Fiber Laser Based Hydrophone Systems

Asrul Izam AZMI; Ian LEUNG; Xiaobao CHEN; Shaoling ZHOU; Qing ZHU; Kan GAO; Paul CHILDS; Gangding PENG

doi:10.1007/s13320-011-0018-3

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