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In this paper, we propose and numerically characterize the optical characteristics of a dual eccentric-core D-shaped photonic crystal fiber (PCF) surface plasmon resonance (SPR) refractive index (RI) sensor. The dual eccentric-core structure can leak more power to plasma film to excite SPR phenomenon than conventional structures. We investigate the influences induce by diameter of air holes, distance between air holes and thickness of gold film. The results show that our sensor has the wavelength sensitivities (WS) of 44,000 nm/RIU for odd mode and 39,000 nm/RIU for even mode. Moreover, the sensor has the detection range of RI from 1.00 to 1.37, the maximum figure-of-merit (FOM) of 325/RIU, maximum resolution of 2.27 × 10−6 RIU for analyte RI change of 0.1 nm, and the minimum full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) of 56 nm. The sensor has wide application prospects in methane, blood plasma, and methanol detecting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we present a tetragonal cluster-based photonic crystal fiber (PCF) surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor with high wavelength sensitivity (WS). Indium tin oxide (ITO), as a dielectric material with adjustable photoelectric properties and low loss in the infrared range, is used in this sensor. The central rectangular air hole is used to construct an asymmetric structure which enables the sensor work in y and x polarization. We optimized the structural parameters of the sensor and the result shows that the sensor has high WS of 31,500 nm/RIU and 31,000 nm/RIU, wavelength resolution of 3.17 × 10−6 RIU and 3.23 × 10−6 RIU, maximum AS of 141.0 RIU−1 and 148 RIU−1, the refractive index (RI) detection range of 1.32–1.42 for y and x polarization, respectively. The sensor shows great potential in the detection of plasma, ethanol, and silicone oil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]