Abstract
This study suggested a novel hexa-sectored square photonic crystal fiber (HS-SPCF) for blood serum and blood plasma sensing. The proposed HS-SPCF depicts an eminent sensitivity of blood plasma 66.7% and blood serum73.4% with ultralow low confinement loss 1.55 x 10(-12) and 10.55 x 10(-12) at the wavelength of 1.33 mu m for blood plasma and serum. The operating wavelength to measure the optical properties using FEM was 0.6-1.6 mu m. The proposed HS-SPCF showed ameliorating performance in confinement loss and relative sensitivity than the previous structures for blood components sensing. In addition, other optical characteristics like high birefringence of 2.6 x 10(-3) and 2.6 x 10(-3), lower EML of 0.21247 (cm(-1)) and 0.2170 (cm(-1)), effective area of 6.1 mu m(2) and 6.4 mu m(2), nonlinearity of 21.1(W-1 km(-1)) and 19.6 (W-1 km(-1)), numerical aperture (NA) of 0.286 and 0.281 has been achieved for proposed PCF at the wavelength of 1.33 mu m. The proposed PCF will be used for biosensing or blood-sensing purposes and a broad diversity of chemical sensing functions.