Temperature Insensitive Bending Sensor Based on In-Line Mach-Zehnder Interferometer

Xue CHEN; Yongqin YU; Xiaomei XU; Quandong HUANG; Zhilong OU; Jishun WANG; Peiguang YAN; and Chenlin DU

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