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High figure of merit fiber optic surface plasmon resonance sensor with topological insulator (BSTS)

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Topological insulators having topologically protected metallic surface state emerged out as new building blocks in electronics and photonics. In this paper, a high figure of merit (FOM) fiber optic surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor employing topological insulator, Bi1.5Sb0.5Te1.8Se1.2, is proposed theoretically. The designed SPR sensor utilizes wavelength interrogation-based Kretschmann–Raether configuration to evaluate the transmitted power using transfer matrix method. Maximum FOM achieved was 360.16 RIU−1 for the fiber configuration having 20-layers of Bi1.5Sb0.5Te1.8Se1.2 coated over thin silver film. The performance of the sensor is also evaluated in terms of sensitivity and detection accuracy values. Authors believe that the derived results with enhanced performance can significantly boost the potential applications of topological insulators and hence BSTS material can find propitious chemical and biological sensing applications in future.

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The author Mr. Vikas would like to acknowledge Department of Science and Technology (DST) INDIA for funding INSPIRE fellowship (Registration no- IF170543). The work is partially supported by DST SERB CRG/2020/005593, India.

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Vikas, Verma, R.K. High figure of merit fiber optic surface plasmon resonance sensor with topological insulator (BSTS). Opt Quant Electron 54, 55 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-021-03435-4

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