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Study of Design Tunable Optical Sensor and Monochromatic Filter of the One-Dimensional Periodic Structure of TiO2/MgF2 with Defect Layer of Liquid Crystal (LC) Sandwiched with Two Silver Layers

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In this paper, we have inspected the optical characteristics of one-dimensional periodic structure (1DPS) of TiO2 and MgF2 dielectric materials with defect layer of liquid crystal (LC) sandwiched with two silver layers, i.e., (TiO2|MgF2)3|Ag|LC|Ag|(TiO2/MgF2)3 using transfer matrix method (TMM). The optical tunable properties of considered periodic structures investigated at different incident angles and temperatures for TE and TM modes. Our study shows that absorption peak of 1DPS varies with incident angle and temperature. The defect layer (Ag-LC-Ag), sandwiched LC within two metallic (Ag) layers, exhibits the surface plasmon waves at the metal LC interfaces. The effect of surface plasmon waves can be better understand through the optical sensing property of such defect periodic structure. The detailed study concludes that such a type of one-dimensional periodic structure (1DPS) may be useful to design a tunable sensor and monochromatic filter.

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Author PS received NON-NET UGC fellowship from the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University.

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  1. Department of Physics, School of Physical and Decision Sciences, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Vidya Vihar, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, U.P, 226025, India

    Pawan Singh & Khem B. Thapa

  2. Department of Physics, T.D.P.G. College, Jaunpur, U.P., 222002, India

    Sudesh K. Singh

  3. Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, National Institute of Open Schooling, Regional Centre, Kochi, 682036, India

    Alok K. Gupta

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Singh, P., Thapa, K.B., Singh, S.K. et al. Study of Design Tunable Optical Sensor and Monochromatic Filter of the One-Dimensional Periodic Structure of TiO2/MgF2 with Defect Layer of Liquid Crystal (LC) Sandwiched with Two Silver Layers. Plasmonics 15, 1845–1854 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-020-01210-x

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