High-performance 2D photonic crystal sensor for simultaneous detection of chemical and biological analytes
摘要
This work proposes a two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystal based sensor for multi-analyte detection across biochemical and biological domains. The proposed sensor can detect sulfuric acid, hydrogen peroxide, salt concentrations in seawater, alcohol detection, cancer cell detection, and aberrant bone tissue without any external modification to the sensor configuration. The intriguing aspect of the proposed sensor is that its structural parameters are optimised to detect refractive index values in the range of 1–2, and the resonant wavelength is therefore shifted to a longer wavelength. Based on the shift, the performance parameters of the analyte are observed. The proposed sensor offers excellent performance metrics, including a high transmission efficiency of 100%, a high-quality factor of 1,600, a sensitivity of 315 nm/RIU, and a maximum detection limit of 0.09. The footprint of the proposed design is 16 μm². This makes the sensor suitable for photonic integrated circuits and lab-on-chip applications. It offers a promising platform for next-generation optical sensing technologies.
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