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Area of Science:

  • Photonics and Nanophotonics
  • Integrated Optics
  • Plasmonics

Background:

  • Refractive index sensing is crucial for various applications, including chemical detection and biomedical diagnostics.
  • Plasmonic devices offer miniaturization and high sensitivity potential for sensing applications.
  • Mach-Zehnder interferometers are established platforms for sensing due to their sensitivity to phase shifts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose and investigate a novel Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) based on a plasmonic channel waveguide for enhanced refractive index sensing.
  • To achieve a high figure of merit (FOM) for the proposed sensor.
  • To leverage the unique properties of plasmonic waveguides for improved sensing performance.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer using a plasmonic channel waveguide.
  • Characterization of the device's performance for refractive index sensing.
  • Analysis of the cut-off frequency behavior and dispersion characteristics of the plasmonic waveguide.

Main Results:

  • The proposed plasmonic channel waveguide MZI sensor achieved a high figure of merit (FOM) of 294.
  • The device exhibits a small physical footprint (20 × 120 μm²).
  • The cut-off frequency behavior resulted in a flat dispersion curve, leading to a 1.8 times larger change in propagation constant for a given refractive index change compared to prior studies.

Conclusions:

  • The developed plasmonic channel waveguide MZI is a highly effective platform for refractive index sensing.
  • The sensor's design offers significant advantages in terms of sensitivity and FOM.
  • This technology holds promise for advanced sensing applications requiring high precision and miniaturization.