Study of the Sensing Characteristics of Irradiated Fiber Bragg Gratings and Fabry-Perot Interferometers Under Gamma Radiation

Zhuoyue LI; Zengling RAN; Xianguo QING; Zhengxi HE; Yaqin XIAO; Tingting YANG; Xiu HE; Jialiang ZHU; Peng HE; Sijie XU

doi:10.1007/s13320-021-0630-9

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