Tuning bimetallic Au@Ag nanorods localized surface plasmon resonance on side-polished optical fiber sensing configurations at near-infrared wavelengths

Paulo S. S. dos Santos; João Mendes; José M. M. M. de Almeida; Isabel Pastoriza-Santos; Luis C. C. Coelho

doi:10.1117/12.2665733

31 May 2023 Tuning bimetallic Au@Ag nanorods localized surface plasmon resonance on side-polished optical fiber sensing configurations at near-infrared wavelengths

Paulo S. S. dos Santos, João Mendes, José M. M. M. de Almeida, Isabel Pastoriza-Santos, Luis C. C. Coelho

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Proceedings Volume 12572, Optical Sensors 2023; 1257204 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2665733
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2023, Prague, Czech Republic

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The increasing demand for precise chemical and biological sensing has led to the development of highly efficient plasmonic optical fiber sensors. Therefore, it is essential to optimize and match the operating wavelength region of both the optical fiber configuration and localized surface plasmon resonance of nanoparticles (NPs). This can be achieved by developing NPs that can reach resonance at near-infrared wavelengths, where refractive index sensitivity is enhanced, and silica optical fibers have lower losses. High aspect-ratio bimetallic Au@Ag nanorods and different side-polished fiber structures are tested using numerical simulations. The selected optical fiber configuration was based on a side- polished fiber with a 1 mm polished section. It is compared power losses and power at the NP interface for two configurations: a step-index single-mode fiber (SMF) with core/cladding diameters of 8.2/125 µm and a multimode graded-index fiber (GIF) with 62.5/125 µm at various polishing depths. The results showed that the best performance for both configurations was achieved at similar polishing depths, namely 59.5 and 55.2 µm for the SMF and GIF, respectively. The optical impact of retardation effects due to the proximity with the fiber structure were also observed, which caused a reduction in sensitivity from 1750 nm/RIU to 1500 nm/RIU and a red-shift of

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Paulo S. S. dos Santos, João Mendes, José M. M. M. de Almeida, Isabel Pastoriza-Santos, and Luis C. C. Coelho "Tuning bimetallic Au@Ag nanorods localized surface plasmon resonance on side-polished optical fiber sensing configurations at near-infrared wavelengths", Proc. SPIE 12572, Optical Sensors 2023, 1257204 (31 May 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2665733

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