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High-sensitive plasmonic multilayer SiO2/VO2 metamaterial sensor

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This paper presents a plasmonic metamaterial sensor utilizing an I-shaped gold resonator. The sensor is simulated using the finite-element method (FEM) to detect gas and liquid (ethanol solutions) in the infrared wavelength range of 0.5–2.5 µm. The sensor structure consists of three layers, with a VO2 substrate sandwiched between a bottom SiO2 substrate and a top gold resonator. The design exhibits distinct absorption characteristics across the range of 0.5–2.5 µm, tailored for different gas and liquid sensing applications. A comparison is made between the two states of VO2 to investigate the sensitivity of the device. Geometrical parameters, including height and width, are optimized, and three types of comparisons are conducted. First, a sensitivity comparison is made between this work and previously published research. Second, a Quality factor and Figure of Merit comparison is performed. Finally, a sensitivity comparison is made between different sensing techniques and the technique employed in this work. After optimizing the design parameters, the device demonstrates the highest detection sensitivity for gas and ethanol solutions, yielding results of 2800 (nm/RIU) and 2600 (nm/RIU), respectively. The proposed I-shaped gold-based metamaterial exhibits the potential to be utilized as a lab-on-chip biosensor.

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This work has been supported by Shoolini University, Solan, Himachal, India.

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  1. Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Shoolini University, Solan, H.P, 173229, India

    Zen A. Sbeah, Diksha Chauhan & Ram Prakash Dwivedi

  2. School of Engineering, Pokhara University, Pokhara, Nepal

    Rammani Adhikari

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Parul Institute of Engineering and Technology, Parul University, Waghodia Road, Vadodara, Gujarat, 391760, India

    Vishal Sorathiya

  4. College of Engineering, National Formosa University, Huwei Township, Taiwan

    Diksha Chauhan

  5. Perm State National Research University, Perm, Russia, 614990

    R. S. Ponomarev

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All authors have contributed to the study conception and design. ZAS: conceptualization, methodology, software, and writing—original draft. RA: data curation, resources, and software. VS: software—reviewing. DC: visualization and software. RSP: writing—reviewing. RPD: conceptualization and supervision editing. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Sbeah, Z.A., Adhikari, R., Sorathiya, V. et al. High-sensitive plasmonic multilayer SiO2/VO2 metamaterial sensor. Appl. Phys. A 129, 596 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-023-06846-0

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