Real-time monitoring of hydrogel phase transition in an ultrahigh Q microbubble resonator

Daquan Yang; Aiqiang Wang; Jin-Hui Chen; Xiao-Chong Yu; Chuwen Lan; Yuefeng Ji; Yun-Feng Xiao

doi:10.1364/PRJ.380238

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