Surface plasmon resonance biosensor based on large size square-lattice photonic crystal fiber

Abstract

A surface plasmon resonance biosensor based on large size square-lattice photonic crystal fiber has been designed and simulated by finite element method. The square-lattice airholes are first coated with a calcium fluoride layer to provide mode confinement, then a nanoscale gold layer is deposited to excite the plasmon mode, and finally, the sample is infiltrated into the holes. The numerical results reveal that the resonance properties are easily affected by many parameters. The refractive index resolution of corresponding sensor can reach 4.3 × 10⁻⁶ RIU when the optimum parameters are set as the radius of curvature of the airhole r = 2 μm, the thickness of the core struts c = 200 nm, the auxiliary dielectric layer s = 1 μm, and the gold film d = 40 nm. In addition, the effective area and nonlinear coefficient are calculated.

Keywords:

• surface plasmon resonance
• photonic crystal fiber
• sensor
• finite element method

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This research was supported in part by the National Basic Research Program of China [grant number 2010CB327801]; the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 61201101], [grant number 61205003].