• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 6, Issue 5, A23 (2018)
Weijian Chen1, Jing Zhang1、2, Bo Peng1, Şahin Kaya Özdemir1, Xudong Fan3, and Lan Yang1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
  • 2Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 3Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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    Weijian Chen, Jing Zhang, Bo Peng, Şahin Kaya Özdemir, Xudong Fan, Lan Yang. Parity-time-symmetric whispering-gallery mode nanoparticle sensor [Invited][J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(5): A23 Copy Citation Text show less
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