Single optical microfiber enabled tactile sensor for simultaneous temperature and pressure measurement

Ni Yao; Xiaoyu Wang; Shuqi Ma; Xingda Song; Shan Wang; Zhangxing Shi; Jing Pan; Shipeng Wang; Jianliang Xiao; Haitao Liu; Longteng Yu; Yao Tang; Zhang Zhang; Xiong Li; Wei Fang; Lei Zhang; Limin Tong

doi:10.1364/PRJ.461182

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