Characteristics of Ultrasensitive Hexagonal-Cored Photonic Crystal Fiber for Hazardous Chemical Sensing
A highly sensitive non-complex cored photonic crystal fiber sensor for hazardous chemical sensing with water, ethanol, and benzene analytes has been proposed and is numerically analyzed using a full-vector finite element method. The proposed fiber consists of a hexagonal core hole and two cladding a...
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| author | Abdul Mu’iz Maidi Norazanita Shamsuddin Wei-Ru Wong Shubi Kaijage Feroza Begum |
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| description | A highly sensitive non-complex cored photonic crystal fiber sensor for hazardous chemical sensing with water, ethanol, and benzene analytes has been proposed and is numerically analyzed using a full-vector finite element method. The proposed fiber consists of a hexagonal core hole and two cladding air hole rings, operating in the lower operating wavelength of 0.8 to 2.6 µm. It has been shown that the structure has high relative sensitivity of 94.47% for water, 96.32% for ethanol and 99.63% for benzene, and low confinement losses of 7.31 × 10<sup>−9</sup> dB/m for water, 3.70 × 10<sup>−10</sup> dB/m ethanol and 1.76 × 10<sup>−13</sup> dB/m benzene. It also displays a high power fraction and almost flattened chromatic dispersion. The results demonstrate the applicability of the proposed fiber design for chemical sensing applications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-20cb18f234f2456d915bd205d0daa8c52023-11-23T15:06:25ZengMDPI AGPhotonics2304-67322022-01-01913810.3390/photonics9010038Characteristics of Ultrasensitive Hexagonal-Cored Photonic Crystal Fiber for Hazardous Chemical SensingAbdul Mu’iz Maidi0Norazanita Shamsuddin1Wei-Ru Wong2Shubi Kaijage3Feroza Begum4Faculty of Integrated Technologies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong, Bandar Seri Begawan BE1410, BruneiFaculty of Integrated Technologies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong, Bandar Seri Begawan BE1410, BruneiDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, MalaysiaSchool of Computational and Communication Science and Engineering, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha 23311, TanzaniaFaculty of Integrated Technologies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong, Bandar Seri Begawan BE1410, BruneiA highly sensitive non-complex cored photonic crystal fiber sensor for hazardous chemical sensing with water, ethanol, and benzene analytes has been proposed and is numerically analyzed using a full-vector finite element method. The proposed fiber consists of a hexagonal core hole and two cladding air hole rings, operating in the lower operating wavelength of 0.8 to 2.6 µm. It has been shown that the structure has high relative sensitivity of 94.47% for water, 96.32% for ethanol and 99.63% for benzene, and low confinement losses of 7.31 × 10<sup>−9</sup> dB/m for water, 3.70 × 10<sup>−10</sup> dB/m ethanol and 1.76 × 10<sup>−13</sup> dB/m benzene. It also displays a high power fraction and almost flattened chromatic dispersion. The results demonstrate the applicability of the proposed fiber design for chemical sensing applications.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/9/1/38photonic crystal fiberchemical sensorrelative sensitivityconfinement loss |
| spellingShingle | Abdul Mu’iz Maidi Norazanita Shamsuddin Wei-Ru Wong Shubi Kaijage Feroza Begum Characteristics of Ultrasensitive Hexagonal-Cored Photonic Crystal Fiber for Hazardous Chemical Sensing Photonics photonic crystal fiber chemical sensor relative sensitivity confinement loss |
| title | Characteristics of Ultrasensitive Hexagonal-Cored Photonic Crystal Fiber for Hazardous Chemical Sensing |
| title_full | Characteristics of Ultrasensitive Hexagonal-Cored Photonic Crystal Fiber for Hazardous Chemical Sensing |
| title_fullStr | Characteristics of Ultrasensitive Hexagonal-Cored Photonic Crystal Fiber for Hazardous Chemical Sensing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characteristics of Ultrasensitive Hexagonal-Cored Photonic Crystal Fiber for Hazardous Chemical Sensing |
| title_short | Characteristics of Ultrasensitive Hexagonal-Cored Photonic Crystal Fiber for Hazardous Chemical Sensing |
| title_sort | characteristics of ultrasensitive hexagonal cored photonic crystal fiber for hazardous chemical sensing |
| topic | photonic crystal fiber chemical sensor relative sensitivity confinement loss |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/9/1/38 |
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