Sensitivity Improvement of Plasmonic Optical Fiber Sensors with Graphene-Metal Nanowire Array

Lizhen Zeng; Zetao Ou; Hongyan Yang; Yongfu Su; Jiapeng Su; Jiayu Chen; Gongli Xiao

doi:10.3788/AOS202242.1906002

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