Abstract
Surface plasmon resonance containing amorphous As2S3 film is proposed as a chemical sensor to highlight several liquid hydrocarbons. Method is label-free and is based on detection of small changes in the refractive index. As2S3 operates as plasmonic waveguide which confines the probing beam to the interface with liquid hydrocarbons. The method can easily distinguish hydrocarbons with very close refractive indices. The film thicknesses were optimized to obtain the best sensitivity and resolving power. Minimum reflectance of SPR less than 1 % was found for optimal calculated film thicknesses, the sensitivity to the refractive index changes being 2·10-5 .
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