Thin-film sensing with planar terahertz metamaterials: sensitivity and limitations

JF O'Hara, R Singh, I Brener, E Smirnova, J Han… - Optics …, 2008 - opg.optica.org
The limiting effects of varying the thickness of a dielectric overlayer on planar double split-
ring resonator (SRR) arrays are studied by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. Uniform …

Performance enhancement of terahertz metamaterials on ultrathin substrates for sensing applications

H Tao, AC Strikwerda, M Liu, JP Mondia… - Applied Physics …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
We design, fabricate, and characterize split-ring resonator (SRR) based planar terahertz
metamaterials (MMs) on ultrathin silicon nitride substrates for biosensing applications. Proof …

Increasing the sensitivity of terahertz split ring resonator metamaterials for dielectric sensing by localized substrate etching

K Meng, SJ Park, AD Burnett, T Gill, CD Wood… - Optics express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate a significant enhancement in the sensitivity of split ring resonator terahertz
metamaterial dielectric sensors by the introduction of etched trenches into their inductive …

Role of resonance modes on terahertz metamaterials based thin film sensors

M Islam, SJM Rao, G Kumar, BP Pal… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
We investigate thin film sensing capabilities of a terahertz (THz) metamaterial, which
comprises of an array of single split gap ring resonators (SRRs). The top surface of the …

Sub-diffraction thin-film sensing with planar terahertz metamaterials

W Withayachumnankul, H Lin, K Serita, CM Shah… - Optics express, 2012 - opg.optica.org
Planar metamaterials consisting of subwavelength resonators have been recently proposed
for thin dielectric film sensing in the terahertz frequency range. Although the thickness of the …

Asymmetric planar terahertz metamaterials

R Singh, IAI Al-Naib, M Koch, W Zhang - Optics express, 2010 - opg.optica.org
We report an experimental observation of three distinct resonances in split ring resonators
(SRRs) for both vertical and horizontal electric field polarizations at normal incidence by use …

Biomedical sensing with conductively coupled terahertz metamaterial resonators

I Al-Naib - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Metamaterials that can support ultrasharp resonances using conductively coupled split ring
resonators are potential candidates for designing label-free biomedical sensors. The sharp …

Increased frequency shifts in high aspect ratio terahertz split ring resonators

SY Chiam, R Singh, J Gu, J Han, W Zhang… - Applied Physics …, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
The resonance of split ring resonators (SRRs) is known to shift upon the addition of a
dielectric overlayer, a feature useful for practical applications. Here, we demonstrate that the …

Ultra-thin subwavelength film sensing through the excitation of dark modes in THz metasurfaces

S Banerjee, CS Amith, D Kumar, G Damarla… - Optics …, 2019 - Elsevier
We demonstrate ultra-subwavelength thin film sensing through experimental and numerical
studies of the transmission characteristics of several symmetric and asymmetric planar split …

Sensing viruses using terahertz nano-gap metamaterials

SJ Park, SH Cha, GA Shin, YH Ahn - Biomedical optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate highly sensitive detection of viruses using terahertz split-ring resonators
with various capacitive gap widths. Two types of viruses, with sizes ranging from 60 nm …