D-Shaped Tellurite Photonic Crystal Fiber Hydrogen and Methane Sensor Based on Four-Wave Mixing With SPR Effect

Hai LIU; Bo WU; Cong CHEN; Benlei ZHAO; Xu ZHANG; Hancheng ZHANG

doi:10.1007/s13320-022-0655-8

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