Abstract
In this study, a nanoscale sensor on a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) platform was studied numerically to investigate its hydrogen detection potential. The plasmonic MIM structure, which consists of an air micro-ring resonator (MRR) and a palladium (Pd) disk, is used for this purpose. The results of the numerical study show that when the optimum geometric design parameters are employed, a sensitivity as high as 267 pm/(v/v-% hydrogen) can be obtained. In addition, a response time of 172.125 s could be achieved, which is calculated according to the second law of Fick. The result of the study can lead future studies to design fast and high-precision hydrogen gas sensors on a nano-scale base.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 10032-10035 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Applied Optics |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue number | 34 |
| Early online date | 29 Nov 2018 |
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| Publication status | Published - Dec 2018 |