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The performance and response characteristics of simulated optical biosensor have been greatly enhanced in this work. The results were obtained by evaluating three different structures, each varying in the number of holes surrounding the cavity. The guide-cavity coupling's structural and dimensional characteristics were varied for an effective comparative study. The high sensitivity quality of this optical biosensor was achieved using large transmission rate. The results showed sensitivity around 800 nm/RIU in the first version, 800 nm/RIU in the second version and 700 nm/RIU in the last version. Furthermore, the design parameters were optimized by finite difference time domain (FDTD) method.

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