PMID- 26368696
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20151202
LR  - 20181023
IS  - 1539-4794 (Electronic)
IS  - 0146-9592 (Linking)
VI  - 40
IP  - 17
DP  - 2015 Sep 1
TI  - Surface plasmon excitation at near-infrared wavelengths in polymer optical 
      fibers.
PG  - 3998-4001
LID - 10.1364/OL.40.003998 [doi]
AB  - We report the first excitation of surface plasmon waves at near-infrared 
      telecommunication wavelengths using polymer optical fibers (POFs) made of 
      poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). For this, weakly tilted fiber-Bragg gratings 
      (TFBGs) have been photo-inscribed in the core of step-index POFs and the fiber 
      coated with a thin gold layer. Surface plasmon resonance is excited with radially 
      polarized modes and is spectrally observed as a singular extinction of some 
      cladding-mode resonances in the transmitted amplitude spectrum of gold-coated 
      TFBGs. The refractometric sensitivity can reach  approximately 550  nm/RIU (refractive index 
      unit) with a figure of merit of more than 2000 and intrinsic temperature 
      self-compensation. This kind of sensor is particularly relevant to in situ 
      operation.
FAU - Hu, Xuehao
AU  - Hu X
FAU - Megret, Patrice
AU  - Megret P
FAU - Caucheteur, Christophe
AU  - Caucheteur C
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Opt Lett
JT  - Optics letters
JID - 7708433
EDAT- 2015/09/15 06:00
MHDA- 2015/09/15 06:01
CRDT- 2015/09/15 06:00
PHST- 2015/09/15 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/09/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/09/15 06:01 [medline]
AID - 324164 [pii]
AID - 10.1364/OL.40.003998 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Opt Lett. 2015 Sep 1;40(17):3998-4001. doi: 10.1364/OL.40.003998.