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Dual-Channel Surface Plasmon Resonance–Based Photonic Crystal Fiber Sensor with Metal-Ta2O5 Coating at Near-infrared Wavelength

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This work proposes a novel multi-channel photonic crystal fiber (PCF) based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR) technique where Au-Ta2O5 layer and Ag-Ta2O5 layer are selected as plasmonic materials. Dual-analyte simultaneous measurement can be well implemented by individually monitoring the SPR intensities of the x-polarized and y-polarized modes in the near-infrared region. Using a full-vectorial finite element method (FV-FEM) and COMSOL software, we have theoretically elucidated the effects of related parameters comprising coating thickness and pitch parameter on the sensing response. The optimized results show that the proposed sensor has attended to average wavelength sensitivities of 11,466 nm/RIU and 6833 nm/RIU, with maximum amplitude sensitivities of − 940.1/RIU and − 1008/RIU for channel 1 and channel 2, respectively. A ± 2% structural error of air holes has been taken into consideration and shows little impact on the wavelength sensitivities. Moreover, our sensing response is of excellent linear characters with R2 of the polynomial lines up to 0.9983 and 0.9993.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61771419).

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    Shutao Wang, Wenbo Ma, Qi Cheng, Na Liu, Yuhong Lu, Xuanrui Wu & Jingliang Xiang

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Shutao Wang, Wenbo Ma, Qi Cheng, and Na Liu contributed to the conception of the study; Wenbo Ma and Shutao Wang contributed significantly to analysis and manuscript preparation; Wenbo Ma and Shutao Wang performed the data analysis and wrote the manuscript; Wenbo Ma, Shutao Wang, Qi Cheng, and Na Liu participate in the constructive discussions and manuscript revisions; and Yuhong Lu, Xuanrui Wu, and Jingliang Xiang helped perform the analysis with constructive discussions.

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Wang, S., Ma, W., Cheng, Q. et al. Dual-Channel Surface Plasmon Resonance–Based Photonic Crystal Fiber Sensor with Metal-Ta2O5 Coating at Near-infrared Wavelength. Plasmonics 17, 119–129 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-021-01503-9

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