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Abstract

The sensitivities of an aluminum gallium arsenide Al_0.7Ga_0.3As based surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor with gold (Au) and silver (Ag) layers are numerically analyzed and compared at 633 nm wavelength for different thicknesses of the Al_0.7Ga_0.3As. As the thickness of Al_0.7Ga_0.3As increases, the sensitivity of aluminum gallium arsenide Al_0.7Ga_0.3As with a specific metal (Au or Ag) layer increases. Our calculations show that the sensitivities of the proposed sensors are 80.55% (Au film) and 34.74% (Ag film) higher than the conventional Au and Ag sensors successively. The aluminum gallium arsenide Al_0.7Ga_0.3As based SPR sensor has the advantages of high angular sensitivity, narrow resonance widths, and low minimum reflectance, making it a much better choice for biosensing applications.

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