Photonics Research, Volume. 10, Issue 1, 126(2022)
Performance improvement approaches for optical fiber SPR sensors and their sensing applications
Fig. 1. (a) The layer configuration and (b) resonance spectrum of SPR sensor. (c) Field/current distributions of the insulator-metal-insulator model corresponding to SPR sensing structure [31]. Note: I, II, and III are three modes with the lowest loss; red line, black line, and orange arrow represent electric field distribution, magnetic field distribution, and current conduction, respectively.
Fig. 2. (a) Schematic of the sensing structure and (b) concentration response as well as (c) time response spectra for the nicotine detection using the tapered plastic fiber SPR sensor [55]. (d) Schematic of the sensing structure and (e) glucose concentration response as well as (f) temperature response spectra of the SPF-SPR sensor [56]. (g) Schematic of the sensing structure and (h) human IgG concentration response spectra of the U-shaped fiber SPR sensor [57].
Fig. 3. (a) Schematic of the PCF-SPR sensor for the simultaneous measurement of magnetic field, RI, and temperature [61]. (b) Loss spectrum of the PCF-SPR sensor for the measurement of magnetic field [61]. (c) Schematic of the experimental setup for the characterization process of the SPR fiber tip sensor [66]. (d) Transmission spectrum of the SPR fiber tip sensor for the measurement of the liquid level [66]. (e) Schematic of the LRSPR sensor and experimental setup for the simultaneous measurement of RI and temperature [67]. (f) Transmission spectrum of the LRSPR sensor for the measurement of temperature [67].
Fig. 4. (a) Layer configuration of LRSPR sensor. (b) Schematic of the sensing structure and (c) resonance spectrum for the detection of different BSA concentrations in the
Fig. 5. (a) Fabrication process in the SPP coupling-based fiber biosensor [75]. (b) Variation of resonance wavelength for human IgG detection [75]. (c) Schematic of the fiber SPR sensor fabricated by PDA accelerated ELP for immunoassay. Inset, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image of the Au seeds formed Au layer [92]. (d) Sensitivity fitting curve of the sensor for detecting different concentrations of human IgG [92]. (e) Fabrication process in the HGNPs modified fiber LRSPR biosensor [51]. (f) Resonance spectrum for human IgG detection [51].
Fig. 6. (a) Schematic of the PdNPs embedded/PPy shell coated MWCNT-based fiber SPR probe and the laboratorial setup. Inset, schematic and SEM image of the PdNP embedded/PPy shell coated MWCNTs and SEM image of the fiber probe surface [38]. (b) Resonance spectrum obtained by detecting hydrazine with different concentrations [38]. (c) The fabrication process of the double-layer Au nanorods and GO sensitized PCF-SPR sensor [104]. (d) Resonance spectrum obtained by detecting human IgG with different concentrations [104]. (e) Schematic of the
Fig. 7. (a) Schematic of the phosphorene-graphene/TMDC heterostructure-based fiber SPR biosensor [127]. (b) Resonance spectrum of the biosensor for DNA hybridization detection [127]. (c) Schematic of the
Fig. 8. (a) Preparation procedure of the three-dimensional composite-based fiber LSPR biosensor [150]. (b) Schematic of the three-dimensional composite on the fiber surface, transmission electron microscopy image of Au nanoparticles covered by multilayer graphene, and schematic of the DNA detection process [150]. (c) Real-time wavelength redshift for DNA detection [150]. (d) Schematic of the bioreceptor patterning onto the Au coated fiber surface using DNA nanotechnology: three-dimensional DNA lateral surface (LS) origami, distal ends (DE) origami, and tetrahedron. (Dark green, bioreceptors; dark gray spheres, thiol groups; light green and red, ssDNA [151].) (e) Calibration curves for thrombin bioassay on the fiber SPR biosensing platform [151].
Fig. 9. (a) Transmission-type fiber SPR sensor [152] based on core mismatch I and reflective fiber SPR sensor [14] based on flat tip II, tapered tip III, and angle polished tip IV. (b) Schematic of the sensing structure of the protruding-shaped fiber plasmonic microtip probe and the testbed [153]. (c) SEM image of the microtip probe and schematic of the bio-probe [153]. (d) Langmuir adsorption curve and (e) sensitivity fitting line for human IgG detection with different concentrations [153].
Fig. 10. (a) Optical micrograph of the plasmonic crystal cavity on the SMF end-face [159]. (b) Resonance spectrum of the SPR device for the detection of different solutions [159]. (c) Process in the fabrication of nanotriangular arrays on the reflective fiber SPR sensor end-face based on colloidal lithography technology and the SEM image of the nanotriangular arrays [160]. (d) Sensitivity fitting lines for the RI detection of the Au triangularly patterned and non-patterned sensors [160]. (e) Block diagram of the nanotrimer arrays on the bent fiber end-face and the SEM image of the nanotrimer arrays [161]. Resonance spectra of the (f) SLR-based and (g) LSPR-based sensors [158].
Fig. 11. (a) Near-field optical microscope probe based on the high-efficiency coupling of Ag nanowires and tapered optical fiber (AgNW-OF) [166]. (b) Polarization-resolved k-space imaging of the light emitted from the nanofocused SPP mode at the AgNW-OF probe tip [166]. (c) The four-wave-mixing produced signal increased sharply when the Au nanoparticle-fiber probe approached another Au nanoparticle [167]. (d) The molecular fluorescence changed from enhancement to quenching when the Au nanoparticle-fiber probe approached a single molecule [168].
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Jianying Jing, Kun Liu, Junfeng Jiang, Tianhua Xu, Shuang Wang, Jinying Ma, Zhao Zhang, Wenlin Zhang, Tiegen Liu. Performance improvement approaches for optical fiber SPR sensors and their sensing applications[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(1): 126
Category: Surface Optics and Plasmonics
Received: Sep. 22, 2021
Accepted: Nov. 1, 2021
Published Online: Dec. 14, 2021
The Author Email: Kun Liu (beiyangkl@tju.edu.cn)