Title :
Influence of design parameters on the performance of a refractive index sensor based on SPR in plastic optical fibers
Author :
Yusser Al-Qazwini;A. S. M. Noor;Mohd H. Yaacob;M.A. Mahdi;S.W. Harun
Author_Institution :
Department of Computer and Communication Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Abstract :
We report a refractive-index sensor based on surface plasmon resonance in etched plastic optical-fibers. Impact of fiber residual thickness and sensing length on the sensor´s sensitivity is experimentally investigated.
Keywords :
"Optical fibers","Optical fiber sensors","Optical refraction","Universal Serial Bus","Monitoring"
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2015
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2015.7323448
