Numerical Analyses of Liquid-Core Fiber Optic SPR Sensor with Nano-Porous Sio2 as Inner Coating

Abstract In this paper, a novel type of liquid-core fiber optic SPR sensor with a nano-porous SiO2 inner coating is proposed. The nano-porous SiO2 is deposited on the inner wall of the quartz tube. Due to the flexible and adjustable refractive index of the deposited material, the RI detection range of the sensor is expanded. The simulation results show that the proposed sensor owns good responses in both low and high refractive index regions, with the corresponding RI sensitivities of 1043.71 nm/RIU and 1234.86 nm/RIU respectively, while the FWHM is only about 20 nm. There are some potential applications for the proposed sensor in environmental monitoring, biochemical detection, food safety etc.