• Semiconductor Optoelectronics
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CHEN Yaofei1,2, HUANG Huanhuan1,2, CHEN Jiayao1,2, LUO Yunhan3,4,*, and CHEN Zhe3,4
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    CHEN Yaofei, HUANG Huanhuan, CHEN Jiayao, LUO Yunhan, CHEN Zhe. Research Progress of The Magnetic-Fluids-Based Optical Fiber Magnetic Field Sensing: From Scalar to Vector[J]. Semiconductor Optoelectronics, 2022, 43(4): 655 Copy Citation Text show less
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    CHEN Yaofei, HUANG Huanhuan, CHEN Jiayao, LUO Yunhan, CHEN Zhe. Research Progress of The Magnetic-Fluids-Based Optical Fiber Magnetic Field Sensing: From Scalar to Vector[J]. Semiconductor Optoelectronics, 2022, 43(4): 655
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