Abstract
The performance of localized surface plasmon resonance-based sensor with and without Bragg grating by using finite difference time domain method is evaluated with nanoparticles used at the tip of optical fiber. The proposed sensor has been analyzed in terms of refractive index (RI) sensitivity and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). It is observed that the RI sensitivity of surface plasmon resonance sensor is 240 nm/RIU with and without grating as RI of surrounding varies from 1.4 to 1.5. It is found that the value of SNR is 0.875 RIU→1 without grating and 2.75 RIU→1 with grating. So there is an improvement in the SNR when the Bragg grating is inscribed within the core of the fiber.
Surface plasmon resonance sensor based on the tilted fiber bragg grating