High Performance Bimetallic(Cu-Co) Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor using Hybrid Configuration of 2D Materials
J. Environ. Nanotechnol., Volume 11, No 3 (2022) pp. 01-10
Abstract
The performance of prism-based surface plasmon resonance sensor utilizing kretschmann configuration composed of thin metallic (Cu–Co) film coated with 2D material such as BP/Graphene layer is investigated theoretically based on angular interrogation method. It is observed that optimizing the thickness of bimetallic (Cu–Co) and BP/Graphene layers, the sensitivity of the sensor improved greatly and still can maintain its minimum reflectivity and line width of the SPR reflectivity curve. We also observed that addition of BP/ Graphene over the bimetallic layer, its further enhanced the sensitivity. Numerical results shows that sensitivity as high as 504deg/RIU is achieved for the well optimized bimetallic configuration consist of 45nm of Cu and 10nm of Co thickness for the analyte refractive indices ranging from 1.330 - 1.335.
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