title: Plasmonic Fiber Optic Refractometric Sensors: From Conventional Architectures to Recent Design Trends.
abstract: Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) fiber sensor research has grown since the first demonstration over 20 year ago into a rich and diverse field with a wide range of optical fiber architectures, plasmonic coatings, and excitation and interrogation methods. Yet, the large diversity of SPR fiber sensor designs has made it difficult to understand the advantages of each approach. Here, we review SPR fiber sensor architectures, covering the latest developments from optical fiber geometries to plasmonic coatings. By developing a systematic approach to fiber-based SPR designs, we identify and discuss future research opportunities based on a performance comparison of the different approaches for sensing applications.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia. elizaveta.klantsataya@adelaide.edu.au.
authors.forename: Elizaveta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Klantsataya
authors.affiliation: Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia. peipei.jia@adelaide.edu.au.|ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia. peipei.jia@adelaide.edu.au.
authors.forename: Peipei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.affiliation: Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia. heike.ebendorff@adelaide.edu.au.|ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia. heike.ebendorff@adelaide.edu.au.
authors.forename: Heike
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ebendorff-Heidepriem
authors.affiliation: Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia. tanya.monro@unisa.edu.au.|The University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia. tanya.monro@unisa.edu.au.
authors.forename: Tanya M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Monro
authors.affiliation: Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia. alexandre.francois@unisa.edu.au.|The University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia. alexandre.francois@unisa.edu.au.
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: François
keywords: Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR); Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR); fiber sensors; optical fiber; plasmonics