Numerical Analysis of a Photonic Crystal Fiber for Biosensing Applications

his paper presents a theoretical study on a photonic crystal fiber (PCF) surface plasmon resonance biosensor. The proposed PCF sensor introduces the concept of simultaneous detection with H E11x and H E11x modes, which opens up some possibilities for multianalyte/multichannel sensing. Analysis was performed which considered the operation of the sensor in both amplitude and wavelength interrogation modes. Typical sensor resolutions of 4×10-5 RIU and 8×10-5 RIU with respect to H E11x and H E11y, respectively, are reported for the amplitude interrogation mode, while resolutions of 5 × 10-5 RIU and 6×10-5 RIU are reported for H E11x and H E11y, respectively, for the wavelength interrogation mode.