Investigation of Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) in MoS2- and WS2-Protected Titanium Side-Polished Optical Fiber as a Humidity Sensor

Zakaria, Rozalina; Zainuddin, Nur Aina’a Mardhiah; Leong, Tan Chee; Rosli, Rosnadiya; Rusdi, Muhammad Farid; Harun, Sulaiman Wadi; Sadegh Amiri, Iraj

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Investigation of Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) in MoS₂- and WS₂-Protected Titanium Side-Polished Optical Fiber as a Humidity Sensor

Rozalina Zakaria

, Nur Aina’a Mardhiah Zainuddin¹, Tan Chee Leong¹,

Rosnadiya Rosli

¹, Muhammad Farid Rusdi², Sulaiman Wadi Harun² and

Iraj Sadegh Amiri

^3,4,*

Photonic Research Centre, Faculty Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Computational Optics Research Group, Advanced Institute of Materials Science, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam

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Faculty of Applied Sciences, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam

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Micromachines 2019, 10(7), 465; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10070465

Received: 24 May 2019 / Revised: 14 June 2019 / Accepted: 21 June 2019 / Published: 11 July 2019

(This article belongs to the Special Issue MEMS/NEMS Sensors: Fabrication and Application, Volume II)

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In this paper, we report the effects of a side-polished fiber (SPF) coated with titanium (Ti) films in different thicknesses, namely 5 nm, 13 nm, and 36 nm, protected by a thin layer of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) such as molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) and tungsten disulfide (WS₂), which provide ultra-sensitive sensor-based surface plasmon resonance (SPR) covering from the visible to mid-infrared region. The SPF deposited with Ti exhibits strong evanescent field interaction with the MoS₂ and WS₂, and good optical absorption, hence resulting in high-sensitivity performance. Incremental increases in the thickness of the Ti layer contribute to the enhancement of the intensity of transmission with redshift and broad spectra. The findings show that the optimum thickness of Ti with 36 nm combined with MoS₂ causes weak redshifts of the longitudinal localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) mode, while the same thickness of Ti with WS₂ causes large blueshifts. The redshifts are possibly due to a reduced plasmon-coupling effect with the excitonic region of MoS₂. The observed blueshifts of the LSPR peak position are possibly due to surface modification between WS₂ and Ti. Changing the relative humidity from 58% to 88% only elicited a response in Ti/MoS₂. Thus, MoS₂ shows more sensitivity on 36-nm thickness of Ti compared with WS₂. Therefore, the proposed fiber-optic sensor with integration of 2D materials is capable of measuring humidity in any environment. View Full-Text

Keywords: side-polished fiber (SPF); molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂); tungsten disulfide (WS₂)

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Zakaria, R.; Zainuddin, N.A.M.; Leong, T.C.; Rosli, R.; Rusdi, M.F.; Harun, S.W.; Sadegh Amiri, I. Investigation of Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) in MoS₂- and WS₂-Protected Titanium Side-Polished Optical Fiber as a Humidity Sensor. Micromachines 2019, 10, 465. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10070465

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Zakaria R, Zainuddin NAM, Leong TC, Rosli R, Rusdi MF, Harun SW, Sadegh Amiri I. Investigation of Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) in MoS₂- and WS₂-Protected Titanium Side-Polished Optical Fiber as a Humidity Sensor. Micromachines. 2019; 10(7):465. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10070465

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Zakaria, Rozalina, Nur A.M. Zainuddin, Tan C. Leong, Rosnadiya Rosli, Muhammad F. Rusdi, Sulaiman W. Harun, and Iraj Sadegh Amiri. 2019. "Investigation of Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) in MoS₂- and WS₂-Protected Titanium Side-Polished Optical Fiber as a Humidity Sensor" Micromachines 10, no. 7: 465. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10070465

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