Design of a Porous Cored Hexagonal Photonic Crystal Fiber Based Optical Sensor With High Relative Sensitivity for Lower Operating Wavelength

Shuvo SEN; Sawrab CHOWDHURY; Kawsar AHMED; Sayed ASADUZZAMAN

doi:10.1007/s13320-016-0384-y

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