Table 5.

Properties of most relevant plasmonic PCF sensors.

Application	PCF Type	Wavelength (nm)	Sensitivity	Resolution	Ref.
Refractive index	IG-PCF	500 to 1500	873 dB/RIU	$3\times {10}^{-5}$ RIU	[201]
Refractive index	IG-PCF	750 to 1750	2520 nm/RIU	$3.97\times {10}^{-5}$ RIU	[202]
Refractive index	IG-PCF	500 to 1010	9000 nm/RIU	$1.11\times {10}^{-5}$ RIU	[203]
Refractive index	IG-PCF	900 to 1200	10,000 nm/RIU	${10}^{-6}$ RIU	[203]
Refractive index	HC-PBF	560 to 610	14,240 nm/RIU	$7.02\times {10}^{-5}$ RIU	[216]
Refractive index	HC-PBF	1330	5500 nm/RIU	NA	[98]
Refractive index	SCF	400 to 700	227 nm/RIU	NA	[220]
Refractive index	SCF	1550	8360 rad/RIU	$2.1\times {10}^{-6}$ RIU	[221]
Temperature	IG-PCF	400–500	$2.7$ nm/°C	NA	[214]
Temperature	IG-PCF	800–1100	5 nm/°C	NA	[219]
Temperature	IG-PCF	1550	$0.315$ dB/°C	NA	[222]
Temperature	HC-PBF	NA	$0.72$ nm/°C	$1.39\times {10}^{-2}$ °C	[223]
Temperature	HC-PBF	550–900	$3.08$ nm/°C	$1.325\times {10}^{-2}$ °C	[224]
Temperature	HC-PBF	NA		$2.8\times {10}^{-5}$ RIU	[225]
Pressure	IG-PCF	400–800	$32.89$ nm/N	NA	[226]
Biolayer thickness	IG-PCF	600–750	$2.3$ nm/nm	$0.044$ nm	[227]