Temperature and Humidity Sensor Based on Tapered Thin‑Core Fiber Coated with Graphene Quantum Dots‑Polyvinyl Alcohol

Zhiqi Lu; Ruimin Dong; Changning Liu

doi:10.3788/CJL220717

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