Distributed polymer optical fiber sensors: a review and outlook

Yosuke Mizuno; Antreas Theodosiou; Kyriacos Kalli; Sascha Liehr; Heeyoung Lee; Kentaro Nakamura

doi:10.1364/PRJ.435143

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