In this paper, an optical method of measuring the mass density of polarizable gases is proposed using a plasmonic refractive index nano-sensor. Plasmonic sensors can detect very small changes in the refracting index of arbitrary dielectric materials. However, attributing them to a specific application needs more elaboration of the material's refractive index unit's (RIU) relation with the introduced application. In a gaseous medium, the optical properties of molecules are related to their dipole moment polarizability. Hence, the theoretical index-density relation of Lorentz-Lorenz is applied in the proposed sensing mechanism to interpret changes in the gas' refractive index and to changes in its density. The proposed plasmonic mass density sensor shows a sensitivity of 348.8nm/(gr/cm) for methane gas in the visible light region. This sensor can be integrated with photonic circuits for gas sensing purposes.
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