Table 2 Comparison of sensitivity, Q-factor, and FOM of Mode-2 under TE and TM polarization.

From: Octa- square split ring-shaped supercell-based plasmonic metamaterials for enhanced dual-spectral detection of cancer biomarkers

Incident light polarization

Mode-1

Mode-2

Sensivity

(nm/RIU)

FOM

(RIU−1)

Q

LOD

(RIU)

Sensivity

(nm/RIU)

FOM

(RIU−1)

Q

LOD

(RIU)

TE

604

14.72

32.22

0.0034

1097.1

15.64

27.5

0.0032

TM

710.7

4.4

8.25

0.011

1272

5.3

8.8

0.0094