Design of pseudo brain nano gold layer photonic crystal fiber sensor and investigation of fabrication accuracy

Abstract

In this research, a new photonic crystal fiber sensor is proposed based on human brain scan images. As the human brain analyzes information in the cerebellum to make decisions, the use of this design and placement of air holes in the shape of human brain is the main reason of more electromagnetic field limitation in the center of the fiber or pseudo-cerebellum. Finite element method based on mode solver (FEM) is used to analyze this sensor. The size of the air holes and the thickness of the plasmonic layer are proposed in this design based on the Nelder-Mead optimization algorithm. The possible errors caused by the sensor fabrication are investigated and a unique equation is presented to estimate the effect of the size of the air holes on the sensor confinement loss. Numerical inference show that this brain shape sensor has an amazing maximum amplitude sensitivity (AS) of 7208 RIU−1 and appropriate maximum wavelength sensitivity (WS) of 10000 nm/RIU. Therefore, the proposed sensor has great prospects for medical, chemical and pharmaceutical measurements and diagnostic applications because of its high sensitivity, powerful detection and easy fabrication.