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Believing that the detection of hemoglobin possesses a vital role in the discovery of many diseases, we present in this work a simple method for sensing and detecting hemoglobin based on one-dimensional photonic crystals. Implementing hemoglobin as a defect layer inside the proposed photonic crystal results in a resonant peak evolving within the bandgaps. The strong dependence of these resonant peaks on concentration and the consequent refractive index are the essential bases of the detection process. The role played by these parameters together with the angle of incidence on performance and efficiency of our sensor is demonstrated. In the vicinity of the investigated results, we demonstrate the values of sensitivity, figure of merit (FOM), signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and resolution to optimize the performance of our sensor. The numerical results show a significant effect of polarization mode on performance of this sensor. For TE polarization with an angle of incidence equal to 45°, we investigated sensitivity of 167 n m R I U − 1 , SNR of 0.23, FOM of 0.63 R I U − 1 , and resolution of 257 nm.

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In this paper, we theoretically investigate the transmittance characteristics of one-dimensional defective photonic crystal in microwave radiations based on the fundamentals of the characteristic matrix method. Here, the defect layer is magnetized plasma. The numerical results show the appearance of defect peaks inside the Photonic Band Gap. The external magnetic field has a significant effect on the permittivity of the defect layer. Therefore, the position and intensity of the defect peak are strongly affected by the external magnetic field. Moreover, we have investigated the different parameters on the defect peaks as the plasma density, the thickness of the plasma layer and the angle of incidence. Wherefore, the proposed structure could be the cornerstone for many applications in microwave regions such as narrowband filters.

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We investigated the transmittance properties of the one dimensional quasiperiodic photonic crystals that contains an n doped semiconductor material. Our study is mainly based on the theoretical framework of the plasma model and the characteristic matrix method. Here, Fibonacci sequence represents the core axis in the design of our structure. Therefore, this design could be named as Fibonacci based structure. The numerical results are mainly based on the variation of the doping concentration. This parameter could be crucial in the tunability of the photonic band gaps. The effect of many parameters such as the thickness of the semiconductor material, the sequence number and the type of the sequence are demonstrated. The designed structure is prepared to act as a multichannel filter for THz applications.

We have obtained the optical properties of one-dimensional defective photonic crystals containing nanocomposite materials of Ag as a defect layer in UV region; the permittivity of nanocomposite materials depends on plasmon frequency of metal nanoparticles. Our analysis is based on the fundamentals of the transfer matrix method. We have investigated the effect of many parameters such as metal thickness, volume fraction, and defected dielectric materials on the intensity of a defect layer.