Nanoscopic Tip Sensors Fabricated by Gas Phase Etching of Optical Glass Fibers

Jorg BIERLICH; Jens KOBELKE; David BRAND; Konstantin KIRSCH; Jan DELLITH; Hartmut BARTELT

doi:10.1007/s13320-012-0085-0

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