• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 9, Issue 7, 1157 (2021)
Guoqiang Gu1, Pengcheng Zhang1, Sihui Chen1, Yi Zhang1, and Hui Yang1、2、*
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  • 1Laboratory of Biomedical Microsystems and Nano Devices, Bionic Sensing and Intelligence Center, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
  • 2CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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