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Gold Cone Metasurface MIC Sensor with Monolayer of Graphene and Multilayer of Graphite

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This report makes a comparison between the spectrum features of plasmonic metamaterial metal-insulator-conductor (MIC) sensor with a monolayer of graphene and another MIC sensor with a multilayer of graphite as the back reflector. In both structures, the silicon substrate as an insulator layer was sandwiched between subwavelength periodic nanogold cones as the first layer and graphene and graphite as the third layer, respectively. Nanolayer of chromium nanorods was also considered in the structure of MIC sensors as an interface layer between silicon and nanogold cone metasurface. The performance of the sensor was evaluated under different incident polarized light angles and different thickness of the metasurface when the metasurface infiltrated with seawater and air. The transmission spectrum of monolayer graphene-based MIC sensor, respecting to s-polarized waves, reveals prominent feature to detect the air rather than seawater in invisible regime. Meanwhile, the reflection spectrum of graphite-based MIC sensor provides ∼0 % reflection under resonance condition regarding s- and p-polarized waves for detecting air in visible spectrum.

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The author, Masih Ghasemi, is greatly thankful of Dr. Linus and Mr. Ding from CST division in Malaysia for their great consultancy and help in accomplishing this work. Furthermore, the author, IS Amiri, would like to acknowledge the grant number LRGS(2015)NGOD/UM/KPT, GA010-2014 (ulung), and RU007/2015 from the University of Malaya (UM).

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  1. Photonics Research Centre, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    H. Ahmad, M. Ghasemi, I. S. Amiri, M. M. Ariannejad & M. R. K. Soltanian

  2. Kulliyyah of Science, International Islamic University of Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, Bandar Indera Mahkota, 25200, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

    Siti Fatimah Norizan

  3. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    Amirah Abdul Latif

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Ahmad, H., Ghasemi, M., Amiri, I.S. et al. Gold Cone Metasurface MIC Sensor with Monolayer of Graphene and Multilayer of Graphite. Plasmonics 12, 497–508 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-016-0290-6

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