Progress and prospect of novel specialty fibers for fiber optic sensing

Tong Weijun; Yang Chen; Liu Tongqing; Zhang Xinben; Yang Kun; Yang Yucheng; Tang Ming

doi:10.12086/oee.2018.180243

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