Photonic Sensors, Volume. 15, Issue 2, 250228(2025)

Femto-Laser Processed Metasurface With Fano Response: Applications to a High Performance Refractometric Sensor

ELSHORBAGY Mahmoud H., SAN-BLAS Alejandro, SANCHEZ-BREA Luis Miguel, OLAIZOLA Santiago M., HOYO Jesú, SORIA-GARCIA Angela, ANDRES-PORRAS Joaquin, PASTOR-VILLARRUBIA Veró, and ALDA Javier
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ELSHORBAGY Mahmoud H., SAN-BLAS Alejandro, SANCHEZ-BREA Luis Miguel, OLAIZOLA Santiago M., HOYO Jesú, SORIA-GARCIA Angela, ANDRES-PORRAS Joaquin, PASTOR-VILLARRUBIA Veró, ALDA Javier. Femto-Laser Processed Metasurface With Fano Response: Applications to a High Performance Refractometric Sensor[J]. Photonic Sensors, 2025, 15(2): 250228

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Received: Sep. 18, 2023

Accepted: May. 13, 2025

Published Online: May. 13, 2025

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DOI:10.1007/s13320-024-0736-y

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