Silicon substrate-integrated hollow waveguide for miniaturized optical gas sensing

Shaonan Zheng; Hong Cai; Linfang Xu; Nanxi Li; Zhonghua Gu; Yao Zhang; Weiguo Chen; Yanyan Zhou; Qingxin Zhang; Lennon Yao Ting Lee

doi:10.1364/PRJ.439434

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