Magnetoplasmonicsensorsareattractivecandidatesforultrasensitivechemicalandbiomedicalsensorapplications.Avarietyofferromagneticmetalthinfilmshavebeenusedformagnetoplasmonicdeviceapplications,yetthedependenceofsensorperformanceontheopticalandmagneto-opticalpropertiesofferromagneticmetalmaterialshasbeenrarelystudied.Inthiswork,wereportthestudyofenhancedmagneto-opticalKerreffect（MOKE）andsensingperformanceinAu∕FexCo1-xbilayermagneto-opticalsurfaceplasmonresonance（MOSPR）transducers.TheopticalconstantsofFexCo1-x（x=0,0.29,0.47,0.65,and1）inasputter-depositedAu∕FexCo1-xdevicearecharacterizedbytheattenuatedtotalinternalreflection（ATR）method.FexCo1-xthinfilmsshowdifferentMOKEsasafunctionofthechemicalconcentration,withthehighesttransverseMOKEsignalobservedinFe0.7Co0.3.Indexsensingperformanceiscloselyrelatedtothematerial’sopticalandmagneto-opticalconstants.BystudyingthesensingperformanceintheparameterspaceoftheAu∕FexCo1-xbilayerthicknesses,thehighestsensitivityisfoundtobe0.385（theoretical）and0.306RIU-1（experimental）intheAu∕Fe0.7Co0.3MOSPRdevices.OurresearchhighlightstheinfluenceoftheopticalpropertiesofferromagneticmaterialtodevicesensitivityinMOSPRtransducers.ThehighsensitivityinAu∕FexCo1-xMOSPRdevicesmakethesestructuresattractivecandidatesforchemicalandbiomedicalsensingapplications.
