SERS	Stimulated Emission of Raman Scattering
PCF	Photonic Crystal Fiber
RIBS	Refractive Index Based Sensor
Au	Gold
TiO${}_2$	Titanium-di-Oxide
SPR	Surface Plasmon Resonance
LSPR	Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance
SPM	Surface Plasmonic Mode
LSPM	Localized Surface Plasmon Mode
AUI	Analyte under Investigation
n${}_a$	Analyte-Refractive Index
LOD	Limit Of Detection
PM	Plasmonic Mode
FM	Fundamental Mode
CL	Confinement Loss
WS	Wavelength Sensitivity
AS	Amplitude Sensitivity
SNR	Signal to Noise Ratio
FWHM	Full-Width at Half Maximum
FOM	Figure of Merit
$\delta n$	Detection Limit