Abstract

In the present study, the sensitivities of the fiber optic propagating surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR)-based refractive index sensors have been evaluated experimentally for a tapered probe of different taper ratio. The tapering of the fiber probe has been carried out via a heating and stretching technique. The SPR probe has been fabricated by coating a thin film of silver over the core of the tapered optical fiber, while the LSPR probe has been prepared by the coating of the gold nanoparticles over the core of the tapered optical fiber. The increase in the taper ratio increases the sensitivity of both kinds of the probes. The experimentally obtained sensitivity has been compared with the sensitivity of the SPR-based fiber optic refractive index sensors fabricated using various techniques and reported in the literature.

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