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Skin Cancer Detection Using Tunable Graphene SPR Optical Sensor Designed Using Circular Ring Resonator

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Cancer is a fatal disease if it’s detected late. The need for detecting cancers as early as possible is required to reduce fatality. In this research, a graphene-based sensor is designed for detecting skin cancer in the early stage. The sensor was designed using a circular ring resonator placed on a graphene sheet backed up by substrate and ground plane. The sensor is also optimized to achieve the highest sensitivity. The optimization for length, width, height, inner ring radius, and outer ring radius is also carried out. The sensor is also showing the tunable behavior for change in graphene potential. The sensing performance is also the same for a wide angle of incidence. The designed sensor is showing a high sensitivity of 9000 nm/RIU for detecting skin cancer. The sensor is also giving good responses for the figure of merit (FOM), Q-factor, and detection limit (DL). The FOM is having high value of 300 RIU−1. The Q-factor and low DL is also showing values of 2363 and 0.0014 RIU, respectively. The proposed skin cancer sensor can be used to detect cancer in the early stage.

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Researchers Supporting Project number (RSPD2023R654), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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This study is funded by Researchers Supporting Project number (RSPD2023R654), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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  1. Department of Computer Engineering, Marwadi University, Rajkot, 360003, India

    Shobhit K. Patel & Juveriya Parmar

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, P.O.Box 800, 11421, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Osamah Alsalman

  3. Physics Department, Islamic University of Gaza, P.O. Box 108, Gaza, Palestine

    Sofyan A. Taya

  4. Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1400 R St. Nebraska, Lincoln, 68588, USA

    Juveriya Parmar

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Conceptualization, Shobhit K. Patel: methodology. Osamah Alsalman, Shobhit K.Patel: software. Shobhit K. Patel and Juveriya Parmar: validation. Shobhit K. Patel, Osamah Alsalman, and Sofyan Taya: writing—original draft preparation. All authors: writing—review and editing. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

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Patel, S.K., Alsalman, O., Taya, S.A. et al. Skin Cancer Detection Using Tunable Graphene SPR Optical Sensor Designed Using Circular Ring Resonator. Plasmonics 18, 2415–2426 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-023-01957-z

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