Table 3 Fabrication tolerance of the proposed design for sarin chemical at optimal frequency of 3.6 THz.

From: Highly precise optical detection of mass destruction nerve agents based on photonic crystal fibers

Design Geometry

RS (%)

Lc (dB/m)

Aeff (m2)

EML (cm−1)

−2%

98.01

2.11 × 10–11

1.83 × 10−8

6.77 × 10−4

Proposed

98.13

1.89 × 10–11

1.82 × 10−8

3.12 × 10−4

+ 2%

98.59

1.08 × 10–11

1.82 × 10−8

4.48 × 10−4