Planar photonic crystals for express analysis of liquids

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates an experimental method using a metamaterial with two planar photonic crystals at 9.5 GHz for rapid, one-to-one identification of liquids based on changes in resonance parameters.

Contribution

It introduces a novel metamaterial-based approach for fast liquid analysis utilizing planar photonic crystals at microwave frequencies.

Findings

Resonance peak parameters change with different liquids.

The inverse Q-factor and resonance frequency depend on liquid distance.

The method enables one-to-one liquid identification.

Abstract

The metamaterial based on two planar photonic crystals was used on experimental express analysis of liquids. The metamaterial operates at a frequency of about 9.5 GHz, and has a small size. It was shown experimentally that when the liquid in container was placed in the resonance region at the interface of the two photonic crystals the parameters of resonance peak of transmission coefficient were changed. It was shown experimentally that different liquids have a different character of depending of the inverse Q-factor and the resonance frequency of the resonance peak on the distance from the interface of the photonic crystals to the container with liquid, and this dependence leads to one-to-one identification of such liquid. Thus, the ability of express analysis of liquids in a container by using a metamaterial based on two planar photonic crystals is demonstrated experimentally.