All-Fiber Liquid-Level Sensor Based on In-Line MSM Fiber Structure

Tingting SUN; Zigeng LIU; Yun LIU; Yang ZHANG; Zhenguo JING; Wei PENG

doi:10.1007/s13320-020-0586-1

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