Title
A Bimetallic-Coated, Low Propagation Loss, Photonic Crystal Fiber Based Plasmonic Refractive Index Sensor.
Abstract
In this paper, a low-loss, spiral lattice photonic crystal fiber (PCF)-based plasmonic biosensor is proposed for its application in detecting various biomolecules (i.e., sugar, protein, DNA, and mRNA) and biochemicals (i.e., serum and urine). Plasmonic material gold (Au) is employed externally to efficiently generate surface plasmon resonance (SPR) in the outer surface of the PCF. A thin layer of titanium oxide (TiO2) is also introduced, which assists in adhering the Au layer to the silica fiber. The sensing performance is investigated using a mode solver based on the finite element method (FEM). Simulation results show a maximum wavelength sensitivity of 23,000 nm/RIU for a bio-samples refractive index (RI) detection range of 1.32-1.40. This sensor also exhibits a very low confinement loss of 0.22 and 2.87 dB/cm for the analyte at 1.32 and 1.40 RI, respectively. Because of the ultra-low propagation loss, the proposed sensor can be fabricated within several centimeters, which reduces the complexity related to splicing, and so on.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.3390/s19173794
SENSORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
photonic crystal fiber (PCF),confinement loss,wavelength sensitivity,plasmonic sensor,refractive index (RI)
Analytical chemistry,Surface plasmon resonance,Titanium oxide,Photonic-crystal fiber,Engineering,Biosensor,Optoelectronics,Silica fiber,Wavelength,Refractive index,Plasmon
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
19
17
1424-8220
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.48
0
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mohammad Al Mahfuz110.48
Md. Anwar Hossain2132.56
Emranul Haque310.48
Nguyen Hoang Hai412.17
Yoshinori Namihira534.37
Feroz Ahmed611.50