Authors : Avantika Bharti; Ramesh Mishra; Parimal Tiwari; Shambhavi Mudra Shukla; Vipin Sharma; Lalit Kumar Dwivedi; Sandeep Kumar Nigam

Volume/Issue : Volume 10 - 2025, Issue 7 - July

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/25jul098

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Abstract : This study delivers a comprehensive computational analysis of a Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) sensor engineered in the Kretschmann configuration. The design integrates a calcium fluoride (CaF2) prism, a thin copper (Cu) film, a silicon carbide (SiC) layer, and an active sensing interface. Optical characterization was carried out via the Transfer Matrix Method (TMM) combined with angular interrogation at a 633 nm excitation wavelength. The optimized sensor exhibits an angular sensitivity of 194 deg./RIU, a detection accuracy of 1.38 deg−1, a quality factor of 269.44 RIU−1 and a limit of detection of 5.1 × 10−6 RIU over a refractive index window of 1.330–1.350. To assess analytical performance and selectivity, metrics such as detection accuracy, quality factor, figure of merit (FOM) and dip-based FOM (DOFOM) were evaluated. The results underscore the device’s significant potential for next-generation biomedical diagnostics and contribute valuable insights to materials science and plasmonic sensor technology.

Keywords : Silicon Carbide, Kretschmann Configuration, Angle Interrogation, Black Phosphorus.

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