Hao Wang, Hui Zhang, Jiangli Dong, Shiqi Hu, Wenguo Zhu, Wentao Qiu, Huihui Lu, Jianhui Yu, Heyuan Guan, Shecheng Gao, Zhaohui Li, Weiping Liu, Miao He, Jun Zhang, Zhe Chen, Yunhan Luo, "Sensitivity-enhanced surface plasmon resonance sensor utilizing a tungsten disulfide (WS2) nanosheets overlayer," Photonics Res. 6, 485 (2018)

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Fig. 1. Raman spectrum of the WS 2 layers on the SPR sensor structure.

Fig. 2. (a) WS 2 surface morphology image of the SPR sensor. The WS 2 cross section SEM images after different numbers of times of repeated post-coating: (b) one; (c) two; (d) three; (e) four; (f) five.

Fig. 3. Experimental setup for RI sensing measurement.

Fig. 4. Reflectance spectra of the WS 2 -SPR sensors corresponding to different post-coating times: (a) Without coating; (b) one; (c) two; (d) three; (e) four; (f) five. The refractive index of the sensing analyte changes from 1.333 to 1.360.

Fig. 5. Experimental variation of shift in the resonance wavelength with refractive index under different times of WS 2 nanosheet post-coating: (a) Without coating; (b) one; (c) two; (d) three; (e) four; (f) five.

Fig. 6. (a) Sensitivity and (b) figure of merit comparison for different number of times of WS 2 nanosheets coatings.

Fig. 7. (a) Experimental variation of shift in the resonance wavelength with surrounding refractive index ranging from 1.333 to 1.40. (b) Evanescent electric field distribution at the resonance wavelength within the prism/gold film (50 nm)/analyte (n = 1.36 ) structure.

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