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Theoretical Considerations on the Responses of Gold-Deposited Surface Plasmon Resonance-Based Glass Rod Sensors Using a Three-Layer Fresnel Equation

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The response curves of gold (Au)-deposited surface plasmon resonance-based glass rod sensors were calculated using a three-layer Fresnel equation while considering various parameters for the sensor system calculations. Au films with thicknesses of 30, 45, and 70 nm were deposited on half of the surfaces of the glass rods, which were 2 mm in diameter, with a deposition length of 100 mm. Sensor elements with Au film thicknesses of 45 nm on glass rods with diameters of 1 and 4 mm and with deposition lengths of 10, 20, and 50 mm were also prepared. The sensor system consists of a light-emitting diode (LED) with a wavelength of 654 nm as the light source with a mini-spectrometer as the detector. The LED intensity distribution, the range of the angle of incidence of light into the sensor element, and the thickness distributions of the Au films deposited on the glass rods were considered to be the important parameters for the calculations. The minimum positions of all the theoretical response curves agreed well with those of the experimental response curves within the limits of the experimental and theoretical uncertainties. Most of the overall response characteristics of the theoretical curves agreed well with those of the experimental curves within the limits of both types of uncertainty. It was found that the thickness distribution of the deposited Au film in the cross-sectional direction dominates the sensor response and thus is the most important parameter for calculation of the sensor properties. The agreements between the experimental and theoretical response curves indicate both the potential and the usefulness of the sensor performance estimation process based on the three-layer Fresnel equation.

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The authors would like to thank Miss I. Ariyama and Mr. Y. Tominaga for their cooperation in this work. We are also grateful to Associate Professor Kazuyoshi Kurihara of the Faculty of Education and Regional Studies, University of Fukui, for many valuable comments and discussions. This study was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (grant no. 23550100) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology and by the Adaptable and Seamless Technology Transfer Program through Target-driven R&D (A-STEP) (grant no. AS242Z02538J) from the Japan Science and Technology Agency.

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    Masaru Mitsushio & Morihide Higo

  2. Department of Material Science and Production Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40, Korimoto, Kagoshima, 890-0065, Japan

    Takuro Masunaga & Morihide Higo

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Mitsushio, M., Masunaga, T. & Higo, M. Theoretical Considerations on the Responses of Gold-Deposited Surface Plasmon Resonance-Based Glass Rod Sensors Using a Three-Layer Fresnel Equation. Plasmonics 9, 451–459 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-013-9643-6

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