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Highly sensitive photonic crystal fiber biosensor based on titanium nitride

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A highly sensitive surface plasmon resonance photonic crystal fiber (PCF) biosensor based on Titanium Nitride (TiN) as a new alternative plasmonic material is proposed and analyzed. The TiN has high stability, high conductivity, and corrosion resistance which make it an ideal material for nanofabrication. The suggested biosensor is analyzed by full vectorial finite element method with perfectly matched layer as boundary conditions. In this paper, the biosensor geometrical parameters are studied to achieve high sensitivity for both polarized modes. A refractive index sensitivity of 7700 and 3600 nm/RIU for quasi-transverse electric and quasi transverse magnetic modes, respectively, are obtained. Additionally, the reported biosensor could be used for detecting an unknown analyte refractive index ranging from 1.32 to 1.34 with a high linearity. Further, the proposed biosensor structure is easy for fabrication using standard PCF fabrication current technologies.

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The authors would like to thank the “Science & Technology Development Fund” (STDF) in Egypt for financial support under project number 10563.

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  1. Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt

    Ahmed E. Khalil, Ahmed H. El-Saeed, Mohamed A. Ibrahim, Mohamed E. Hashish, Mohammed R. Abdelmonem, Mohamed Farhat O. Hameed, Mohammad Y. Azab & S. S. A. Obayya

  2. Nanotechnology Engineering Program, University of Science and Technology, Zewail City of Science and Technology, October Gardens, 6th of October City, Giza, 12578, Egypt

    Mohamed Farhat O. Hameed

  3. Centre for Photonics and Smart Materials, Zewail City of Science and Technology, October Gardens, 6th of October City, Giza, 12578, Egypt

    Mohamed Farhat O. Hameed & S. S. A. Obayya

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Khalil, A.E., El-Saeed, A.H., Ibrahim, M.A. et al. Highly sensitive photonic crystal fiber biosensor based on titanium nitride. Opt Quant Electron 50, 158 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-018-1397-0

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