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Optical Magnetism in Surface Plasmon Resonance–Based Sensors for Enhanced Performance

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Surface plasmon resonance (SPR)–based structures are finding important applications in sensing biological as well as inorganic samples. In SPR techniques, an angle-resolved reflection (R) profile of the incident light from a metal-dielectric interface is measured and the resonance characteristics are extracted for the identification of the target sample. However, the performance, and hence the applicability of these structures, suffers when the weight and concentration of the target samples are small. Here, we show that SPR-based sensors can create strong magnetism at optical frequency, which can be used for the detection of target samples instead of using the conventional R profiles, as the magnetic resonance varies depending on the refractive index of the target sample. Using scattering parameters retrieval method, we computationally find out the effective permeability (μeff) of a SPR sensor with a structure based on Kretschmann configuration, and use it to calculate the performance of the sensor. A comparison with the conventional technique that uses R profile to detect a target sample shows a significant increase in the sensor performance when μeff is used instead.

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Hossain, M.M., Talukder, M.A. Optical Magnetism in Surface Plasmon Resonance–Based Sensors for Enhanced Performance. Plasmonics 16, 581–588 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-020-01316-2

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