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ArticleScientific reports2019

A plasmonic refractive index sensor with an ultrabroad dynamic sensing range.

Yu-Chieh Cheng, Ya-Ju Chang, Yu-Ching Chuang, Bo-Zhi Huang, Chii-Chang Chen

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Yu-Chieh ChengDepartment of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, 10608, Taipei, Taiwan. yu-chieh.cheng@ntut.edu.tw.ORCID 0000-0002-7466-3929
Ya-Ju ChangDepartment of Optics and Photonics, National Central University, 32001, Jhongli, Taiwan.
Yu-Ching ChuangDepartment of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, 10608, Taipei, Taiwan.
Bo-Zhi HuangDepartment of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, 10608, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chii-Chang ChenDepartment of Optics and Photonics, National Central University, 32001, Jhongli, Taiwan. trich@dop.ncu.edu.tw.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Refractive index sensors based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR) promise to deliver high sensitivities. However, these sensitivities depend on the derivative of the monitored SPR parameters near resonance, so this dependency leads to a relatively narrow detection range for refractive index changes. Herein, we introduce an idea to improve the detection range refractive index through a high-contrast-index curved waveguide surrounded with an outer gold ring. The proposed detection technique, based on the output power measurement of the curved waveguide, offers a linear response over an ultrabroad range of the refractive index for a surrounding medium from n = 1 to 2.36. Meanwhile, an theoretically ultrahigh refractive index resolution (RIU) of 4.53 × 10

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