• 文献标题:   Characteristics of Refractive-Index Sensor in Graphene-Modified Long-Range Surface Exciton-Polaritons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LIU N, WANG ST, CHENG Q, PANG B, LV JT
  • 作者关键词:   longrange surface excitonpolariton, tdbc, graphene
  • 出版物名称:   PLASMONICS
  • ISSN:   1557-1955 EI 1557-1963
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  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1007/s11468-020-01366-6 EA JAN 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

The organic non-crystalline medium of 5,6-dichloro-2-[[5,6-dichloro-1-ethyl-3-(4-sulfobutyl)-benzimidazol-2-ylidene]-propenyl]-1-ethyl-3-(4-sulfobutyl)-benzimidazolium hydroxide (TDBC) is emerging as possible alternative plasmonic material for noble metal in visible region. In this paper, a novel long-range surface exciton-polariton (LRSEP) sensor based on TDBC film covered with graphene is reported. To enhance the imaging sensitivity, the thickness of TDBC film and the number of graphene layers are optimized. The result shows that the optimized imaging sensitivity is enhanced to 3243 RIU-1 when n(s) = 1.34. Compared with the traditional noble metal film-based sensor, the proposed LRSEP sensor demonstrates that the imaging sensitivity has been greatly improved. This is the first study of the TDBC film-based LRSEP sensor, which we hope to support the potential development of chemical sensing and bio-sensing.