Simultaneous Sensing of Dual Analyte Photonic Crystal Fiber Based Liquid Sensor

Year 2019, Volume: 7 Issue: 4, 434 - 439, 30.10.2019

Huseyin Ademgil

https://doi.org/10.17694/bajece.608334

Abstract

This
article proposes three novel models of photonic crystal fiber (PCF) based dual
liquid sensor. The performances of Z-Model, X-Model and V-Model structures have
been evaluated by applying the well-known full vectorial finite element method
(FV-FEM) where boundaries are defined with perfectly matched layers (PMLs). The
birefringence and the sensitivity levels of proposed sensors have been studied
where core holes are filled with water (n=1.33) and ethanol (n= 1.354). Our
numerical results have shown that X-Model and Z-Model of A-Type sensor is an
ideal structure for water and ethanol sensing, respectively.

Keywords

Birefringence, evanescent sensing, Optical Sensor, photonic crystal fiber

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