Grapefruit Fiber Filled with Silver Nanowires Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor in Aqueous Environments

A kind of surface plasmon resonance sensor based on grapefruit photonic crystal fiber (PCF) filled with different numbers of silver nanowires has been studied in this paper. The surface plasmon resonance modes and the sensing properties are investigated comprehensively using the finite element metho...

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Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Jian-Quan Yao, Xiang-Yong Fu, Wu-Qi Wen, Xiao-Hui Huang, Bao-Qun Wu, Cong-Jing Hao, Ying Lu
Μορφή: Άρθρο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: MDPI AG 2012-08-01
Σειρά:Sensors
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Διαθέσιμο Online:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/12/9/12016
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Περίληψη:A kind of surface plasmon resonance sensor based on grapefruit photonic crystal fiber (PCF) filled with different numbers of silver nanowires has been studied in this paper. The surface plasmon resonance modes and the sensing properties are investigated comprehensively using the finite element method (FEM). The simulation results show that the intensity sensitivity is related to nanowire numbers and the distance between two nanowires. The optimum value obtained is 2,400 nm/RIU, corresponding to a resolution of 4.51 × 10<sup>−5</sup> RIU with a maximum distance of 2 μm. To a certain extent, the PCF filled with more nanowires is better than with just one. Furthermore, the air holes of grapefruit PCF are large enough to operate in practice. Moreover, the irregularity of the filled nanowires has no effect on sensitivity, which will be very convenient for the implementation of experiments.
ISSN:1424-8220