Abstract
In this work, a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) temperature sensor based on a con-joined-tubular anti-resonance optical fiber (CTF) was theoretically designed and analyzed using the finite element method. The CTF cladding was composed of eight pairs of conjoined tubes, and one or two holes of the tubes were selectively coated with gold to generate the SPR effect. Alcohol was injected into the core of the CTF to work as the sensing medium using vapor deposition. The proposed sensing structure exhibited excellent birefringence and produced more than six resonant peaks in different wavebands of the X and Y polarization. The positions of those resonant peaks were sensitive to temperature change, and the simulated sensitivity was about 3.2–3.6 nm/°C. The multiple working wavebands of the proposed sensing structure could be used for self-verification. Moreover, the influence of structural parameters on sensing performance was analyzed in detail. Possessing features of high sensitivity, good birefringence, multiple measuring wavebands, and self-verification, the proposed CTF-based SPR sensor has great potential in practical applications such as biological research and chemical sensing.
Highlights
The influence of structural parameters on sensing performance was analyzed in detail
The neff of core mode decreased with the liquid refractive index (RI), while gold coating induced a decrease in surface plasmon polariton (SPP) with the increase in wavelength, which resulted in the phase matching points moving to the longer wavelength direction
This work designed and analyzed an surface plasmon resonance (SPR) temperature sensor based on conjoined-tubular anti-resonance fiber (CTF)
Summary
Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. In 2021, Tang et al presented a novel SPR temperature sensor comprising a dielectric/Ag-coated hollow fiber filled with thermosensitive liquid, the sensitivity of which reached 5.21 nm/◦ C in the range of 20–60 ◦ C [22]. In spite of this excellent sensing performance, most of these reported SPR sensors rely on only a single resonance peak in one polarization direction [15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22]; due to the limited range of light sources, the measured data are usually in want of verification. Possessing features of high sensitivity, good birefringence, multiple measuring wavebands, and self-verification, the proposed sensor has great potential in practical applications such as biological research and chemical sensing
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