Enhanced Plasmonic-Induced Absorption Using a Cascade Scheme and Its Application as Refractive-Index Sensor

Xinyi LI; Daobin WANG; Shoupeng WANG; Lihua YUAN; Jingli LEI; Xiaoxiao LI

doi:10.1007/s13320-019-0561-x

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