Dora Juan Juan Hu and Ho Pui Ho, "Recent advances in plasmonic photonic crystal fibers: design, fabrication and applications," Adv. Opt. Photon. 9, 257-314 (2017)
Abstract:
Flexibility in engineering holey structures and controlling the wave guiding properties in
photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) has enabled a wide variety of PCF-based plasmonic structures
and devices with attractive application potential. Metal thin films, nanowires, and
nanoparticles are embedded for achieving surface plasmon resonance (SPR) or localized
SPR within PCF structures. This paper begins with an outline of plasmonic sensing
principles. This is followed by an overview of fabrication and experimental investigation
of plasmonic PCFs. Reported plasmonic PCF designs are categorized based on their
target application areas, including optical/biochemical sensors, polarization splitters,
and couplers. Finally, design and fabrication considerations, as well as limitations
due to the structural features of PCFs, are discussed.
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Funding Info:
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (RGC, UGC) of Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region (AoE/P-02/12); Chinese University of Hong Kong
(CUHK) (4930722).