Surface Plasmon Resonance-Based Temperature Sensor with Outer Surface Metal Coating on Multi-Core Photonic Crystal Fibre

• Main Authors: Samuel Osifeso, Suoda Chu, Ashwini Prasad, K. Nakkeeran
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
• Series: Surfaces
• Subjects: multi-core; photonic crystal fibre; surface plasmon resonance; temperature sensor; finite element method; surface metal coating
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9637/3/3/25
• ISSN: 2571-9637

We report an innovative design of a multi-core photonic crystal fibre-based surface plasmon resonance temperature sensor using ethanol and benzene as temperature-sensitive materials with a segmented outer-surface metal coating scheme. A stable sensing performance for a detection range of 10–80 <inline-formula> <math display="inline"> <semantics> <msup> <mrow></mrow> <mo>∘</mo> </msup> </semantics> </math> </inline-formula>C was found while using ethanol as the temperature-sensitive material; while using benzene both blue and red frequency shifts were observed. The maximum temperature sensitivities obtained from this proposed temperature sensor were 360 pm/<inline-formula> <math display="inline"> <semantics> <msup> <mrow></mrow> <mo>∘</mo> </msup> </semantics> </math> </inline-formula>C and 23.3 nm/<inline-formula> <math display="inline"> <semantics> <msup> <mrow></mrow> <mo>∘</mo> </msup> </semantics> </math> </inline-formula>C with resolutions of <inline-formula> <math display="inline"> <semantics> <mrow> <mn>2.78</mn> <mo>×</mo> <msup> <mn>10</mn> <mrow> <mo>−</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msup> </mrow> </semantics> </math> </inline-formula><inline-formula> <math display="inline"> <semantics> <msup> <mrow></mrow> <mo>∘</mo> </msup> </semantics> </math> </inline-formula>C and <inline-formula> <math display="inline"> <semantics> <mrow> <mn>4.29</mn> <mo>×</mo> <msup> <mn>10</mn> <mrow> <mo>−</mo> <mn>3</mn> </mrow> </msup> </mrow> </semantics> </math> </inline-formula><inline-formula> <math display="inline"> <semantics> <msup> <mrow></mrow> <mo>∘</mo> </msup> </semantics> </math> </inline-formula>C, respectively, when using ethanol or benzene as the sensing medium.