Refractive Index and Strain Sensitivities of a Long Period Fiber Grating

Quandong HUANG; Yongqin YU; Zhilong OU; Xue CHEN; Jishun WANG; Peiguang YAN; and Chenlin DU

doi:10.1007/s13320-013-0142-3

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