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Modeling of a novel K5 prism-based surface Plasmon resonance sensor for urea detection employing Aluminum arsenide

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This paper presents the modeling of a novel Kron-5 (K5) prism-based Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) sensor to detect urea employing Aluminum arsenide (AlAs). The proposed SPR structure is designed based on a silver (Ag)-coated Kretschmann configuration. This structure contains AlAs to avoid Ag oxidation, as well as barium titanate for increased absorption, and black phosphorus for biorecognition element, respectively. For the detection process, the urea concentration of 0.625 gm/dl, 2.5 gm/dl and 5 gm/dl are used with the refractive indices (RIs) of 1.337. 1.339 and 1.342, respectively. The presented work is shown in three significant ways at 633 nm wavelength by exploiting the transfer matrix method. Firstly, the optimal performance of the proposed K5 prism-based structure is compared with BK7 and SK11-based structures, which have lower and higher refractive indexes compared to the proposed prism. Secondly, the optimal performance of the proposed structure is validated with respect to the RI of urea. Thirdly, an impact of AlAs in the proposed structure has been shown. The maximum achieved SPR parameters are sensitivity of 452.85°/RIU, quality factor of 93.37 \({\mathrm{RIU}}^{-1}\), detection accuracy of 0.65 and dip-of-figure-of-merit of 129,388.57 for the proposed sensor. Finally, the comparative study of SPR sensor performance for urea detection is presented.

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Vasimalla, Y., Pradhan, H.S. Modeling of a novel K5 prism-based surface Plasmon resonance sensor for urea detection employing Aluminum arsenide. J Opt 52, 242–253 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12596-022-00878-0

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