Research Progresses of MEMS Fabry-Perot Filtering Chips and Their Applications for Spectral Detection

Kui Zhou; Zheng Shan; Qian Zhang; Xiejun Wang; Jian Zhou; Chenwei Deng; Yiting Yu

doi:10.3788/AOS202242.0800001

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