Intelligent all-fiber device: storage and logic computing

Zhihai Liu; Siying Cheng; Yu Zhang; Wei Jin; Xiang Li; Yaru Li; Yaxun Zhang; Xinghua Yang; Jianzhong Zhang; Libo Yuan

doi:10.1364/PRJ.439506

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