Table 3 The role of fabrication tolerance of GaAs layers thickness on the sensitivity of the designed sensor.

From: The role of Faraday effect on the one-dimensional n-doped Si photonic crystals towards magnetic field sensing applications

Fabrication tolerance (nm)

Sensitivity (THz/Tesla)

– 100

0.0364

– 80

0.0366

– 60

0.0364

– 40

0.0366

– 20

0.0366

Optimized thickness (8.5 μm)

0.0368

+ 20

0.0366

+ 40

0.0366

+ 60

0.0366

+ 80

0.0368

+ 100

0.0366