Excitation Mechanism of Surface Plasmon Polaritons for Surface Plasmon Sensor With 1D Metal Grating Structure for High Refractive Index Medium

Atsushi MOTOGAITO; Yusuke ITO

doi:10.1007/s13320-018-0515-8

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