Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5025892 | Optik - International Journal for Light and Electron Optics | 2017 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The sensing performance of long period grating (LPG) in integration with colloidal gold nanoparticles (LPG-AuNPs) is investigated. An LPG coupled with a higher cladding mode of LP0,10 is fabricated on single mode fiber (SMF) with higher sensitivity to refractive index compared with lower cladding modes such as LP0,2, LP0,3 and LP0,4 via symmetric CO2 laser irradiation. A bilayer of poly (allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) and gold nanoparticles is deposited on the grating portion via layer-by-layer self-assembly technique. It is found that the sensitivity is increased from 460Â nm/refractive index unit (RIU) to 759Â nm/RIU using the LPG-AuNPs.
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Authors
Fei Tian, Xiangzhi Li, Jiri Kanka, Henry Du,