Performance enhancement of terahertz metamaterials on ultrathin substrates for sensing applications
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Journal Article
We design, fabricate, and characterize split-ring resonator (SRR) based planar terahertz metamaterials (MMs) on ultrathin silicon nitride substrates for biosensing applications. Proof-of-principle demonstration of increased sensitivity in thin substrate SRR-MMs is shown by detection of doped and undoped protein thin films (silk fibroin) of various thicknesses and by monitoring transmission changes using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. SRR-MMs fabricated on thin film substrates show significantly better performance than identical SRR-MMs fabricated on bulk silicon substrates paving the way for improved biological and chemical sensing applications. © 2010 American Institute of Physics.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Tao, H; Strikwerda, AC; Liu, M; Mondia, JP; Ekmekci, E; Fan, K; Kaplan, DL; Padilla, WJ; Zhang, X; Averitt, RD; Omenetto, FG
Published Date
- December 27, 2010
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 97 / 26
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0003-6951
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1063/1.3533367
Citation Source
- Scopus