Design and simulation of photonic crystal fiber for highly sensitive chemical sensing applications
Photonic crystal fibers (PCF) have demonstrated promising capabilities for liquid sensing applications owing to their distinctive optical properties. This work presents a numerical investigation of a PCF sensor optimized for discriminating water, ethanol, and benzene samples. In the proposed configu...
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| description | Photonic crystal fibers (PCF) have demonstrated promising capabilities for liquid sensing applications owing to their distinctive optical properties. This work presents a numerical investigation of a PCF sensor optimized for discriminating water, ethanol, and benzene samples. In the proposed configuration, there are five concentric rings of air holes in the cladding arranged in a hybrid lattice structure, while the core contains only one air hole. The optical properties of the sensor, such as refractive index, power fraction, relative sensitivity, confinement loss, effective area, and nonlinearity, were assessed through a comprehensive analysis utilizing the full vector Finite Element Method within the COMSOL Multiphysics software. All these properties have been meticulously examined through numerical investigation across a broader range of wavelengths spanning from 0.8 to 2.2 µm. The suggested model has high sensitivity, minimal confinement loss, and an exceptional nonlinear coefficient value. At a wavelength of 1.3 µm, the suggested PCF exhibits greater sensitivity of 96.84, 98.12, and 100% for water, ethanol, and benzene, respectively, and nonlinear coefficients of 13.98 W−1 km−1 for water, 13.93 W−1 km−1 for ethanol, and 14.85 W−1 km−1 for benzene, with decreased confinement loss. The created model can be utilized in several research areas, particularly in chemical sensing and bio-sensing, as well as their respective applications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-88493e22d9704354a4f99a39d2b507bd2024-03-25T07:28:34ZengDe GruyterOpen Engineering2391-54392024-03-01141511510.1515/eng-2022-0562Design and simulation of photonic crystal fiber for highly sensitive chemical sensing applicationsJebur Raed Sattar0Thaher Raad Hamdan1Department of Electrical Engineering, University Mustansiriyah, Baghdad, IraqDepartment of Electrical Engineering, University Mustansiriyah, Baghdad, IraqPhotonic crystal fibers (PCF) have demonstrated promising capabilities for liquid sensing applications owing to their distinctive optical properties. This work presents a numerical investigation of a PCF sensor optimized for discriminating water, ethanol, and benzene samples. In the proposed configuration, there are five concentric rings of air holes in the cladding arranged in a hybrid lattice structure, while the core contains only one air hole. The optical properties of the sensor, such as refractive index, power fraction, relative sensitivity, confinement loss, effective area, and nonlinearity, were assessed through a comprehensive analysis utilizing the full vector Finite Element Method within the COMSOL Multiphysics software. All these properties have been meticulously examined through numerical investigation across a broader range of wavelengths spanning from 0.8 to 2.2 µm. The suggested model has high sensitivity, minimal confinement loss, and an exceptional nonlinear coefficient value. At a wavelength of 1.3 µm, the suggested PCF exhibits greater sensitivity of 96.84, 98.12, and 100% for water, ethanol, and benzene, respectively, and nonlinear coefficients of 13.98 W−1 km−1 for water, 13.93 W−1 km−1 for ethanol, and 14.85 W−1 km−1 for benzene, with decreased confinement loss. The created model can be utilized in several research areas, particularly in chemical sensing and bio-sensing, as well as their respective applications.https://doi.org/10.1515/eng-2022-0562chemical sensorconfinement lossnonlinearityphotonic crystal fiberrelative sensitivity |
| spellingShingle | Jebur Raed Sattar Thaher Raad Hamdan Design and simulation of photonic crystal fiber for highly sensitive chemical sensing applications Open Engineering chemical sensor confinement loss nonlinearity photonic crystal fiber relative sensitivity |
| title | Design and simulation of photonic crystal fiber for highly sensitive chemical sensing applications |
| title_full | Design and simulation of photonic crystal fiber for highly sensitive chemical sensing applications |
| title_fullStr | Design and simulation of photonic crystal fiber for highly sensitive chemical sensing applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and simulation of photonic crystal fiber for highly sensitive chemical sensing applications |
| title_short | Design and simulation of photonic crystal fiber for highly sensitive chemical sensing applications |
| title_sort | design and simulation of photonic crystal fiber for highly sensitive chemical sensing applications |
| topic | chemical sensor confinement loss nonlinearity photonic crystal fiber relative sensitivity |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/eng-2022-0562 |
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