SPR Sensor Based on a Concave Photonic Crystal Fiber Structure with MoS2/Au Layers

Xiaotong Guo; Yueke Wang; Tian Sang; Guofeng Yang; Qi Yao

doi:10.3390/ma16165523

SPR Sensor Based on a Concave Photonic Crystal Fiber Structure with MoS₂/Au Layers

Materials (Basel). 2023 Aug 8;16(16):5523. doi: 10.3390/ma16165523.

Authors

Xiaotong Guo^{1

2}, Yueke Wang^{1

2}, Tian Sang^{1

2}, Guofeng Yang^{1

2}, Qi Yao³

Affiliations

¹ Optica Information Science and Technology Department, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
² China Optoelectronic Engineering and Technology Research Center, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
³ Zhejiang Beyondsun Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Huzhou 313008, China.

Abstract

We propose a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor based on the concave photonic crystal fiber (PCF) coated with molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) and Au layers, which can detect the refractive index (RI) of the analyte. The finite element method (FEM) was used to verify our design, and the loss spectra of the fundamental mode are calculated. Compared with the SPR sensor with only a Au layer, the wavelength sensitivity can be improved by from 3700 to 4400 nm/RIU. Our proposed sensor works in near-infrared band and has a wide RI range from 1.19 to 1.40. The influences of the geometrical parameters of PCF and the thicknesses of Au and MoS₂ layers on the loss spectra are discussed in detail, and the maximum wavelength sensitivity of 5100 nm/RIU can be achieved. Meanwhile, a high resolution of 1.96 × 10^-5 RIU and the largest FOM of 29.143 can be obtained. It is believed that our findings show the sensor's excellent potential in medical testing, unknown biological detection, environmental monitoring and organic chemical detection.

Keywords: MoS2; photonic crystal fiber; surface plasmon resonance; wavelength sensitivity.

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