• DOI:10.1109/JSEN.2018.2819165
• Corpus ID: 13803267

Terahertz Sensing in a Hollow Core Photonic Crystal Fiber

@article{Islam2018TerahertzSI,
  title={Terahertz Sensing in a Hollow Core Photonic Crystal Fiber},
  author={Md. Saiful Islam and Jakeya Sultana and Ahmmed A. Rifat and Alex Dinovitser and Brian Wai-Him Ng and Derek Abbott},
  journal={IEEE Sensors Journal},
  year={2018},
  volume={18},
  pages={4073-4080}
}

• M. S. Islam, J. Sultana, +3 authors D. Abbott
• Published 15 May 2018
• Materials Science
• IEEE Sensors Journal

A terahertz sensor based on a hollow core photonic crystal fiber has been proposed in this paper for chemical analyte detection in the terahertz frequency range. The Zeonex-based asymmetrical hollow core is filled with an analyte and surrounded by a number of asymmetrical rectangular air holes bounded by a perfectly matched layer with absorbing boundary conditions. The performance of the proposed sensor is numerically investigated by using finite element method-based COMSOL software. It is found that a hollow core provides a high relative sensitivity as well as low transmission loss. Moreover, simplicity in design facilitates manufacturability, making it practical for a number of different biological and industrial applications.