Journal
SENSORS
Volume 17, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s17010002
Keywords
surface plasmon resonance; graphene; long-period fiber grating; sensitivity
Funding
- National High Technology Research and Development Program of China [2015AA034801]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61405021, 61675037]
- Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing, China [cstc2014jcyjA40045]
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A graphene-based long-period fiber grating (LPFG) surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor is proposed. A monolayer of graphene is coated onto the Ag film surface of the LPFG SPR sensor, which increases the intensity of the evanescent field on the surface of the fiber and thereby enhances the interaction between the SPR wave and molecules. Such features significantly improve the sensitivity of the sensor. The experimental results demonstrate that the sensitivity of the graphene-based LPFG SPR sensor can reach 0.344 nm%(-1) for methane, which is improved 2.96 and 1.31 times with respect to the traditional LPFG sensor and Ag-coated LPFG SPR sensor, respectively. Meanwhile, the graphene-based LPFG SPR sensor exhibits excellent response characteristics and repeatability. Such a SPR sensing scheme offers a promising platform to achieve high sensitivity for gas-sensing applications.
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