The present article illustrates the modeling and optimization of a dual-slot waveguide for the application of a refractive index biosensor. The nanometer scale waveguide structure uses the silicon-on-insulator platform for the consideration of higher sensitivity and compactness of a resonator biosensor. The modal analysis is performed using the finite difference method based on full vector eigenmode calculation. The maximum field penetration in the lower index region is found for the quasi-TE mode. The sensitivity is maximized through the optimization of the waveguide dimension by relating effective refractive index with the dispersion of a waveguide. The biosensor showed the maximum calculated sensitivity of 461.327 nm/RIU and a limit-of-detection of 2.601 × 10–6 RIU (where RIU denotes refractive index unit).
The present study investigates the angular response and sensitivity of a surface plasmon resonance biosensor with metamaterial, by taking the advantage of the remarkable property of metamaterials. The proposed biosensor numerically shows that silver with a metamaterial layer enhances the sensitivity. The thickness of metamaterial and silver layer has been optimized. On comparing these results with a conventional surface plasmon resonance biosensor, it is observed that the sensitivity of the proposed biosensor is improved by introducing the metamaterial. The proposed biosensor has a sensitivity 6.3124 times higher than that of the conventional surface plasmon resonance sensor.
We investigate a fiber diameter influence on optical transport of dielectric particles along subwavelength optical fibers using a near infrared laser of 1.55 μm wavelength. Theoretical analysis indicates that at 1.55 μm, the evanescent field at the fiber surface increases at first and then decreases with an increase of the fiber diameter from 600 nm to 1.6 μm, exhibiting a maximum at the fiber diameter of 950 nm. Based on three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain simulations, optical scattering forces acted on the dielectric particles and transport velocities of the particles were calculated for two fibers in the diameters of 930 nm and 1.5 μm. To support the theoretical analysis, experiments were performed using the two fibers to transport SiO2 particles (sizes of 530 nm and 1.5 μm) and TiO2 particles (size of 1.5 μm). The results show that with the same laser power launched into the two fibers, larger transport velocities can be obtained along the 930 nm diameter fiber.
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