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In this article, a plasmonic gold nanoantenna is proposed as a sensor to monitor refractive index variations between 1.30 and 1.35. These values are defined since they are characteristic of, for instance, water-based solutions, DNA, or haemoglobin. To simulate the device a novel model is used, which takes advantage of the wave- particle dualism and the generalised Fresnel coefficients for absorbing media. Although it is a time-domain model, in this research work the model is improved to compute steady state and frequency-domain results. The response to a Dirac excitation is obtained using that novel model. The steady state is reached for a long pulse emission. The long pulse emission is emulated by a Dirac comb and consequently, the optical response of the device for this kind of excitation is obtained considering the sum of several Dirac&#x0027;s responses shifted in time. Then, steady state might be reached as suggested by the presented results. Taking into account the obtained pulse responses, the refractive index sensor for the range 1.30-1.35 is proposed. The obtained results suggest that 350&#x00A0;nm and 450&#x00A0;nm are the best wavelengths to detect these analyte variations. The sensitivity reaches values up to around 110&#x0025;/RIU, but sensitivities around 80&#x0025;/RIU are computed within the range 250-500&#x00A0;nm.

Exploiting Extraordinary Optical Transmission in Plasmonic Slit Nanoantennas for Sensor Applications