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Ultrahigh Sensitivity Surface Plasmonic Resonance Temperature Sensor Based on Polydimethylsiloxane-Coated Photonic Crystal Fiber

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We propose and demonstrate a compact optical fiber temperature sensor based on surface plasmon resonance with high sensitivity and high figure of merit. This optical fiber temperature sensor uses a new photonic crystal fiber designed by us, which is realized by coating a gold film on the polished plane of the photonic crystal fiber and coating the high thermo-optical coefficient material polydimethylsiloxane on the outer surface of the fiber. Small changes in the refractive index of the polydimethylsiloxane due to temperature variations will affect the plasmon pattern, which in turn leads to a change in the measured transmission spectrum. Our numerical results show that the maximum achievable temperature sensitivity of this optical fiber temperature sensor in the range of 60–100 °C is 38 nm/°C, and the maximum refractive index sensitivity and figure of merit are 84444.4 nm/RIU and 603.175 RIU−1, respectively. This is better than the existing various types of PCF temperature sensor. The proposed temperature sensor has the advantages of stable structure, ultra-high temperature sensitivity, and small size. It has good application potential in the field of high-precision temperature control, environmental temperature detecting.

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Supported by the Training Program of Young Backbone Teacher in Colleges and Universities in Henan Province No. 2021GGJS112, Training Program of Young Backbone Teacher in Zhongyuan University of Technology No. 2020XQG15, Natural Science Foundation Project of Zhongyuan University of Technology No. K2023MS003, General Program of Henan Provincial Natural Science Foundation No. 242300420267, Open Fund of Henan Key Laboratory of Laser and Opto-electric Information Technology under Grant No. JG2023-RF04, The key scientific and technological project of Henan Province No. 232102210176, Zhengzhou University of Technology Technology research & development Promotion and Transformation Fund Project No. zjz202308, Zhongyuan University of Technology Discipline Strength Enhancement Program Project No. SD202407.

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  1. School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 451191, PR China

    Shaochun Fu, Wentao **, Longsheng Liu, Ying Guo & Hui Qi

  2. College of Basic Sciences, Zhengzhou University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450044, PR China

    Meng Song

  3. Henan Key Laboratory of Laser and Opto-electric Information Technology, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450066, PR China

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Fu, S., **, W., Liu, L. et al. Ultrahigh Sensitivity Surface Plasmonic Resonance Temperature Sensor Based on Polydimethylsiloxane-Coated Photonic Crystal Fiber. Plasmonics (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-024-02359-5

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