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The liquid-filled cores are placed near to the metallic channel for easy excitation of free electrons to produce surface plasmon waves (SPWs). Surface plasmons along the metal surface are excited with a leaky Gaussian-like core guided mode. Numerical investigations of the fiber\u2019s properties and sensing performance are performed using the finite element method (FEM). The proposed sensor shows maximum amplitude sensitivity of 418 Refractive Index Units (RIU\u22121) with resolution as high as 2.4 \u00d7 10\u22125 RIU. Using the wavelength interrogation method, a maximum refractive index (RI) sensitivity of 3000 nm\/RIU in the sensing range of 1.46\u20131.49 is achieved. The proposed sensor is suitable for detecting various high RI chemicals, biochemical and organic chemical analytes. Additionally, the effects of fiber structural parameters on the properties of plasmonic excitation are investigated and optimized for sensing performance as well as reducing the sensor\u2019s footprint.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s150511499","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,5,19]],"date-time":"2015-05-19T10:35:57Z","timestamp":1432031757000},"page":"11499-11510","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":320,"title":["Photonic Crystal Fiber-Based Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor with Selective Analyte Channels and Graphene-Silver Deposited Core"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Ahmmed","family":"Rifat","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Integrated Lightwave Research Group, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur-50603, Malaysia"}]},{"given":"G.","family":"Mahdiraji","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Integrated Lightwave Research Group, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur-50603, Malaysia"}]},{"given":"Desmond","family":"Chow","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Integrated Lightwave Research Group, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur-50603, Malaysia"}]},{"given":"Yu","family":"Shee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Integrated Lightwave Research Group, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur-50603, Malaysia"}]},{"given":"Rajib","family":"Ahmed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institut f\u00fcr Hochfrequenztechnik, Technische Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Einsteinufer 25, 10587 Berlin, Germany"}]},{"given":"Faisal","family":"Adikan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Integrated Lightwave Research Group, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur-50603, Malaysia"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,5,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1403","DOI":"10.1109\/JQE.2012.2213803","article-title":"Numerical analysis of a photonic crystal fiber for biosensing applications","volume":"48","author":"Akowuah","year":"2012","journal-title":"IEEE J. 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