The performance of our designed sensor compared to other designs in the literature.

The designed structure	Sensitivity (nm/RIU)	QF	DL (RIU)	Reference
Photonic crystal biosensor	1118	Not mentioned	10−3	57
Photonic crystal cavity	3300	103	10−5	58
1D-porous silicon photonic crystals	6770	662	Not mentioned	59
Photonic crystal cavity and fiber loop ring-down technique	450	Not mentioned	∼1.6 × 10−4	60
Photonic crystal containing graphene	1179	Not mentioned	∼2.2 × 10−5	61
Photonic crystal covered with a perforated gold film	17	3 × 104	Not mentioned	62
Cavity photonic crystal	777	2576	Not mentioned	63
Photonic crystal cavities	656	2719	Not mentioned	64
[Prism/Au/water cavity/(Si/CaF2)10/substrate]	24 700	686.5	5.91 × 10−6	Our design