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Title: Performance analysis of higher mode spoof surface plasmon polariton for terahertz sensing

Abstract

We investigated the spoof surface plasmon polaritons (SSPPs) on 1D grooved metal surface for terahertz sensing of refractive index of the filling analyte through a prism-coupling attenuated total reflection setup. From the dispersion relation analysis and the finite element method-based simulation, we revealed that the dispersion curve of SSPP got suppressed as the filling refractive index increased, which cause the coupling resonance frequency redshifting in the reflection spectrum. The simulated results for testing various refractive indexes demonstrated that the incident angle of terahertz radiation has a great effect on the performance of sensing. Smaller incident angle will result in a higher sensitive sensing with a narrower detection range. In the meanwhile, the higher order mode SSPP-based sensing has a higher sensitivity with a narrower detection range. The maximum sensitivity is 2.57 THz/RIU for the second-order mode sensing at 45° internal incident angle. The proposed SSPP-based method has great potential for high sensitive terahertz sensing.

Authors:
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  1. Laboratory of Optics, Terahertz and Non-Destructive Testing, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108 (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22399372
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Applied Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 117; Journal Issue: 13; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; COUPLING; DETECTION; DISPERSION RELATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLASMONS; POLARONS; RED SHIFT; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESONANCE; SENSITIVITY; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; SURFACES; THZ RANGE

Citation Formats

Yao, Haizi, Tu, Wanli, Zhong, Shuncong, Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0LZ, and Fujian Key Laboratory of Medical Instrument and Pharmaceutical Technology, Fuzhou 350108. Performance analysis of higher mode spoof surface plasmon polariton for terahertz sensing. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4916749.
Yao, Haizi, Tu, Wanli, Zhong, Shuncong, Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0LZ, & Fujian Key Laboratory of Medical Instrument and Pharmaceutical Technology, Fuzhou 350108. Performance analysis of higher mode spoof surface plasmon polariton for terahertz sensing. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4916749
Yao, Haizi, Tu, Wanli, Zhong, Shuncong, Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0LZ, and Fujian Key Laboratory of Medical Instrument and Pharmaceutical Technology, Fuzhou 350108. 2015. "Performance analysis of higher mode spoof surface plasmon polariton for terahertz sensing". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4916749.
@article{osti_22399372,
title = {Performance analysis of higher mode spoof surface plasmon polariton for terahertz sensing},
author = {Yao, Haizi and Tu, Wanli and Zhong, Shuncong and Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0LZ and Fujian Key Laboratory of Medical Instrument and Pharmaceutical Technology, Fuzhou 350108},
abstractNote = {We investigated the spoof surface plasmon polaritons (SSPPs) on 1D grooved metal surface for terahertz sensing of refractive index of the filling analyte through a prism-coupling attenuated total reflection setup. From the dispersion relation analysis and the finite element method-based simulation, we revealed that the dispersion curve of SSPP got suppressed as the filling refractive index increased, which cause the coupling resonance frequency redshifting in the reflection spectrum. The simulated results for testing various refractive indexes demonstrated that the incident angle of terahertz radiation has a great effect on the performance of sensing. Smaller incident angle will result in a higher sensitive sensing with a narrower detection range. In the meanwhile, the higher order mode SSPP-based sensing has a higher sensitivity with a narrower detection range. The maximum sensitivity is 2.57 THz/RIU for the second-order mode sensing at 45° internal incident angle. The proposed SSPP-based method has great potential for high sensitive terahertz sensing.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4916749},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22399372}, journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
issn = {0021-8979},
number = 13,
volume = 117,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}