Metamaterial inspired axe-shaped terahertz patch antenna design: a tool for early skin cancer detection

IF 4 3区工程技术 Q2 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC Optical and Quantum Electronics Pub Date : 2025-01-29 DOI:10.1007/s11082-025-08062-x

Bhagwati Sharan, Manjula Raja

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Skin cancer involves abnormal growth of skin cells, typically caused by ultraviolet radiation exposure. Timely and accurate detection is essential to mitigate significant health risks and ensure effective treatment. This paper proposes a nanoantenna to enhance diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities for skin cancer detection. These antennas, emitting electromagnetic waves in the terahertz band (0.1–10 THz), improve integration for miniaturized wireless systems and serve as a foundation for the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT). We design a miniaturized, metamaterial-inspired gold-patch axe-shaped nanoantenna (\(121.97 \times 110 \times 17\) \(\mu m^3\)), implemented in CST Studio Software. The antenna resonates at 1.152 THz, with a very low return loss (\(<-55\) dB), a gain of 2.42 dBi, and a bandwidth of 40 GHz. The proposed antenna can be used as a sensor, considering the S11 spectra as a key parameter to differentiate between normal and cancerous skin (i.e., basal cell carcinoma). The simulation demonstrates significant and quantifiable differences between normal and cancerous skin and also highlights the proposed antenna’s suitability for applications such as radar systems, satellite communications, and advanced measurement technologies.

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超材料启发的轴形太赫兹贴片天线设计：早期皮肤癌检测工具

皮肤癌涉及皮肤细胞的异常生长，通常是由紫外线辐射引起的。及时和准确的检测对于减轻重大健康风险和确保有效治疗至关重要。为了提高皮肤癌的诊断和治疗能力，本文提出了一种纳米天线。这些天线发射太赫兹波段（0.1-10太赫兹）的电磁波，提高了小型化无线系统的集成度，并作为医疗物联网（IoMT）的基础。我们设计了一个小型化的，受超材料启发的金贴片轴形纳米天线（\(121.97 \times 110 \times 17\)\(\mu m^3\)），在CST Studio软件中实现。该天线谐振频率为1.152 THz，回波损耗极低（\(<-55\) dB），增益为2.42 dBi，带宽为40 GHz。该天线可作为传感器使用，将S11光谱作为区分正常皮肤和癌变皮肤（即基底细胞癌）的关键参数。仿真显示了正常皮肤和癌变皮肤之间的显著和可量化的差异，也强调了所提出的天线在雷达系统、卫星通信和先进测量技术等应用中的适用性。

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Optical and Quantum Electronics 工程技术-工程：电子与电气

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4.60

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20.00%

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810

审稿时长

3.8 months

期刊介绍： Optical and Quantum Electronics provides an international forum for the publication of original research papers, tutorial reviews and letters in such fields as optical physics, optical engineering and optoelectronics. Special issues are published on topics of current interest. Optical and Quantum Electronics is published monthly. It is concerned with the technology and physics of optical systems, components and devices, i.e., with topics such as: optical fibres; semiconductor lasers and LEDs; light detection and imaging devices; nanophotonics; photonic integration and optoelectronic integrated circuits; silicon photonics; displays; optical communications from devices to systems; materials for photonics (e.g. semiconductors, glasses, graphene); the physics and simulation of optical devices and systems; nanotechnologies in photonics (including engineered nano-structures such as photonic crystals, sub-wavelength photonic structures, metamaterials, and plasmonics); advanced quantum and optoelectronic applications (e.g. quantum computing, memory and communications, quantum sensing and quantum dots); photonic sensors and bio-sensors; Terahertz phenomena; non-linear optics and ultrafast phenomena; green photonics.