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    Hybrid Plasmonic Waveguide Based Platform for Refractive Index and Temperature Sensing
    (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022) Sahu, S.K.; Reddy, S.K.; Singh, M.; Avrutin, E.
    A nanoscale 3D hybrid plasmonic waveguide (HPWG) refractive index-cum-temperature sensor has been proposed and simulated in this work. The aqueous analyte (benzene C6H6) sensing is possible over the wavelength range from 1.18∼μ m to 2.2∼μ m. A well-known refractive index (RI) sensing method (or wavelength interrogation) is considered for the proposed Si-TiO2-SiO2-Au nanostructure. The sensor design includes, titanium dioxide (TiO2) layer deposited over the silicon dioxide to enhance the overall sensitivity of the HPWG sensor. The finite element method (FEM) based 3D-numerical simulations are performed for an IR band signal, predicting 1022.75 nm/RIU device sensitivity and 2.95 nm/°C temperature sensitivity. The proposed sensor is suitable for next-generation on-chip biochemical sensing applications with nanoscale dimensions, low cost, and high sensitivity. © 1989-2012 IEEE.
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    Sensitivity improvement of photonic crystal refractive index sensor using porous silicon nano rods
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2023) Mehta, S.; Vankalkunti, S.; Kachhap, P.K.; Gautam, P.R.; Singh, M.
    This work proposes a photonic crystal refractive-index sensor for detecting volatile organic compounds (VOC). Two sensor designs are analyzed with Y-splitter photonic crystal waveguide using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. Also, simultaneous monitoring of two different analytes is possible across the arms of the Y-splitter. The porous silicon (p-Si) rods with a porosity of 25% are used to create a variable refractive index sensing region, which induces a relative shift in the resonant wavelength of the traveling mode. The response at the output ports is monitored in terms of transmittance power versus wavelength plot. The numerical simulations confirm ∼195.83 nm/RIU sensitivity and ∼24.482 RIU−1 figure-of-merit in the presence of hazardous alcohols. © 2023 Elsevier Ltd