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Polarization modal analysis of Tamm plasmon at the metal-DBR interface for temperature sensing

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We present a comprehensive analysis for Transverse Electric (TE) and Transverse Magnetic (TM) polarized guided optical Tamm-plasmon (OTP) mode at metal–distributed Bragg reflector interface for temperature sensing device applications. The performance of both the polarized light has been investigated in terms of sensing parameters and corresponding sensitivity variation for a wide temperature tuning in a Ta2O5/SiO2 bilayer system on the plasmonic material of Ag for different angle of incidence (AOI). The guided OTP-modes (TE and TM) exhibit different interesting sensing characteristics which can be tailored/extended as per the desired application. The variation of the sensing parameters changes gradually for TE polarization whereas TM polarization presents different characteristics compared to their TE counterpart for a variation of the AOI. It has been observed that TE mode presents gradual decreasing of ΔR for an increment of AOI while TM polarization presents a decreasing followed by an increasing variation. Though resonance wavelength (λres) variations of both the polarization remain the same, the most contrasting variation could be observed for the detection accuracy (DA) variation. The value of DA decreases for TM mode for an increment of AOI, while a complete opposite variation could be observed for the TE polarization.

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Amit Ranjan Maity would like to acknowledge the Department of Biotechnology for Ramalingaswami Re-entry fellowship (BT/RLF/Re-entry/53/2019).

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Maji, P.S., Maity, A.R. Polarization modal analysis of Tamm plasmon at the metal-DBR interface for temperature sensing. Opt Quant Electron 54, 349 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-022-03725-5

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