Surface-plasmonic sensor using a columnar thin film in the grating-coupled configuration [Invited]

Kiran Mujeeb; Muhammad Faryad; Akhlesh Lakhtakia; Julio V. Urbina

doi:10.3788/COL202119.083601

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