Polymer Waveguide Coupled Surface Plasmon Refractive Index Sensor: A Theoretical Study

Lanting JI; Shuqing YANG; Rongna SHI; Yujie FU; Juan SU; Chi WU

doi:10.1007/s13320-020-0589-y

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