SPR Microstructured D-Type Optical Fiber Sensor Configuration for Refractive Index Measurement

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2015

Authors

Diego Felipe Santos (Author) Other; Ariel Guerreiro (Author) FCUP; Jose Manuel Baptista (Author) Other

Journal

Title: IEEE Sensors Journal

Vol. 15 No. 12

Pages: 5472-5477

ISSN: 1530-437X

Publisher: IEEE

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00G-FRE

DOI: 10.1109/jsen.2015.2442335

Abstract (EN): This paper presents the performance analysis of a sensing configuration of refractive index, based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR) in microstructured D-type optical fiber with a thin gold layer, using the finite-element method. The configuration is analyzed in terms of the loss and distribution Poynting vector. The results are compared with a conventional SPR D-type optical fiber sensor for refractive index measurement. The simulation results show an improvement of the sensitivity and resolution (10 x 10(3) nm/RIU and 9.8 x 10(-6) RIU, respectively, when considering an accurately spectral variation detection of 0.1 nm).

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6