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We proposed a new bilayer surface plasmon resonance-based fiber-optic refractive index sensor with silver and an over-layer of TiO2. We numerically investigated the optimal thickness of TiO2 over-layer in the proposed sensor and compared its performance to that based on typical bimetallic layers of silver-and-gold in the aqueous media using finite-difference time domain approach. We show that the use of TiO2 over-layer greatly improves the sensor performance in terms of sensitivity and signal-to-noise ratio compared to that with gold as the over-layer. Not only does the TiO2 over-layer offer a cost-effective alternative to gold for overcoming the oxidation problem, but also it allows resonance wavelength-tunability.
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Al-Qazwini, Y., Noor, A.S.M., Yadav, T.K. et al. Performance evaluation of a bilayer SPR-based fiber optic RI sensor with TiO2 using FDTD solutions. Photonic Sens 4, 289–294 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13320-014-0207-y
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