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A Polarization-Independent Fiber-Optic SPR Sensor
Fiber-optic surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors possess the advantages of small size, flexible, allowing for a smaller sample volume, easy to be integrated, and high sensitivity. They have been intensively developed in recent decades. However, the polarizing nature of the surface plasmon waves (...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6209958/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30248984 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18103204 |
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author | Li, Songquan Gao, Laixu Zou, Changwei Xie, Wei Wei, Yong Tian, Canxin Wang, Zesong Liang, Feng Xiang, Yanxiong Yang, Qian |
author_facet | Li, Songquan Gao, Laixu Zou, Changwei Xie, Wei Wei, Yong Tian, Canxin Wang, Zesong Liang, Feng Xiang, Yanxiong Yang, Qian |
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description | Fiber-optic surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors possess the advantages of small size, flexible, allowing for a smaller sample volume, easy to be integrated, and high sensitivity. They have been intensively developed in recent decades. However, the polarizing nature of the surface plasmon waves (SPWs) always hinders the acquisition of SPR spectrum with high signal-noise ratio in wavelength modulation unless a polarizer is employed. The addition of polarizer complicates the system and reduces the degree of compactness. In this work, we propose and demonstrate a novel, polarization-independent fiber-optic SPR sensor based on a BK7 bi-prism with two incident planes orthogonal to each other. In the bi-prism, TM-polarized components of non-polarized incident lights excite SPWs on the first sensing channel, meanwhile the TE components and the remaining TM components are reflected, then the reflected TE components serve as TM components of incident lights for the second sensing channel to excite SPWs. Simulations show the proposed SPR structure permit us to completely eliminate the polarization dependence of the plasmon excitation. Experimental results agree well with the simulations. This kind of devices can be considered an excellent option for development of simple and compact SPR chemical sensors. |
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spelling | pubmed-62099582018-11-02 A Polarization-Independent Fiber-Optic SPR Sensor Li, Songquan Gao, Laixu Zou, Changwei Xie, Wei Wei, Yong Tian, Canxin Wang, Zesong Liang, Feng Xiang, Yanxiong Yang, Qian Sensors (Basel) Letter Fiber-optic surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors possess the advantages of small size, flexible, allowing for a smaller sample volume, easy to be integrated, and high sensitivity. They have been intensively developed in recent decades. However, the polarizing nature of the surface plasmon waves (SPWs) always hinders the acquisition of SPR spectrum with high signal-noise ratio in wavelength modulation unless a polarizer is employed. The addition of polarizer complicates the system and reduces the degree of compactness. In this work, we propose and demonstrate a novel, polarization-independent fiber-optic SPR sensor based on a BK7 bi-prism with two incident planes orthogonal to each other. In the bi-prism, TM-polarized components of non-polarized incident lights excite SPWs on the first sensing channel, meanwhile the TE components and the remaining TM components are reflected, then the reflected TE components serve as TM components of incident lights for the second sensing channel to excite SPWs. Simulations show the proposed SPR structure permit us to completely eliminate the polarization dependence of the plasmon excitation. Experimental results agree well with the simulations. This kind of devices can be considered an excellent option for development of simple and compact SPR chemical sensors. MDPI 2018-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6209958/ /pubmed/30248984 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18103204 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Letter Li, Songquan Gao, Laixu Zou, Changwei Xie, Wei Wei, Yong Tian, Canxin Wang, Zesong Liang, Feng Xiang, Yanxiong Yang, Qian A Polarization-Independent Fiber-Optic SPR Sensor |
title | A Polarization-Independent Fiber-Optic SPR Sensor |
title_full | A Polarization-Independent Fiber-Optic SPR Sensor |
title_fullStr | A Polarization-Independent Fiber-Optic SPR Sensor |
title_full_unstemmed | A Polarization-Independent Fiber-Optic SPR Sensor |
title_short | A Polarization-Independent Fiber-Optic SPR Sensor |
title_sort | polarization-independent fiber-optic spr sensor |
topic | Letter |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6209958/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30248984 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18103204 |
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