Line shapes in a plasmonic waveguide system based on plasmon-induced transparency and its application in nanosensor

A compact plasmonic coupled-resonator structure is investigated using a finite element method, which consists of a ring resonator and a stub coupled with a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) waveguide. Simulation results show that due to the resonant enhancement effect in this system, the plasmon-induced transparency (PIT) occurs and a sharp asymmetric Fano line arise in the transmission spectra by adjusting the parameters of the structure. Meanwhile, the position of the transmission peak can be controlled in any resonance mode by changing the depth of the stub, which is different from the previous researches. The physical features provide a high refractive index sensing with a sensitivity of 1100 nm/RIU and a figure of merit (FOM) of 42550. Moreover, dual resonance peaks are realized by adding an extra ring resonator placed on the stub. The proposed structures may have wide applications in photonic-integrated circuits and the on-chip nanosensors.