
  • 出版物名称:   IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL
  • ISSN:   1530-437X EI 1558-1748
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  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1109/JSEN.2022.3176381
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

We present the design and analysis of a graphene metasurface-based cross polarization converter operating within the terahertz gap for detecting biomolecules over a broad spectral range, taking the SARS-CoV-2 virus as a specific example. To the best of our knowledge, our design reports the widest band of operation in the THz region of a graphene-based metasensor. Each meta-atom comprises a graphene pattern on silicon dioxide atop a continuous gold layer and exhibits near-unity cross polarization conversion ratio (PCR) and a 90% PCR bandwidth of 0.926 THz within the desired band (1.88 THz-2.81 THz). The proposed device demonstrates additional benefits which include a thin configuration (lambda/7.84) and compact lattice size (lambda/10.66), which are significantly better than other recently reported graphene metasurface biosensors. The device provides a sensitivity up to 490 GHz/RIU and a figure of merit (FoM) of 0.377 over a wide span of 0.926 THz within the terahertz gap. The electromagnetic response of this device has been validated via rigorous numerical analyses of simulated outputs as well as by developing a detailed circuit model representation of the same. The device demonstrates angular stability of nearly 40 degrees under oblique incidence of the incident wave.