Table 4.

Comparative study of the performance with existing PCFs using plasmonic material AZO.

Refs		Range	AS (RIU−1)	Amplitude Resolution (RIU)	WS (nm/RIU)	Wavelength Resolution (RIU)	Figure of Merit (FOM)
[52]		1.31–1.39	3908	–	1700	5.88 × 10−5	792
[60]			167	–	5000	2.00 × 10−5	–
[61]		1.27–1.42	4602.67	–	7200	–	1118
This paper	x pol	1.19–1.42	3593	2.78 × 10−6	8500	1.18 × 10−5	413
	y pol		3763	2.66 × 10−6	9100	1.10 × 10−5	441