Fiber Cavity Ring-Down Using an Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer

D. J. PASSOS; S. O. SILVA; J. R. A. FERNANDES; M. B. MARQUES; and O. FRAZAO

doi:10.1007/s13320-014-0205-0

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