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Multiresonant Membrane Metasurfaces for Multifunctional Fingerprint Recognition and Real-time Biochemical Tracking

Optics 2026-05-01 v1

Abstract

Label-free identification and real-time tracking of biochemical substances became critical for molecular diagnostics and chemical analysis, yet conventional resonant terahertz metasurface sensing relies on a single resonance, limiting spectral selectivity and dynamic capability. Here, we suggest multiresonant membrane metasurfaces and implement them for simultaneous static molecular fingerprint retrieval and dynamic reaction monitoring within a single pixel. We consider a membrane metasurface supporting multiple quasi-bound states in the continuum designed at target frequencies and enabling the tailoring of the field enhancement and frequency-selective interaction with target analytes. As a proof-of-concept, we achieve label-free detection of the dual fingerprint absorption features of pefloxacin at 0.78 THz and 0.99 THz, and real-time tracking of vitamin C oxidation and denaturation under ambient conditions. The kinetic profiles extracted from the THz amplitude evolution show excellent agreement with nonlinear reaction models, demonstrating quantitative biochemical tracking capabilities. Our results establish a versatile and scalable THz photonic platform that unifies static fingerprint identification and dynamic reaction monitoring, paving the way toward integrated on-chip biochemical analytics and multifunctional metasurface sensors.

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@article{arxiv.2604.27316,
  title  = {Multiresonant Membrane Metasurfaces for Multifunctional Fingerprint Recognition and Real-time Biochemical Tracking},
  author = {Quanlong Yang and Yapeng Dou and Dongyang Wang and Yihua Zhong and Fei Li and Jiajun He and Ying Zhang and Quan Xu and Junliang Yang and Ilya Shadrivov and Jiaguang Han and Yuri Kivshar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.27316},
  year   = {2026}
}