Fiber Fabry-Perot Interferometer for Curvature Sensing

Catarina S. MONTEIRO; Marta S. FERREIRA; Susana O. SILVA; Jens KOBELKE; Kay SCHUSTER; Jorg BIERLICH; Orlando FRAZAO

doi:10.1007/s13320-016-0333-9

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