Abstract
In this manuscript, a plasmonic refractive index sensor with two sequential ring resonators is presented. Due to the dual-band unidirectional reflectionless light propagation phenomena, both the sensitivity and figure of merit are improved. The finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method is used to simulate the structure numerically. Moreover, the device is investigated analytically, using the coupled-mode theory (CMT). A good agreement between the analytical and numerical results is observed. The proposed device indicates a high sensitivity of ∼1000 nm/RIU, a significant figure of merit of 133 RIU−1, and a large quality factor of 132.8 for sensing different materials with the refractive indices of n = 1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, and 1.6. Also, the presented structure is investigated as a temperature sensor in which the sensitivity to the temperature changes is obtained as 0.41 nm/°C.
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Amoosoltani, N., Mehrabi, K., Zarifkar, A. et al. Double-Ring Resonator Plasmonic Refractive Index Sensor Utilizing Dual-Band Unidirectional Reflectionless Propagation Effect. Plasmonics 16, 1277–1285 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-021-01395-9
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