Research Article

High-Sensitivity Multiband Detection Based on the Local Enhancement Effect of an Electric Field at Terahertz Frequency

Table 1

Comparison with previously reported literature.

Designed structure/materialRI sensor rangeResonance frequencySensitivity-factorAbsorptivity

Two identical circular ring resonators [20]1.34 to 1.392.64 THz1500 GHz/RIU4499.5%
Concentric hexagonal ring resonator [21]1.31 to 1.391.93 THz1045 GHz/RIU178.799.93%
Microcylinder arrays [22]1.0 to 1.051.8985 THz960 GHz/RIU120.999.9%
Asymmetric cross [23]1.0 to 1.11.23 THz
2.39 THz
3.19 THz
200 GHz/RIU
300 GHz/RIU 1600 GHz/RIU
7
14
29
99.07%
99.84%
99.01%
Three concentric square ring metallic resonators [24]1.0 to 1.60.337 THz
0.496 THz
0.718 THz
72 GHz/RIU
103.5 GHz/RIU
139.5 GHz/RIU
99.5%
86.4%
98.4%
Dirac semimetal [25]1.0 to 1.81.258 THz
1.85 THz
2.12 THz
57.5 GHz/RIU
152.5 GHz/RIU
51.4 GHz/RIU
46.6
52.86
106
95.5%
95.8%
98%
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Three asymmetric metallic strips
1.0 to 2.00.871 THz
1.075 THz
1.397 THz
208 GHz/RIU
150 GHz/RIU
131 GHz/RIU
29
35
46
96%
99%
95%