High Sensitive Methane Sensor With Temperature Compensation Based on Selectively Liquid-Infiltrated Photonic Crystal Fibers

Hai LIU; Haoran WANG; Wen ZHANG; Cancan CHEN; Qing WANG; Yi DING; and Shoufeng TANG

doi:10.1007/s13320-019-0536-y

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