Infrared Plasmonic Sensing with Anisotropic Two-Dimensional Material Borophene

• Published in: Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 11; no. 5; p. 1165
• Main Authors: Zhang, Jingjing, Zhang, Zhaojian, Song, Xiaoxian, Zhang, Haiting, Yang, Junbo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 29.04.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Borophene; Figure of merit; Graphene; Infrared detectors; Optoelectronic devices; Plasmonics; Polaritons; Refractivity; Ribbon arrays; Sensor arrays; Sensors; Spectral sensitivity; Two dimensional materials; plasmonics; borophene; sensors
• ISSN: 2079-4991; 2079-4991
• DOI: 10.3390/nano11051165

Borophene, a new member of the two-dimensional material family, has been found to support surface plasmon polaritons in visible and infrared regimes, which can be integrated into various optoelectronic and nanophotonic devices. To further explore the potential plasmonic applications of borophene, we propose an infrared plasmonic sensor based on the borophene ribbon array. The nanostructured borophene can support localized surface plasmon resonances, which can sense the local refractive index of the environment via spectral response. By analytical and numerical calculation, we investigate the influences of geometric as well as material parameters on the sensing performance of the proposed sensor in detail. The results show how to tune and optimize the sensitivity and figure of merit of the proposed structure and reveal that the borophene sensor possesses comparable sensing performance with conventional plasmonic sensors. This work provides the route to design a borophene plasmonic sensor with high performance and can be applied in next-generation point-of-care diagnostic devices.