Table 6 Comparison between the performances of present and earlier reported sensing works based on sensitivity, figure of merit and quality factor.

From: MATLAB simulation based study on poliovirus sensing through one-dimensional photonic crystal with defect

Structure

Topology

Analyte refractive index range

S (nm/RIU)

FoM (Per RIU)

QF

References

Year

SOI based 1d pc

PbG

Sucrose (1.345–1.442)

1016.35

N.C

N.C

39

2021

2d pc

PbG

Red blood cells (1.336–1.399)

898.9764

N.C

212.771

40

2022

Biosensor I

PbG and plasmonics

Basal cell cancer (1.36–1.38)

718.6

156.217

207.4

41

2022

Biosensor II

PbG and plasmonics

Basal cell cancer (1.36–1.38)

714.3

60.1

80.16

41

2022

Our work (1d PhC)

PbG

Poliovirus (1.33–1.338700)

1189.65517

26,180.23446

3102.06475

  1. N.C. not calculated
  2. Significant values are given in bold.