A Terahertz Point Source Meta-Sensor in Reflection Mode for Trace-Amount Bio-Sensing Applications
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Meta-Atom Structure Arrangement and Fabrication
2.2. Experimental Setup
2.3. Sample Measurement
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Comparison between Experiments and Simulation
3.2. Applications
3.2.1. Mineral Water Measurement
3.2.2. dsDNA and ssDNA Analysis
3.2.3. Blood Glucose Level Analysis
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Zheng, L.; Tonouchi, M.; Serita, K. A Terahertz Point Source Meta-Sensor in Reflection Mode for Trace-Amount Bio-Sensing Applications. Photonics 2024, 11, 766. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11080766
Zheng L, Tonouchi M, Serita K. A Terahertz Point Source Meta-Sensor in Reflection Mode for Trace-Amount Bio-Sensing Applications. Photonics. 2024; 11(8):766. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11080766
Chicago/Turabian StyleZheng, Luwei, Masayoshi Tonouchi, and Kazunori Serita. 2024. "A Terahertz Point Source Meta-Sensor in Reflection Mode for Trace-Amount Bio-Sensing Applications" Photonics 11, no. 8: 766. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11080766