Surface plasmon resonance sensor based on U-shaped photonic quasi-crystal fiber

Qiang LIU, Yu JIANG, Yudan SUN, Chunjie HU, Jiudi SUN, Chao LIU*, Jingwei LV, Jin ZHAO, Zao YI, Paul K. CHU

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Abstract

A high-sensitivity surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor is designed and analyzed numerically. The sensor is constructed on the eightfold U-shaped photonic quasi-crystal fiber (PQF) and coated with indium tin oxide (ITO). The coupling between the core mode and surface plasmon polariton mode is enhanced due to shortening of the distance between the core and the ITO layer, so that the PQF-SPR sensor exhibits high refractive index (RI) sensitivity in the near-infrared region. The maximum wavelength sensitivity and the corresponding resolution of this sensor are 42,000 nm/RIU and 2.38 x 10-6 RIU, respectively. The average wavelength sensitivity is 12,750 nm/RIU in the refractive index range of 1.306-1.386. This advanced sensor is suitable for the determination of RIs in the near-infrared region. (C) 2021 Optical Society of America
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1761-1766
JournalApplied Optics
Volume60
Issue number6
Online published18 Feb 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Feb 2021

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